... non-sovereign entities and about twelve international organisations including the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee. It is the third most common native language in the world, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. Modern English is sometimes described as the first global lingua franca as it is often required as the international language of communications, science, diplomacy, information technology, etc. A working ... , Mandarin is a group of related varieties or dialects spoken across most of Northern and South-western China. The Chinese Economy has been tagged as the ...

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... , restaurants, hotels, airlines and cab companies. And it also affects the import export trading of those countries. Another casualty that have fallen under the SARS disease are the 700 million Chinese agricultural workers who depend on their jobs in the outer provinces who have to put themselves in danger because they land in rural areas where the disease is unreported and ... it has also made its people feel the heat of racism. Asians have been seen by many people and unfairly targeted as the silent carriers of Sars. Chinese restaurants and other shops owned by Chinese people have lost...

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... of this, one of the more prominent differences in every culture, our society would grow together and have the ability to work more efficiently. There would be no need for translation of literature between languages therefore more accurate communication. Traveling the world would be safer and easier to engage socially. Businesses, even small ones, would have the means to collaborate with ... ...

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... one can have all the good things of life. Every child during the early years of school read stories and fancy many of the characters portrayed in them. I once read a Chinese story illustrating this point of view. There was a man who was in hell and about to be reincarnated, and said to the King of Reincarnation, "If you want me to ... perfect in all respects. If I am given the chance (I wonder, if it ever happen) to be born again, I will not lay down any unreasonable conditions unlike the man in the Chinese story which may embarrass my Creator. I shall be glad if I am delivered upon thi...

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... invention in design of Gothic Cathedrals, the revolution of the compass has impacted the world today. The original compass, which was first invented early in the 11th century by the Chinese, used a magnetic needle for indicating direction and simply pointed North. After that, the magnetic compass had been refined by Flavio Gioia that allowed it to indicate several directions, and it ... ...

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... business with clients who are too frighten to travel to Asia in fear of coming in contact with the air-borne epidemic. They have also divided their work among several Chinese factories in case one of them has to be shut down. But that's the thing, Li & Fung are a big enough company to make these strategic moves in order to ride ... ...

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... business with clients who are too frighten to travel to Asia in fear of coming in contact with the air-borne epidemic. They have also divided their work among several Chinese factories in case one of them has to be shut down. But that's the thing, Li & Fung are a big enough company to make these strategic moves in order to ride ... ...

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... reasons. Ephedrine, which comes from an herb, grows in the arid regions of the world. It is most commonly known for it main component Ephedra. Ephedrine was used by the Chinese to treat afflictions to the lungs, and is still used to relieve nasal congestion. Ephedrine is known to cause heart rate and body temperature to increase. It also burns fat ... ...

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... their environment, man also used myths to answer other questions. Early humans used their simplistic polytheistic religions, known as animism, to explain the world around them. For example, according to Chinese legend, Pan-Gu was the creator of the universe. Pan-Gu was born as a dwarf from the "cosmic egg." The lower half of this egg formed Earth, or Ying, and ... ...

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