28 December 2021 - kill 1

The logical Chinese, interested in numbers and brevity, have a standard-size four-character proverb about how to bully on the cheap: “kill 1 warn 100”. We intuitive Westerners, playing a different game, should counter with the chess proverb “the threat is stronger than its execution.” Our move might go something like this: “Nyah nyah! We dare you!”