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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Responsibilities?
1) Does "cups babies’ cheeks" mean "kisses babies' cheeks"?
2) Does "responsibilities are shared" mean "powers are shared"? I think a dictator would always share responsibilities/duties with other people, while grabbing all powers in his own hands.
Background info:
HE PETS calves, cups babies’ cheeks and kicks footballs. He laughs and smiles in public. He holds his own umbrella, shuns a limousine, carries his own bowl of dumplings to a restaurant table and sits crossed-legged in a farmer’s hut. His glamorous wife accompanies him on international tours; he stands tall and confident alongside world leaders.
Such behaviour is standard among modern politicians. But in China Xi Jinping’s common touch and courting of public opinion are a striking departure. Since Deng Xiaoping came to power in the late 1970s, the party has been extolling the virtues of “collective leadership” in which responsibilities are shared rather than concentrated in the hands of a capricious tyrant like Deng’s predecessor, Mao Zedong. Collective leadership meant giving up Maoist flamboyance, such as appearances in Tiananmen Square in front of ecstatic crowds of admirers and swimming down the Yangzi, in favour of a studied greyness (though Jiang Zemin, who led the party from 1989 to 2002, liked to show some colour in private by breaking into song when meeting foreigners). Mr Xi is not only jettisoning long-established convention; he is dismantling the very system of collective rule.
2) Does "responsibilities are shared" mean "powers are shared"? I think a dictator would always share responsibilities/duties with other people, while grabbing all powers in his own hands.
Background info:
HE PETS calves, cups babies’ cheeks and kicks footballs. He laughs and smiles in public. He holds his own umbrella, shuns a limousine, carries his own bowl of dumplings to a restaurant table and sits crossed-legged in a farmer’s hut. His glamorous wife accompanies him on international tours; he stands tall and confident alongside world leaders.
Such behaviour is standard among modern politicians. But in China Xi Jinping’s common touch and courting of public opinion are a striking departure. Since Deng Xiaoping came to power in the late 1970s, the party has been extolling the virtues of “collective leadership” in which responsibilities are shared rather than concentrated in the hands of a capricious tyrant like Deng’s predecessor, Mao Zedong. Collective leadership meant giving up Maoist flamboyance, such as appearances in Tiananmen Square in front of ecstatic crowds of admirers and swimming down the Yangzi, in favour of a studied greyness (though Jiang Zemin, who led the party from 1989 to 2002, liked to show some colour in private by breaking into song when meeting foreigners). Mr Xi is not only jettisoning long-established convention; he is dismantling the very system of collective rule.
Top answer
Hi "Cup babies' cheeks" means that you place both hands around babies' cheeks, as if you are lifting a cup. It is the kind of thing that politicians do The second paragraph says that Mr Xi is sharing the responsibility of rulership with some other members of his government. He is contrasted with Mao Zedong who acted as an out-and-out leader, on his own.
- Hi "Cup babies' cheeks" means that you place both hands around babies' cheeks, as if you are lifting a cup.
- It is the kind of thing that politicians do The second paragraph says that Mr Xi is sharing the responsibility of rulership with some other members of his government.
- He is contrasted with Mao Zedong who acted as an out-and-out leader, on his own.
- But you could be sceptical about the claim that is made Dave
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Hi
"Cup babies' cheeks" means that you place both hands around babies' cheeks, as if you are lifting a cup. It is the kind of thing that politicians do
The second paragraph says that Mr Xi is sharing the responsibility of rulership with some other members of his government. He is contrasted with Mao Zedong who acted as an out-and-out leader, on his own. But you could be scepti
"Cup babies' cheeks" means that you place both hands around babies' cheeks, as if you are lifting a cup. It is the kind of thing that politicians do
The second paragraph says that Mr Xi is sharing the responsibility of rulership with some other members of his government. He is contrasted with Mao Zedong who acted as an out-and-out leader, on his own. But you could be scepti
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