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An author from the New Culture Movement with this surname satirized the corner-cutting he observed in Chinese society in “The Life of Mr. Close Enough.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this surname of the paramount leader who succeeded Jiāng Zémín (“jee-ahng dzuh-min”) in 2002.
ANSWER: Hú (“hoo”) [or Wu; accept Hú Jǐntāo or Hu Chin-t’ao or Wu Gam-tou; accept Hu Shih or Hú Shì or Wu Sik]
[10m] During the Hú Jǐntāo (“hoo jeen-tao”) era, the Chinese public condemned shoddy building projects nicknamed for this foodstuff or its “dregs” after many collapsed in the 2008 Sìchuān earthquake. Yuba is also called this food’s “skin.”
ANSWER: tofu [or bean curd, dòufu, dubu, or tubu; accept tofu skin, dòufu pí, tou-fu-p’i, or dubu-kkeopjil; accept tofu-dregs, dòuzhā, dòufuzhā, tou-zha, tou-fu-cha; okara, or kongbiji; accept tofu-dreg projects, dòufuzhā gōngchéng, tofu projects, or tofu buildings; prompt on soy or soybeans]
[10h] In the years after Hú pledged to make China “innovation-oriented,” entrepreneurs created counterfeit imitation smartphones known by this Chinese term. This term refers to copycat goods, sometimes with creative new features.
ANSWER: shānzhài (“shahn-jye”) [or shan-tsai or saan zaai]
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