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Guanxi - Wikipedia

Guanxi - Wikipedia : Guanxi%20%28simplified%20Chinese%3A%20%u5173%u7CFB%3B%20traditional%20Chinese%3A%20%u95DC%u4FC2%3B%20pinyin%3A%20gu%u0101nxi%29%20defines%20the%20fundamental%20dynamic%20in%20personalized%20social%20networks%20of%20power%2C%20and%20is%20a%20crucial%20system%20of%20beliefs%20in%20Chinese%20culture.%20In%20Western%20media%2C%20the%20pinyin%20romanization%20of%20this%20Chinese%20word%20is%20becoming%20more%20widely%20used%20instead%20of%20the%20two%20common%20translations%20of%20it%u2014%22connections%22%20and%20%22relationships%22%u2014as%20neither%20of%20those%20terms%20sufficiently%20reflects%20the%20wide%20cultural%20implications%20that%20guanxi%20describes.%5B1%5D%0AGuanxi%20plays%20a%20fundamental%20role%20within%20the%20Confucian%20doctrine%2C%20which%20sees%20the%20individual%20as%20part%20of%20a%20community%20and%20a%20set%20of%20family%2C%20hierarchical%20and%20friendly%20relationships.%20In%20particular%2C%20there%20is%20a%20focus%20on%20tacit%20mutual%20co...
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The story of the fugitive homeless man who turned himself in after 29 years on the run | Sydney | The Guardian

The story of the fugitive homeless man who turned himself in after 29 years on the run | Sydney | The Guardian : deported%20at%20the%20end%20of%20his%20sentence%20back%20to%20his%20homeland.%20Yugoslavia%20was%20collapsing%20into%20a%20civil%20war%20that%20is%20now%20regarded%20as%20Europe%u2019s%20last%20genocide.%20He%20then%20made%20the%20decision%20to%20escape%20from%20prison.
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FOUR MEN QUOTE -- Revival%20of%20Religion%27s%20Sciences%20%28Ihya%20Ulum%20ad-din%29%201-4%20Vol%201%2C%20%u0625%u062D%u064A%u0627%u0621%20%u0639%u0644%u0648%u0645%20%u0627%u0644%u062F%u064A%u0646-%20%u0644%u0644%u063A%u0632%u0627%u0644%u064A%201-4%20%28%u0627%u0646%u0643%u0644%u064A%u0632%u064A%29%20%u062C1%20-%20Google%20Play

FOUR MEN QUOTE Revival%20of%20Religion%27s%20Sciences%20%28Ihya%20Ulum%20ad-din%29%201-4%20Vol%201%2C%20%u0625%u062D%u064A%u0627%u0621%20%u0639%u0644%u0648%u0645%20%u0627%u0644%u062F%u064A%u0646-%20%u0644%u0644%u063A%u0632%u0627%u0644%u064A%201-4%20%28%u0627%u0646%u0643%u0644%u064A%u0632%u064A%29%20%u062C1%20-%20Google%20Play
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Knowledge - Wikiquote

Knowledge - Wikiquote : Proverbs%5Bedit%5D%0AHe%20who%20knows%20not%2C%20and%20knows%20not%20that%20he%20knows%20not%2C%20is%20a%20fool.%20Shun%20him.%20%0AHe%20who%20knows%20not%2C%20and%20knows%20that%20he%20knows%20not%2C%20is%20simple.%20Teach%20him.%20%0AHe%20who%20knows%2C%20and%20knows%20not%20that%20he%20knows%2C%20is%20asleep.%20Wake%20him.%20%0AHe%20who%20knows%2C%20and%20knows%20that%20he%20knows%2C%20is%20wise.%20Follow%20him.%0ASeveral%20variants%20began%20appearing%20in%20English%20language%20periodicals%20late%20in%20the%2019th%20century%2C%20typically%20attributed%20as%20an%20Arabic%20or%20Persian%20proverb.%20E.g.%20Cosmopolitan%2C%20Volume%2023%20%28May%u2013October%201897%29%2C%20p.%20315.%20Later%20variants%20typically%20use%20%22a%20child%22%20rather%20than%20%22simple%22.%0AMen%20are%20four%3A%0AHe%20who%20knows%20not%20and%20knows%20not%20he%20knows%20not%2C%20he%20is%20a%20fool%u2014shun%20him%3B%0AHe%20who%20knows%20not%20and%20knows%20he%20knows%20not%2C%20he%...
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%u2018Anything%20I%20do%2C%20I%20want%20to%20be%20the%20best%u2019%3A%20Usain%20Bolt%20%7C%20Usain%20Bolt%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : But%2C%20nope%2C%20there%20he%20is%2C%20beaming%20at%20me%20from%20a%20nondescript%20kitchen%20somewhere%20in%20the%20world.%20%28He%u2019s%20actually%20in%20the%20UK%2C%20ready%20to%20play%20for%20the%20World%20XI%20against%20an%20England%20XI%20at%20Soccer%20Aid%20at%20Manchester%20City%u2019s%20Etihad%20Stadium%3B%20days%20later%2C%20a%20clip%20will%20circulate%20of%20the%20long-retired%20Liverpool%20and%20England%20footballer%20Jamie%20Carragher%20beating%20him%20in%20a%20foot-race%20for%20a%20through%20ball.%29%20He%u2019s%20got%20the%20Bolt%20brand%20logo%20%u2013%20a%20black%20bolt%20of%20lightning%20inside%20a%20yellow%20B%20%u2013%20on%20the%20left%20breast%20of%20his%20black%20T-Shirt.%20There%u2019s%20no%20mistaking%20it.%0A%0A
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He who knows not and doesn't know is a fool . . . shun him. He who knows not and knows: He is simple . . . teach him. He who knows and knows not: He is asleep . . . wake him. He who knows and knows: He is wise . . . follow him.' Anon? - Quora

