中國的恐怖趨勢：從"內卷"的冬奧看中國之未來、與西方一刀兩切？Beijing's Winter Olympics may hasten China's break with the West一人獨大；大專畢業生延後就業......人口危機與世界脫鉤；科技發展的架空；房地產業崩

 中國的恐怖趨勢：從"內卷"的冬奧看中國之未來、與西方一刀兩切？Beijing's Winter Olympics may hasten China's break with the West一人獨大；大專畢業生延後就業......人口危機與世界脫鉤；科技發展的架空；

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A letter from the Chinese dissident Xu Zhangrun, 許章潤 currently under house arrest in Beijing: “Of course, the regime has rained down punishments on me for my criticisms; I expected that. It only exposes its inherent fragility and unfitness for the modern world.”



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Xi’s China, the Handiwork of an Autocratic Roué | by Xu Zhangrun | The New York Review of Books

autocrat

/ˈɔːtəkrat/

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noun

1. a ruler who has absolute power.

   "like many autocrats, Franco found the exercise of absolute power addictive"

   Similar:

   absolute ruler

   dictator

   despot

   tyrant

   monocrat

   authoritarian

   absolutist

   • an imperious person who insists on complete obedience from others.

     "Eva was an autocrat—people didn't argue unless they had a lot of courage"

roue

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NOUN

a man given to immoral living

rain down

vi. 雨點般落下；連珠炮似地發出 · vt. 使大量降落；連珠炮似地說出 ...

北京冬奧如火如荼進行中，不過賽程第一週就爭議頻傳，超級嚴格的「閉環管理」防疫措施更讓運動員與記者叫苦連天。

對照中國官方高舉的「雙奧城市、傲視全球」的政績宣傳，以及民間所掀起的紀念品搶購風潮，呈現出本屆冬奧內熱外冷的奇特現象。

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中國的恐怖趨勢

大專畢業生延後就業

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Jan 22, 2022 — Xi Jinping offers the stressed-out middle classes a dose of ... Beijing's Winter Olympics may hasten China's break with the West (Dec 11th).






"新冠疫情進一步加深了中國與世隔絕的程度，中國變得更加封閉。新冠疫情爆發後，習近平就沒有再走出過國門，中國同外界的航空聯絡也基本陷於停頓。對於中國共產黨來說，這些天里至關重要的話題就是，北京成了世界上第一個同時舉辦過夏季和冬季奧運會的城市。事實上，中外各國並沒有人對這一點提出質疑。

至於奧林匹克能夠促成一個國家積極的轉變，則已被證實是個虛假命題。今天的北京比以往任何時候更加封閉。更有甚者，北京已經不再在乎國際社會對她的看法。"

Greenland Holdings has sold the remainder of the project to British housebuilder Berkeley Group for about £40mn, according to two people close to the deal.

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Chinese developers selling off more London property to raise cash

Concrete 'ghost towns' make China's real estate bubble visible, with land prices over twice of those in the U.S.

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Good morning, America. This was our most read story while you were sleeping.

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Concrete 'ghost towns' make China's real estate bubble visible

Land prices over twice those in U.S.; many trapped in unfinished homes