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Step aside, Texas. The Chinese city of Qiqihar is laying claim to the global barbecue crown. Located in the country's far north-east, it recently concluded a barbecue festival, inviting the world to enjoy its flavour.

• 分词作状语开头（Located in...）交代位置，主句紧跟动作，句尾再用分词收束（inviting...）。
• 一前一后两个分词短语，把"在哪、干了什么、为了谁"三层信息叠进一个长句，主干只有五个词（it recently concluded a barbecue festival）。
• 写地点、写机构、写人物履历，这套"分词开头+主干+分词收尾"是英语写作的万能骨架。

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." —— 塞缪尔·约翰逊（常引语）

The serious, rivalrous business of Chinese barbecue. Some cities say they've been eating kebabs since the Han dynasty. The cookout shake-out.

• serious, rivalrous 两个形容词并列修饰 business，把"烟火气"和"商业竞争"压在一起。
• 定冠词 The 开头，把标题变成"对某个行业的盖棺定论"，新闻标题的经典腔调。
• business of X 结构（……的生意）把任何领域变成"生意"，自带反差幽默：烧烤也能是严肃生意。

"The first man gets the oyster, the last man gets the shell." —— 安德鲁·卡内基（常引语）

China's latest cash cow is a clunky cartoon bull. Why "Niu Lai" has become a box-office hit.

• cash cow（摇钱树）是双关：既指"牛"，又指"赚大钱的产品"。
• 主语（cash cow）与表语（cartoon bull）一个真牛一个假牛，牛与牛互指，妙趣横生。
• clunky（笨拙的）一词自嘲式贬义，与 box-office hit 形成反差：越丑越卖座。

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." —— 本杰明·富兰克林，《穷理查年鉴》

The long arm of the Chinese state. Like America, China wants its laws to apply everywhere.

• the long arm（长臂）是"域外法权"的经典隐喻：国家权力像手臂一样伸向远方。
• 定冠词 + 名词短语作标题，不设动词，把概念本身抛出来，留白让读者追问"长臂伸向哪里"。
• long arm 双音节收尾，读起来有力量感，是标题写作的"名词短语+隐喻"范本。

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people." —— 亚伯拉罕·林肯，葛底斯堡演说

China should be loosening budgetary policy. It's doing the opposite. Its belt-tightening is good micro, but bad macro.

• 两个短句硬碰硬：should be doing（应该做）对 It's doing the opposite（正在反着做）。
• 句号制造停顿，把"应该"和"实际"之间的落差放大，比连接词更有冲击力。
• the opposite 收尾，不解释、不评论，把判断权交给读者——这是社论标题的高级留白。

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself." —— 乔治·萧伯纳，《革命者的箴言》