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whooshee

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    Comment #20014772

    As an aside, Huawei poured a lot of funds in R&D, and those scientists and mathematicians they hired from Russia/France etc,. helped significantly to their breakthroughs.

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    Comment #19817242

    Same here, and some definitions named by people's names. I totally understand the need to attribute and respect people's work, but a more descriptive name is almost always easier t…

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    Comment #19630996

    China was a pure communist country before the reform. To keep the name, they had to attach it to a different interpretation. when it comes to respecting the authority, 「王侯將相,寧有種乎!」…

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    Comment #19613125

    Well, seems to be in accordance with the fact that the British never gave HK democracy.

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    Comment #19458601

    The guy was bashed by a lot of people on social media. Class mobility will stagnate even more if English was not studied at public curriculum. I would say everyone need at least tr…

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    Comment #19068808

    Yup, China built railroads and other infrastructure at a relatively low price in Africa, they have no scruples. Not to mention died dozens of workers in 80s. Some Western companies…

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    Comment #18565272

    > I highly doubt that one day this minority just decided to start attacking people randomly you must know that that happened quite a few times in last ten years, like 2009, a lot o…

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    Comment #18481076

    And the British https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/arti...

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    Comment #18481023

    Although China is a vibrant place it is still a developing country. not on par with stable developed countries. Speaking of guanxi, many new rich had gotten almost none but their t…

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    Comment #18480977

    That strategy is not uncommon for big companies, think about Facebook, Microsoft.

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    Comment #18103769

    The reason that world has fewer full-fledged wars now is major powers have mutual assured destruction, US-leading doesn't come close as that.

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    Comment #17992199

    You must know Chiang never acknowledged Taiwan's independence instead he had been trying to get back mainland and maintain ROC. It's more complicated.

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    Comment #17833077

    Unlike U.S., Most good hospitals in China are public, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still expensive with the basic care if someone is in serious situation. More and mo…

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    Comment #17775479

    I have to say, most Chinese don't know this crap till today. So nobody would say this is a fully homegrown web browser. It's more like someone wanna wash their cash..

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    Comment #17503722

    People are not afraid to calling out cheating. Yes, there are Chinese students do that. People are just not that into overgeneralize a giant group of people.

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    Comment #17366895

    Ping Pong, Basketball, and e-sports..

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    Comment #16919097

    > There has never been any freedom given by China to Tibet. It seems you completely ignored my remarks. 95% of Tibetans were serfs before reintegrate to China. After 1951, they bec…

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    Comment #16918916

    Coders make a good salary and have a normal schedule, they will usually find a partner. But nowadays I guess more and more young people will choose to live alone.

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    Comment #16918909

    Yes, modern Chinese women would be offended if you call them Mrs (husband's surname)

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    Comment #16918903

    China is really different from Japan/Korea when regarding at gender. Women were called to hold up the half the sky in China since the very beginning. And nowadays girls are just eq…

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    Comment #16918888

    In some Chinese companies, they hire male models to send flowers to female staff. [0] http://bbs.wangjing.cn/data/attachment/forum/201703/08/13401...

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    Comment #16909669

    Many of those 'more men' are from villages who didn't like girls. So they are swallowing that on their own, which is kind of re-balancing. By the way, given the tech we have these …

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    Comment #16909668

    It is rather rare and illegal to 'buy' a partner, many left-over men will probably be alone for their lives.

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    Comment #16909627

    Actually Modi is visiting China in recent days. China and India will continue to compete and cooperate. Tibet has been a part of China for many centuries, and the serfs over there …