21.   The pioneering video art of the older Nam June Paik began when the VCR was an alien concept.

22.   For the locals, who make their soup from scratch, the canned kind is an alien concept.

23.   The election results also contradict the arguments of some Asian governments, including China, which defend their authoritarianism by portraying democracy as an alien Western concept.

24.   The Western notion of a give-and-take session between an understanding therapist and voluntary patient was largely an alien concept.

25.   In the meantime, companies resort to poaching staff, and company loyalty, like marketing, is an alien concept in China.