Word: opinionizing
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...forward by the government. The opposition would rather place party interests above the Taiwan people's interests. President Chen's dismantling of the National Unification Council [a body created to explore eventual reunification with the mainland] should have been regarded as simply the public expression of mainstream Taiwanese opinion, not as a provocative, troublemaking gesture toward China. Justin Kao Taipei...
...reason for turning the screws on Khodorkovsky may be that in prison, his political star seems to be rising. Recent opinion polls have shown growing sympathy for Khodorkovsky even among sections of the public that had previously dismissed him simply as another unscrupulous oligarch. "The Kremlin fears that Khodorkovsky will emerge from prison to unite left and right democratic opposition groups," Kondaurov speculates. If so, Khodorkovsky may be in grave danger: "He'll either walk out of the camp as the winner," says Kondaurov, "or they'll carry him out feet first...
...fact, all Whole Foods stores strive to be happy stores. The backbone of the company is its highly enforced culture of empowerment. Instead of a hierarchy, employees form teams headed by a leader. Everyone's opinion counts. Hirings and firings are decided from the bottom up, and rule breaking is encouraged if excellence can result. "We're willing to give up some control or allow you to make mistakes," Gallo explains, "and through that, people become empowered, and they get really passionate...
...also pointed to the success of these efforts: a recent poll found that a majority of citizens in 23 out of 33 countries polled had a favorable view of Chinese power, against just 13 nations where a majority had a favorable opinion of U.S. power...
...Public opinion polls conducted in recent years by the Horizon Group, an independent research outfit in Beijing, show that an almost schizophrenic attitude toward the U.S. extends far beyond the upper echelons of Chinese society. A survey in late 2005 showed that two-thirds of the respondents thought Sino-American relations had improved over the last year and that three-quarters of them liked American culture - but the U.S. was also rated as the world's most unfriendly country toward China. Some 56% said they didn't believe that Americans respect China...