Xi Is the Cover Story of Time Asia

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The cover of Time magazine (Asia edition; cover date: Apr 11, 2016)
http://time.com/magazine/asia/
("China's President makes like Mao[.] CHAIRMAN XI[.] by Hannah Beech" (Illustration by Tim O'Brien for TIME))

Note:
(a) make like
(i) "to pretend to be something you are not  <She makes like she's the boss around here.>"
Macmillan
www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/make-like
(ii) "(North American English, informal) to pretend to be, know or have something in order to impress people  <He makes like he's the greatest actor of all time.>"
Oxford dictionaries
http://www.oxfordlearnersdiction ... tion/english/make_1
(iii) "US  informal
1:  to pretend to be (someone or something) <He made like a rooster and strutted across the stage.>
2:  to act in a way that does not show one's true feelings <He made like he didn't care.>"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20like

(b) Tim O'Brien (illustrator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(illustrator)
(1964- )
(c) At the top of the left column of the Time Asia is "China's Chairman Builds a Cult of Personality." The Website allows only subscriber to visit. Without table of content, I have no way of knowing whether this is the title of the cover story.