I was also shocked at this usage. Why employ such charged language in this way? It’s like if there was a holocaust on poverty or something announced by Germany. This is utterly bizarre.

Because it was only chinese that died and we westerners don't empathize with chinese as much?

I know that's a bit offensive, but as you said you would see a headline about the holocaust on poverty, or the genocide of african rape or the shoa of fake shekels?

But what about the holodomor on corruption? Does that sound like it could get past a non-ukrainian editor?

Yes. To most native Chinese mainland people, the implied meaning of the title would be contradictory to the content of the article.

If it was meant as a Chinese equivalence for "leapfrog", the author is certainly missing some research, presuming good intentions.

That's a liberal-communist paper, what do you expect?

I wouldn't describe it as such by a long shot, they constantly attacked Corbyn, praise MbS etc. It's your typical neoliberal piece, moving further to the right with each passing election cycle.

The guardian to the right? I mean, can they even admit that current immigration policies in the UK are problematic? Last time I tried reading a piece they couldn't seem to get over that hurdle, and that's turning out to be a pretty centrist view point in europe currently.

That's what neoliberal basically means. Liberal on social policies, (i.e. they don't want to seem as bigoted towards any group of people), however on the economic & foreign policy front, they're quite to the right by liberal standards, (i.e. pro interventionist policy).

Really?

Again I see immigration as mostly economic and foreign policy so being left on that isn't a good start. Throw in the wage gap (an econ issue they are far left on) or their pro-eu stance (very left econ wise).

Are you saying they are neoliberal because they are out and out socialists or something? What kind of right wing economic policies do they support aside from free trade which is not really strictly right/left anymore.

Speaking of not understanding words, you just called the Guardian communist...

Please start here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism

I like that downwotes on this co. Shows people fighting for the right to forget events where their side screwed up.

If you fight for not getting reminded, how would we make sure you still remember, eh?

I'd rather blame ignorance of both history and English language.