Political drumbeat: cultural confidence
Language Log 2024-02-19
Summary:
Yesterday, the hypernationalistic CCP government propaganda organ, Global Times, published the following article: "China shows cultural confidence as world shares Spring Festival’s spirit, legacy, joy", by Ai Peng, Global Times (2/18/24) Mark Metcalf called the conspicuous expression "cultural confidence" to my attention: It's appeared in LL twice. Apparently it has propaganda 'legs' and, of course, […]