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Syria, Under Siege Inside and Out, Does Not Budge
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Officials in President Bashar al-Assad’s government are clinging to the claim that they are besieged by a foreign plot, not confronted by a true popular uprising.
Soft Siege
Rana Mitter談
習近平對台灣的非軍事圍困。
這位哈佛教授認為,軍事行動不是中共對台鬥爭的優先選擇。但是經濟和theological(泛指意識形態、各種滲透和操控)方面的soft siege 會不斷的加強。
這就是一種戰爭。
budge1 (bŭj)
v., budged, budg·ing, budg·es. v.intr.
- To move or stir slightly: The trapped child was stuck tight and couldn't budge.
- To alter a position or attitude: had made the decision and wouldn't budge.
- To cause to move slightly.
- To cause to alter a position or attitude: an adamant critic who couldn't be budged.
[Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre, to bubble, from Latin bullīre, to boil.]
budge2 (bŭj)
n.
Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes.
adj. Archaic
Overformal; pompous.
[Middle English bouge, from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin bugia, probably from Latin bulga, leather bag. See budget.]
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