power play

While positioned as retaliation for recent U.S. export-control actions targeting Chinese tech companies, Beijing’s decision is a calculated power play, according to people familiar with the Chinese government’s decision-making process.

The problem is that all that talent can create something of a dilemma: There’s only room for five players on the top power play unit, three on the top line, one in the net.

"It's about a broader power play - using state institutions to impose a particular version of identity, while silencing or sidelining anyone who doesn't conform."

Enraged by the power play, Democrats fled the state, depriving the Texas House of the quorum it needed to function.

"Because of the current global political situation, with power play and competition for resources, it's much more serious."