Darrell Issa: “Calling the state chairman a President helps the Communist Party offer a more presentable face to the world, and it…”

“Calling the state chairman a President helps the Communist Party offer a more presentable face to the world, and it hides the party's iron fist in a velvet glove of ceremonial title. {time} 1930 It sows confusion about Communist China's Government, presenting it akin to democracy instead of an authoritarian police state. We should stop playing by the rules Beijing's propaganda would have us do as to Xi and give him his actual titles. I urge my colleagues to do so. I might note, Mr. Chair, that, in fact, many people that I don't particularly agree with, including President Bashar al-Assad and others, have the title, but if China doesn't give itself the title and rather he is the head of the Communist Party, we should continue to call him that and not erroneously make him look like a democratic leader. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”