Of course, Liu Zhizhong and his visiting team are all insightful individuals deeply influenced by modern civilization, so they actually don't have much feeling about the luxury of the National Spoon Platform Hotel.
Because their consistent belief is: in politics, we should be more modest, and political-related travel and living should not be so extravagant; whether the world views your country and government as successful or qualified depends not on how the leadership lives but on how your people are living!
Are the people satisfied or not, that's the ultimate measure! Do we need any more standards?
If standards are really needed: while comparing vertically with oneself, it's necessary to also compare horizontally with the world, OK?
That noon, it was another grand meal to welcome Liu Zhizhong and his group. There's no choice, you've got to eat, right? To indulge in lavish wastefulness is also fine, alas...
