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Chinese Chinese box each of a set of boxes graduated in size so as to fit inside each other.
Chinese wall an insurmountable barrier to understanding (alluding to the
Great Wall of China); on the Stock Exchange, a prohibition against the passing of confidential information from one department of a financial institution to another.
Chinese water torture a form of torture whereby a constant drip of water is caused to fall on to the victim's head.
Chinese whispers a game in which a message is distorted by being passed around in a whisper.
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China Market Research - Chinese industry data and market intelligence.
M2 Presswire; 8/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...and Markets: China Market Research - Chinese industry data and market intelligence...of AMID, is a leading source for the Chinese industry data and market intelligence...around the world gain insights into the Chinese industry trends, producer capacities...
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Chinese Checkers
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...three broad phases in the development of Chinese food in India. The first (and if you...menu and consisted of masalafied Indian Chinese of the sort you got at every second dhabha...a huge (around 150 covers) upmarket Chinese restaurant with a team of chefs flown...
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Chinese may be key to Hawaii's tourism future
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 2/18/1999; ; 700+ words
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Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; Being Chinese, Becoming Chinese American. By Shehong Chen. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press...reinforces the understanding of scholars and general readers that Chinese America was a complex world. Chinese Americans were not simply...
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Chinese Guest Teacher Brings Mandarin to the Murphy School
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 5/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...teacher from China this year as part of a new Chinese Guest Teacher Program designed to meet the growing demand for Chinese teachers as K-12 schools across the country step up efforts to create Chinese-language programs. The Murphy School is...
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Chinese New Year // Holiday explodes with festive activities
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/26/1990; ; 700+ words
; Celebrations of the Chinese New Year seem like a cross between Christmas...years ago by a Vietnamese businessman of Chinese descent. Lam Ton assembled a traditional...games and music are all part of the Chinese New Year (also called the lunar new...
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Chinese Are No. 1 Group Of Foreign Students Here; Rapid Influx Occurs Despite Restrictions
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/2/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...democratic dissent in China, the number of Chinese studying in the United States is growing so fast that there are now more Chinese students here than students from any...Ma Youzhen, there are 40,000 Chinese students in the United States, probably...
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Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia
Magazine article from: The China Journal; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China...29.95/euro1.50 (hardcover). In Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China...globalization and localization, and the rise of Chinese consumer culture. Through detailed histories...
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Chinese American International School's 25th Anniversary Gala Marks Announcement of $1.3 Million Endowment.
PR Newswire; 5/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...commemorate school's history and leadership in Chinese education in the U.S. SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese American International School (CAIS), the nation's oldest independent Chinese-English immersion school, will host...
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Chinese American historical society, museum, and organization caucus.(8F Caucus Summary)
Magazine article from: Chinese America: History and Perspectives; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; A total of eighteen Chinese American historical societies, museums...Arch" in Utah and to replace it with "Chinese Arch." CHSA was responsible for mailing...which organization would host the next Chinese American Studies conference. At the...
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Chinese Thoroughwax
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Chinese thoroughwax Description Chinese thoroughwax is an herb that is often called bupleurum, referring...Another name for the herb is hare's ear, and in traditional Chinese medicine the herb is called chai-hu. Chinese thoroughwax...
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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882 Passed by U.S...law by President chester a. arthur, the Chinese Exclusion Act (22 Stat. 58) created a ten-year moratorium on the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States. The Act...
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Chinese Americans
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CHINESE AMERICANS CHINESE AMERICANS. Chinese Americans, the largest Asian population group in the United States since 1990, are Americans whose ancestors or who themselves have come from China. Most of the early Chinese immigrants came directly...
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Chinese Canadians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
Chinese Canadians Orientation Identification and...from the southern provinces of China, Chinese Canadians first came to Canada around 1858...provinces. Today the greatest concentration of Chinese Canadians is in Ontario and British Columbia...
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Chinese Exclusion Cases
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Chinese Exclusion Cases, a series of disputes...United States (also recorded as The Chinese Exclusion Case ), 130 U.S. 581 (1889...congressional legislation designed to prevent Chinese immigration. In 1882 Congress passed the...
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