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Seok Hwan Jeong Posted 12 years ago
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to coin a term
Hello, I'm writing an essay on Chinese politics. their diplomatic strategy towards North Korea is really situational lately. Sometimes they claim the relationship between them is 'blood-pledge' alliance, and other times Beijing chooses to be in 'normal bilateral relationship' like they are in other ordinary countries, depending upon how North Korea behaves. So I would like to coin a term to describe it, which is 'arbitrary balancing act'. Does this term sound in the way I meant it?
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Hi Yes, I'd say that's good. Sometimes Beijing treats North Korea in one way, sometimes in another - it seems an arbitrary balancing act In the UK, we might say - it can look as if they're making it up as they go along Dave
- Hi Yes, I'd say that's good.
- Sometimes Beijing treats North Korea in one way, sometimes in another - it seems an arbitrary balancing act In the UK, we might say - it can look as if they're making it up as they go along Dave
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Yes, I'd say that's good. Sometimes Beijing treats North Korea in one way, sometimes in another - it seems an arbitrary balancing act
In the UK, we might say - it can look as if they're making it up as they go along
Dave
Yes, I'd say that's good. Sometimes Beijing treats North Korea in one way, sometimes in another - it seems an arbitrary balancing act
In the UK, we might say - it can look as if they're making it up as they go along
Dave
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