声称: to claim, to state, to proclaim, to assert...
却是: nevertheless, actually, the fact is......
列举: a list, to list, to enumerate...
统治: to rule (a country), to govern, rule, regime...
问: to ask, to inquire...
判决: judgment (by a court of law), to pass judgment on, to sentence...
一律: same, uniformly, all, without exception...
观摩: to observe and emulate, to study (esp. following sb's example)...
