Grab your calculator – China’s leaders are at it again!
To usher in the Year of the Sheep, President Xi Jinping has placed his indelible stamp on Chinese history by unveiling the Four Comprehensives.
In so doing, Xi continues a long tradition of Chinese leaders wrapping up complex policy packages into concise numbered lists with catchy names.
The list of lists continues to grow. In case you are having a hard time keeping them straight, we have compiled our own list here in a convenient format, complete with links in case you may, in a momentary lapse, have forgotten the meaning of one or two.
As a memory aid, our list may be sung to the tune of a familiar Christmas carol (which, after the eighth or ninth verse has been known to test the sanity of even the soundest of souls).
On the twelfth day of New Year, the Party gave to me:
Twelve Socialist Values
Eleven Most Active Cults
Ten-Year Visas
Nine-Dash Line
Eight Shames and Honors
Seven Percent Growth Rate
Six New Movies
Five Year Plan
Four Comprehensives
Three Represents
Two Systems
And a Harmonious Society!
Image Credit: Happy Chinese New Year (农历新年) by Bokeh & Travel, on Flickr
