中国的蛤蟆王、童话和政治现实: 凯瑞

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凯瑞, 观察：中国的蛤蟆王、童话和政治现实. BBC Chinese, Aug 19, 2016
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp ... toady_carrie_gracie

Quote:

"江泽民不是唯一被噤声的革命前辈。我最近尝试着找门路获准采访另一位退位的领导人，但被告知这类采访没有可能，因为拟采访对象被 '关在金丝笼里。'

"爱丽丝梦游仙境》，故事里的王后对任何胆敢违背她旨意的人大吼 '斩首，' 而国王突然发明了第42条法规：'身高一英里以上者必須退出法庭。'


, which is translated into English:

Carrie Gracie, The politics of toad kings and fairy tales in China. BBC, Aug 19, 2016
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37127656

Note: Regarding quotation 2. Chapter 12 in Alice's Adventure in Wonderland.
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rgs/alice-XII.html

Quote:
(a)
(i) Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Hearts_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland
(She is often confused with the Red Queen from the sequel, Through the Looking glass)
(ii) King of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Hearts_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland)

(b) "At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out `Silence!' and read out from his book, `Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.'

"Everybody looked at Alice.

" 'I'm not a mile high,' said Alice.

" 'You are,' said the King.

" 'Nearly two miles high,' added the Queen.

" 'Well, I shan't go, at any rate,' said Alice: 'besides, that's not a regular rule: you invented it just now.'

" 'It's the oldest rule in the book,' said the King.

" 'Then it ought to be Number One,' said Alice.

"The King turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily.

(b) " 'Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.

" 'No, no!' said the Queen. 'Sentence first--verdict afterwards.'

" 'Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. 'The idea of having the sentence first!'

" 'Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.

" 'I won't!' said Alice.

" 'Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.

" 'Who cares for you?' said Alice, (she had grown to her full size by this time.) `You're nothing but a pack of cards!'