标题: New Left a Thorn in Beijing's Side [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 10-6-2012 08:18 标题: New Left a Thorn in Beijing's Side Brian Spegele, China's 'New Left' Grows Louder; Followers of Bo Xilai criticize direction of Communist Party, exposing leaders to sensitive questions over Mao's legacy. Wall Street Journal, Oct 6, 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 38121620762516.html
("Dealing with the new left requires some balancing for the party. Unlike the political activists who often oppose the party on democratic or human-rights grounds, the new leftists act as defenders of the vision Mao once laid out for China: Rejecting them [new lefties] outright would risk exposing party leaders to sensitive questions around the very foundation the party is built on")
Note:
(a) The report says, "Supporters of ousted political leader Bo Xilai are turning up the note of political discord in China."
Note (n):
"1a (1) obsolete : MELODY, SONG (2) : TONE 2a (3) : CALL, SOUND; especially : the musical call of a bird b : a written symbol used to indicate duration and pitch of a tone by its shape and position on the staff
2a : a characteristic feature (as of odor or flavor) b : something (as an emotion or disposition) like a note in tone or resonance <a note of sadness> <end on a high note> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/note