xi is not stupid either, but he suffers from the same problem vladi had at the start of his excursion, which is a lack of trustworthy info. all vladi's liars are now gone off to siberia (have i mentioned the joys of juniper? they have a lot of vitamin c), but xi has to deal with the reality of chink society every day, which is that, as opposed to western society, where teachings like "don't lie, cheat, or steal" are normal, chinks as children are only taught "don't get caught".  this sort of thing is presenting a long-standing credibility problem for the slopes, mainly because they cannot refute it.
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