shirk
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His visit could help improve dynamics between the two nations, said Susan Shirk, a political scientist who is the founding chair of the 21st Century China Center at UC San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
In the past, the Chinese government “could adapt flexibly to a problem. They put economic development first,” Ms. Shirk said.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
"In the past, we could always count on China's leaders to be pragmatic about economic policy, and prudent in their foreign policy. We don't see that now," Ms Shirk says.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2022
But the display made a powerful statement on its own, said Darlene Shirk, a Mennonite from Lancaster County.
From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022
Shirk, shėrk, v.t. to avoid, get off or slink away from.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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