tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
declaration; statement; proclamation
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997); Teng Hsiao-p'ing
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
editorial; leading article; leader
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
(China's) Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
hostile relations; hostile relationship
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
ambitious (heroic) undertaking; daring enterprise; grand scheme
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
antiforeignism; exclusionism; exclusivism; chauvinism
point in question (at issue)
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance