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Texas State Rep. "Apologizes" for Remark About Asian Names »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 7 months ago in Political News
Texas State Rep. Betty Brown apologized for remarks she made earlier in the week, in which she said the following:
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Chinese villagers listed as dead in welfare scam »
Posted by: BronxBomber 5 days, 16 hours ago in News
China - Hundreds of Chinese villagers are protesting after they were registered as dead and struck from village lists. The taxes villages pay to higher levels ...
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Learning Chinese languages makes you musical, claim scientists - Telegraph »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Researchers made the discovery after investigating why perfect pitch was rare in Europe and the US even among musicians – with only one in 10,000 ...
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'Chiefs, Thieves, and Priests': Science writer Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and prosperity »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
I was at a Cato Institute function where the British development economist Peter Bauer was giving a lecture, and I had a really smart-ass question ...
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Your tax dollars at work: Teaching Chinese hookers to drink responsibly »
Posted by: k9kssr 6 months ago in News
In a time of deep recession, the American taxpayer might assume that our government has taken care to spend its money responsibly. (All right, stop ...
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covertress: China Seeks Assurances That U.S. Will Cut Its Deficit »
Posted by: gbudavid 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Attention should be given to the fiscal deficit, said Xie Xuren, the Chinese finance minister. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner assured the Chinese that once ...
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China bosses told to cut salaries »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 7 months ago in News
The average employee in one of China's top financial institutions earns $58,500 (£ 40,000) - with those at the very top of these firms ...
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Chinese Blog Leaks Next-Gen iPhone Details, Pictures »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 5 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
On Saturday, a Chinese-language blog UMPCFeaver posted pictures that it claims are the first-ever photos from a functioning next-generation iPhone. Those photos and the automatic ...
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The Assault on ChasFreeman »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months ago in Political News
I've been loathe to join the argument about whether the veteran diplomat Chas Freeman should be hired to lead the National Intelligence Council. I ...
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"Utterly Alien?" - Afghanistan »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
While I share some of your skepticism (but not your despair), I reject your description of the Afghan and Pakistani people, their institutions, culture and ...
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Dark Knight Can’t Climb Great Wall »
Posted by: warhead1 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Batman is bowing out of China. In a move based more on political considerations than financial ones, Warner Bros has opted not to release ...
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Chinese plan upstages Obama at U.N. - Washington Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Political News
President Obama warned world leaders of an "irreversible catastrophe" if they fail to address climate change in time, but it was China's leader who ...
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Apple Strikes iPhone Deal with Chinese Telecom »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The long-awaited entry of the iPhone to China, at least in non-jailbroken and non-unlocked form, is at the brink, according to the Wall Street Journal ...
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Why the best Translation for Mapo Tofu is "Lady Numbness' Bean Curd" »
Posted by: ZagatBuzz 8 months ago in News
The best translation for mapo tofu, a simple dish made of tofu, spicy sauce and minced pork.
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May The Good China Preserve Us »
Posted by: barucci 5 months, 1 week ago in News
The sense that someone else’s loss is your gain, leading even to rejoicing at their disaster—xing zai le huo—is as hard-wired into ...
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