2023年5月27日 星期六

positioning, governance, (US neighbor a Neighbor, Not a Star) neighbouring, being polite with, by the book/textbookㄝuniquely positioned to demand more

In This Swiss Town, Tina Turner Was a Neighbor, Not a Star






With ‘Zero Covid,’ China Proved It’s Good at Control. Governance Is Harder.
“清零”證明了中國政府的控制能力,但治理是另一回事

中國政府在“清零”階段用不受限制的權力控制國家,但在資源幾乎耗儘後,隨著疫情席捲全國,當局卻消失了。危機時刻缺乏方向讓公眾對中共的合法性和可信度產生了懷疑。







Opinion: So far the Chinese Communist Party has played the coronavirus outbreak by the textbook:
✅Blaming local officials
✅Exonerating top leaders
✅Censoring the media
✅Threatening 'rumour mongers'

Errors made in tackling the outbreak expose the basic flaws of the political system

FT.COM

What the coronavirus crisis tells us about Chinese governance


The World Health Organization is uniquely positioned to demand more from China. It needs to do so now.


The coronavirus poses a global health risk that’s more important than appeasing a major donor to the agency.







BLOOMBERG.COM


Opinion | WHO Needs to Quit Being Polite With China


by the book/textbookexactly according to rules or instructions She feels she has to go by the book and can’t use her creativity.do/play something by the book The police were careful to do everything by the book.



2008年1月15日 星期二


Wikipedia article "Positioning (marketing)".Although there are different definitions of Positioning, probably the most common is: "A product's position is how potential buyers see the product", and is expressed relative to the position of competitors.


Amazon's Web Services unit, which delivers online services to small businesses, has been gaining popularity. The unit is part of Amazon's effort to position itself as more of a technology company.


neighbour
noun [C]
1 UK (US neighborsomeone who lives very near to you:
Some of the neighbours have complained about the noise from our party.
Have you met Pat, my next-door neighbour?

2 A country's neighbour is one that is next to it:
The relationship between Scotland and its southern neighbour has not always been peaceful.

neighbourhood UKUS neighborhood 
noun [C]
the area of a town that surrounds someone's home, or the people who live in this area:
There were lots of kids in my neighbourhood when I was growing up.

They live in a wealthy/poor/friendly neighbourhood.
I wouldn't like to live in the neighbourhood of (= in the area around) an airport.

neighbouring UKUS neighboring
adjective [before noun]
Neighbouring places are next to or near each other:
neighbouring countries/states
She married a man from the neighbouring village.(Slovenia Steps into European Spotlight

When Slovenia takes over the European Union presidency on Jan. 1, 2008, it will focus on issues close to home: Kosovo's independence and the efforts of neighboring Balkan countries to join the bloc.)

neighbourly UKUS neighborly adjective

It was very neighbourly of you to do her shopping for her.

neighbourliness UKUS neighborliness 
noun [U]


position (PLACE) 
noun
1 [C] the place where something or someone is, often in relation to other things:
Well, I've found our position on the map if you want to see where we are.
You've moved the furniture around - the sofa is in a different position.
I didn't know you played hockey - what position (= place or job in the team) do you play?

2 [C or U] the place where people are sent in order to carry out a course of action:
The troops took up their battle positions at the front line.
As soon as his officers were in position/had moved into position, the police commander walked up the path towards the house.

position
verb [T usually + adverb or preposition]
to put something or someone in a particular place:
The army had been positioned to the north and east of the city.
[R] When it came to seating people for dinner, I positioned myself as far away from him as possible.

positional Show phonetics
adjective
relating to position, especially in sports:
The Brazilian side had made eight changes, six of them positional.

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