Randy: Does Anyone Actually _say_ This?

[Doug Harris]

NPR has posted some of the new slogans being promoted
by the Chinese government. Perhaps this sounds better in the
original than in English translation (as, I suspect, is more than
occasionally the case), but I can't imagine how this, if even
close to this punchy-challenged, could ever 'catch on'.
Randy, what's your take on this, as the resident (expert or not)?
"Adhering to and improving the system of regional autonomy by ethnic minorities, so as to consolidate and develop socialist relations among different ethnic groups based on equality, solidarity, mutual assistance and harmony."
Say what?
doug

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