Sorry, this is also what I wrote yesterday.
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美国要中国对限制互联网做出解释. BBC Chinese, Oct 19, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... hina_internet.shtml
("分析人士认为,这再次显示了世界最大的两个经济体之间贸易紧张不断升级")
Note: 美国驻世贸组织大使迈克尔·彭克
Michael Punke, US Ambassador and Permament Representative to the WTO and Deputy United States Trade Representative.
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(1) 温家宝斥社会诚信缺失令人民不满. BBC Chinese, Oct 19, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... abao_morality.shtml
(商业欺诈、制假售假、虚报冒领、学术不端)
(2) 西安羞辱学生的“绿领巾”被叫停. BBC Chinese, Oct 19, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 019_green_tie.shtml
(3) 佛山女童案:见死不救为各国法律所不容. BVOA Chinese, Oct 19, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... case-132141143.html
("在美国刑法中,没有对见死不救者判处徒刑或课以罚款的条款 * * * 加拿大刑法并没有相应的条款")
(4) 艾德, 社交媒体给中国领导人带来新挑战. VOA Chinese, Oct 19, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... EDIA-131875548.html
, which is translated from
William Ide, Social Media Brings China New Challenges, Opportunities. VOA, Sept 30, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/english/n ... ies--130841973.html
(5) 对比新闻:新闻监督网成立 左派网站被关闭. VOA Chinese, Oct 18, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... news-132046638.html
("与此同时,《北京日报》批评微博缺乏诚信,要求实名制")
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Bill Powell, Peter Buffett Rocks Beijing. In China, his famous father is worshipped as the "god of stocks." Now Peter Buffett has himself become a star in the wealth-focused nation by writing a book with a radical message: Money isn't everything. Fortune, October 10, 2011.
http://management.fortune.cnn.co ... fett-rocks-beijing/
Note:
(a) For Beijing Tanglewood, see Tanglewood Music Valley 探戈坞音乐谷 (位于北京市延庆县)
* Tanglewood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood
(b) Marin County, California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_County,_California
(well known for its natural beauty, liberal politics, affluence and a strong New Age reputation; The origin of the county's name is not clear)
(c) take to: "to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, or occupation) <take to begging>"
www.m-w.com
(d) Be Yourself 做你自己 (by 彼得·巴菲特)
(e) ZHANG Haióu, editor-in-chief of New World Press
总编辑 张海鸥 (女士)/ 新世界出版社
http://www.nwp.com.cn/
(f) For Graham and Dodd, see Security Analysis (book)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Analysis_(book)
(written by professors Benjamin Graham and David Dodd of Columbia Business School, which laid the intellectual foundation for what would later be called value investing; first published in 1934)
(g) gobsmacked (adj): "slang(Brit) astounded; astonished"
gob (n): "slang the mnouth"
Both definitions are from
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition, 2009.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/gobsmacked |