"Add on to this having supply-side structural reform and One Belt One Road written into this, which were Xi's signature policies, this makes questioning or non-compliance with those tantamount to betrayal of the party".
Just over a decade ago, Wells went to bat for Philip Morris in the United States v. Philip Morris lawsuit filed against the company by the DOJ in a case ending with a prosecution, but with actual penalties tantamount to kid glove treatment.
"Sadly some of the motivation seems to come from people who believe that any connection with psychiatry is tantamount to saying there is nothing wrong with you, go away, you're not really ill," Dr Wesseley told the BBC.
A society where iMac users suddenly declare that they are more than happy with Panther is tantamount to a society that says it is more than happy with the Previa and doesn't need the Siena, which, after all, has automatic sliding doors.
Critics of schools with religious character seem to suggest that doing anything other than sending your child to the closest school – no matter how good or bad it is, or how much its ethos clashes with your values – is tantamount to collusion with forces that operate against a fair society and the fostering of community cohesion.
To those who worry that talking about sex and contraception with youngsters is tantamount to condoning sexual activity, advocates say research shows the opposite.
Especially for NATO members hailing from Central Europe, sharing privileged technology or command authority with Russia is tantamount to letting the fox in the hen-house.
Playing with him is tantamount to shaving, powdering your face, putting on your best suit, then going out and stepping in front of a bus.
6.24pm GMT Like Boehner, Rep. Paul Ryan has aggressively defended his deal against critics on the right, for whom any dealing with Democrats is tantamount to capitulation.
From our first glimpse of her gripping a glass of wine, Ms. Scott Thomas lets that famously luminous face communicate its own betrayals: The hint of tears, for instance, indicating reserves of pain or the way she visibly stiffens on the word "darling," as spoken by Jerry with an intimacy tantamount at that point to transgression.
