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VOX POPULI: China's power struggle is business as normal for any world elite
Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun.
2012/11/11
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When tailors in China made jackets for high-ranking officials there, they would cut the coat longer in the front than in the back. But if the jackets were for retired officials, they would make the hem longer in the back.
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