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(a) This report does not really say anything important, except laying out the author's stand.
(b) "1月29日，《华尔街日报》发表美国企业研究所亚洲问题专家迈克尔·奥斯林 （Michael Auslin）的文章《中共步入黄昏》。"
Michael Auslin, The Twilight of China’s Communist Party. Wall Street Journal, Jan 29, 2015 (op-ed)/ www.wsj.com/articles/michael-aus ... st-party-1422551788
(i) gutter (vi): "of a candle : to melt away through a channel out of the side of the cup hollowed out by the burning wick" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gutter
(ii) I read it a few days after publication, when VOA Chinese mentioned it. HOWEVER, I did not introduce it to you, because he cited unnamed sources.
(c) "溃而不崩." What is it like, according to the crystal ball of Ms He? Like Japan for the past two decades? The author correctly (in my view) states that China will not debacle, but she never says 溃而不崩 in what aspects: economy. politics, military or something else.