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Democracy Crushed in China... Again | China Uncensored
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Darren posted on 2017/02/18Ever wondered about democracy experiments in China? This episode of China Uncensored dives into the Wukong Model and what happened when village elections clashed with land seizures and riot police. You'll get a fascinating look at political satire while picking up key vocabulary related to protests and governance!
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ultimately
US /ˈʌltəmɪtli/
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UK /ˈʌltɪmətli/
- Adverb
- Done or considered as the final and most important
- Fundamentally; at the most basic level.
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US /ɪkˈspɛrəmənt/
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UK /ɪk'sperɪmənt/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
- A course of action tentatively adopted without being sure of the eventual outcome.
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To create and perform tests to research something
- To try something new that you haven't tried before
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US /ʌnˈprɛsɪˌdɛntɪd/
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UK /ʌnˈpresɪdentɪd/
- Adjective
- Not having happened before, or to such a degree
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US /ˈsɛntəns/
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UK /'sentəns/
- Transitive Verb
- (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
- Noun
- Official punishment given by a court of law
- Set of words that make a whole statement
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