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合鞋 (hé xié) fitting shoe

"Fitting shoe" (合鞋 hé xié) is [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/space/River_crab yet another] homonym for "harmonious" (和谐 héxié). This phrase has its roots in a speech delivered by President Xi Jinping that met much netizen ridicule. 

While on his first trip abroad as China's president, Xi Jinping delivered a speech at Moscow State Institute of International Relations on March 23, 2013. In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIdvlSOBhA his speech] [zh] [http://www.gov.cn/ldhd/2013-03/24/content_2360829.htm (transcript)] [zh], Xi [https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/03/xi-jinping-calls-for-cooperation-on-visit-to-moscow/ called for cooperation between Russia and China], emphasizing the two nations' shared interests in peace and stability. Xi also countered international criticism of a country's developmental path with the following words:

<blockquote> “Only the wearer of a shoe will know whether or not that shoe fits his foot." Whether or not the path that a country takes towards development is suitable or not, only the citizens of that country have the right to decide.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“鞋子合不合脚，自己穿了才知道”。一个国家的发展道路合不合适，只有这个国家的人民才最有发言权。</blockquote>

Netizens quickly took Xi to task for his words, drawing attention to the fact that they—the citizens of China—had little say in their country's path towards development. [https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/03/bbc-netizens-on-xis-if-the-shoe-fits-speech/ China Digital Times translated] netizen comments [http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/03/130323_xi_speech_weibo.shtml relayed by BBC Chinese]:

<blockquote> On Tencent Weibo, user @叶海波 says, “If a country’s people lack freedom of speech, is speaking of shoes fitting their feet not a bit extravagant?”</blockquote>

<blockquote> 在腾讯微博上，网友“叶海波”说，“一国人民连说话都缺乏自由，谈鞋子合脚是不是过于奢侈了。”</blockquote>

<blockquote> Netizen @施济 thinks, “If the shoe doesn’t fit but is worn continually, this leads to the most suffering.”</blockquote>
署名“施济”的网友则认为，“不合脚的鞋子，还要坚持穿，这才是最痛苦的。”</blockquote>

<blockquote> User @梧桐老廖 quips, “You let your family wear comfortable shoes, while compelling ours to wear worn-out shoes of the wrong size.”</blockquote>
<blockquote>至于网友“梧桐老廖”更批评说，“你让你的家属在那边穿合脚舒适的好鞋子，却强迫我们穿不合脚的破鞋。”。</blockquote>

<blockquote>@天黑不白 raises a question, “But how will they know if this country’s people feel the shoe fits or not?”</blockquote>
<blockquote>一位网友“天黑不白”则提出问题说，“可是他怎么知道：这个国家的人民觉得鞋子合适呢？”</blockquote>

Blogger [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/wuyue-sanren/ Wuyue Sanren] posted the following soon-to-be deleted comment to his Sina Weibo microgblog: