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"The people may not understand the 4D chess that might (?) lie behind some policy decisions but they do feel the concrete effects of this negligent politics on their daily lives. "

India's election season summed up here. Wonderful read as always, Helen! Also, kudos on your Chinese translations. Very difficult to learn an logographic language. Just started Japanese myself. *wipes her eyes*

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Feb 14Liked by Helen De Cruz

Thank you for another great read! I’d love to know how you are translating from ancient Chinese! Are you consulting a particular dictionary/grammar text?

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I use the Pleco dictionary on my iPad which has as an add-on a classical Chinese dictionary. As a prior basis I only have the thin, but really great book by Bryan Van Norden, Classical Chinese for Everyone.

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