China summons German envoy over Baerbock's dictator remark

Beijing has strongly criticized the German FM for labeling President Xi a despot, calling her words ?open political provocation?

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has summoned German ambassador Patricia Flor after Berlin's top diplomat, Annalena Baerbock, referred to Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "dictator."

The ambassador "was summoned to the Chinese Foreign Ministry [on Sunday]," a spokesm