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  2. Made in China - Wikipedia

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    Made in China or Made in PRC is a country of origin label, often in English, affixed to products wholly or partially made in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The label became prominent in the 1990s, when foreign companies based in the United States, Europe, and Asia moved their manufacturing operations to China due to China's low ...

  3. Eight-legged essay - Wikipedia

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    The roots of the eight-legged essay likely came from a different rhetorical form called Jingyi which was made by reformer and poet Wang Anshi (1021–1086), in the eleventh century. [1] This eventually led to the form known as qǐchéngzhuǎnhé (起承轉合) which then evolved into the eight-legged essay in the Ming Dynasty (1368 CE–1644 CE).

  4. 1688 in China - Wikipedia

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    Empress Xiaozhuangwen (28 March 1613 – 27 January 1688), of the Khorchin Mongol Borjigit clan, personal name Bumbutai, was a consort of Hong Taiji. She was 21 years his junior. She was 21 years his junior.

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/China- and Chinese-related articles

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    When identifying people by their ethnicity in China-related articles, refer to Han Chinese people specifically as such, rather than as just "Chinese", especially when contrasting Han Chinese to other ethnic groups in China. In English, "Chinese" also describes the Chinese nationality, so care is warranted to avoid conflating the two concepts ...

  6. Chinese script styles - Wikipedia

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    In writing in the semi-cursive script, the brush leaves the paper less often than in the regular script. Characters appear less angular and instead rounder. In general, an educated person in China or Japan can read characters written in the semi-cursive script with relative ease, but may have occasional difficulties with certain idiosyncratic ...

  7. Chinese respelling of the English alphabet - Wikipedia

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    In China, letters of the English alphabet are pronounced somewhat differently because they have been adapted to the phonetics (i.e. the syllable structure) of the Chinese language. The knowledge of this spelling may be useful when spelling Western names, especially over the phone, as one may not be understood if the letters are pronounced as ...

  8. Written Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages.Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary.

  9. English writing style - Wikipedia

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    An English writing style is a combination of features in an English language composition that has become characteristic of a particular writer, a genre, a particular organization, or a profession more broadly (e.g., legal writing).