Talk:Chinese squeeze

RFV discussion: August–October 2015
I don't think the definition is right. What I see on Google Books are SOP verb constructions like "the Chinese squeeze into their homes", or SOP references to the Chinese practice of "squeeze" (requiring bribes), as in: "Of course, there was the Chinese squeeze. The Chinese squeeze is two or three thousand years old. I may say in talking about politics that in Chicago I find there is a Chicago squeeze, too." OTOH, David Perry on Game Design: A Brainstorming Toolbox does define "Chinese squeeze (stealing profits off the top)", so maybe it's attested even in reference to non-Chinese somewhere. (There is a hit saying "it is true that this Chinese squeeze is not limited to any particular country, as many a public contractor could testify", but that strikes me as similar to "this American freedom is not limited to America; other countries have freedom, too", i.e. still SOP.) - -sche (discuss) 16:32, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * One newspaper article (look in the left hand column headed "By Westbrook Pegler") that accuses FDR's government of Chinese squeeze. Other than that, I can't find anything else not SOP (as opposed to, say, Spanish practices, which is easy to attest in non-Spanish contexts). Library of Congress newspaper search only find hits literally relating to squeeze in China. Smurrayinchester (talk) 17:33, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * An undated and possibly non-durable (e-pub) book of Slang Poetry, volume I by R. K. Cowles has this semi-sensical verse:
 * "This is business"
 * He tells me once he was left holding the bag
 * He never got his dib from my big cheese
 * My big cheese according to him gave him the Chinese squeeze
 * He apparently became my big cheese's patsy and referred him as a smooth
 * Need to bring this chin to a conclusion with me still intact
 * At this time,
 * - -sche (discuss) 23:49, 10 August 2015 (UTC)


 * RFV-failed; deleted. - -sche (discuss) 17:47, 31 October 2015 (UTC)