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Big Orange (Home Depot)

Joel — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:36:44 +0000

The Home Depot, Inc. is the world’s largest home-improvement retailer and one of the largest retailers in the world with over 2,000 stores spread across the United States, Mexico, Canada, and China.

It uses the color orange in not only its logo, but also its buildings and even the aprons that its employees wear, turning the color into the signature color for the company. The company is occasionally referred to as “Big Orange,” which is a reference to calling IBM “Big Blue.”

White Rabbit Creamy Candy

Joel — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:27:13 +0000

One-Child Policy

Joel — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:01:38 +0000

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Joel — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:57:44 +0000

Asian Brown Cloud

Joel — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:09:16 +0000

The Fifth Modernization

Joel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:31:11 +0000

The Four Modernizations

Joel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:59:38 +0000

World War II

Joel — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:52:14 +0000

World War II was a war fought on a global scale between 1939 and 1945 between the Axis powers—primarily Germany, Italy, and Japan—on one side and the Allied Powers—primarily China, France, Poland, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom—on the other. The primary regions of conflict were Europe and Eastern Asia and the Pacific Ocean. The war ended in Europe in May, 1945 and in Asia and the Pacific on September 2, 1945 with complete victory for the Allies.

Over 60 million people died in the conflict and is generally considered to be the most deadly war in history.

Queuing Day

Joel — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:54:43 +0000

“Queuing Day” was a monthly event held on the 11th of every month in Beijing during the months leading up to the 2008 Olympics in that city to promote the practice of queuing, i.e. forming and waiting in an orderly line. The eleventh was picked for symbolic reasons as the two “1″s in the date represent orderly lines.

The Gang of Four

Joel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:32:42 +0000

The Five Elements of the Chinese

Joel — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:19:53 +0000

Fifth-Generation Filmmaker

Joel — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:44:21 +0000

The Five Relationships

Joel — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:50:53 +0000

Father to Son
Elder Brother to Younger Brother
Husband to Wife
Elder to Junior
Ruler to Subject

The Five Classics of Confucius

Joel — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:35:21 +0000

The Five Permanent Members of the U.N. Security Council

Joel — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:31:45 +0000

China (since 1971; prior to 1971, the Republic of China (Taiwan))
France
Russia (since 1991; prior to 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics)
The United Kingdom
The United States

The Three No’s of U.S.-China Policy

Joel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:18:12 +0000

In the late 1990′s, under President William Clinton, the United States developed a policy called “The Three No’s.” They are:

No seat in the U.N. for Taiwan
No two-China policy; and
No independence for Taiwan.

One-China Policy

Joel — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:04:44 +0000

Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book

Joel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:01:36 +0000