(132) Thoughts on: 'He who knows not and doesn't know is a fool . . . shun him. He who knows not and knows: He is simple . . . teach him. He who knows and knows not: He is asleep . . . wake him. He who knows and knows: He is wise . . . follow him.' Anon? - Quora : %0AYounis%20Hammoudeh%0AAnswered%20December%2017%2C%202017%0A%0AThe%20quote%20is%20by%20an%20Muslim%20Grammarian%20called%20Al-Khalil%20Bin%20Ahmed%2C%20AKA%20Al-Khalil%20Bin%20Ahmed%20Al-Farahidi.%20It%20is%20quoted%20in%20several%20books%20namely%2C%20Al-Ghazali%u2019s%20Ihya%20Ulum%20Al%20Din%2C%20and%20Al-Daynouri%u2019s%20Kitab%20Al-Mujalasa%20Wa%20Jawaher%20Al-Ilm.%0A%0AHere%20are%20the%20references%20to%20the%20quotes%20to%20each%20book%3A%0A%0AA%20quote%20from%20%u0625%u062D%u064A%u0627%u0621%20%u0639%u0644%u0648%u0645%20%u0627%u0644%u062F%u064A%u0646%0A%0A%u0627%u0644%u0643%u062A%u0628%20-%20%u0627%u0644%u0645%u062C%u0627%u0644%u0633%u0629%20%u0648%u062C%u0648%u0627%u0647%u0631%20%u0627%u0644%u0639%u0644%...
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The%20great%20sperm%20heist%3A%20%u2018They%20were%20playing%20with%20people%u2019s%20lives%u2019%20%7C%20Family%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Suddenly%2C%20Catherine%20understood.%20Her%20biological%20father%20had%20been%20another%20of%20Boyd%u2019s%20patients.%20Paul%20and%20his%20wife%20Jane%20%28whose%20names%20have%20been%20changed%20for%20this%20article%29%20had%20had%20private%20fertility%20treatment%20at%20his%20east%20London%20clinic%20in%201969.%20Paul%u2019s%20sperm%20had%20been%20checked.%20Somehow%2C%20the%20sample%20he%20gave%20was%20used%20to%20create%20Catherine.
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Miss Kroatien 2011 Natalija Prica Paraden in einem Nachtclub in Sao Paulo sp�ten 3. September 2011. Prica ist in Sao Paulo f�r die 2011 Miss Universe Wahl die 12 September stattfinden wird. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (Brasilien - Tags: Gesellschaft, Unterhaltung Stockfotografie - Alamy

Miss Kroatien 2011 Natalija Prica Paraden in einem Nachtclub in Sao Paulo sp�ten 3. September 2011. Prica ist in Sao Paulo f�r die 2011 Miss Universe Wahl die 12 September stattfinden wird. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker (Brasilien - Tags: Gesellschaft, Unterhaltung Stockfotografie - Alamy
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EKSKLUZIVNO%20Razvodi%20se%20Bandi%u0107eva%20bliska%20suradnica%20Natalija%20Prica-Ore%u0161ki%21%20JAVIO%20NAM%20SE%20EX-MU%u017D%3A%20%27Dovo%u0111enje%20u%20vezu%20s%20njom%20ugro%u017Eava%20moj%20ugled%20i%20integritet%27%20-%20Dnevno.hr : nam je u pravom gospodskom maniru naveo kako nije spreman dalje iznositi detalje niti javno istupati na ovu temu.
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%27Peril%2C%27%20by%20Bob%20Woodward%20and%20Robert%20Costa%2C%20reports%20Gen.%20Mark%20A.%20Milley%20called%20a%20Chinese%20general%20twice%20to%20pledge%20the%20U.S.%20wouldn%u2019t%20strike%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post

%27Peril%2C%27%20by%20Bob%20Woodward%20and%20Robert%20Costa%2C%20reports%20Gen.%20Mark%20A.%20Milley%20called%20a%20Chinese%20general%20twice%20to%20pledge%20the%20U.S.%20wouldn%u2019t%20strike%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post
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Mid-term inventory of ugly construction: These buildings temporarily ranked in the top ten, which one has a "champion" appearance? -- Architectural Changyan.com

Mid-term inventory of ugly construction: These buildings temporarily ranked in the top ten, which one has a "champion" appearance? -- Architectural Changyan.com : months of gestation and reached the mid-term stage. Up to now, according to the selection of netizens, a total of 86 items have entered the candidate list. At present, the top ten projects cover cultural venues, resort hotels, cultural tourism buildings, i
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Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Live Updates

Elizabeth Holmes Trial: Live Updates : A%20line%20of%20about%2050%20people%u2014mostly%20journalists%u2014had%20formed%20by%207%20a.m.%2C%20long%20before%20the%20courthouse%20doors%20opened.%20Television%20crews%20and%20photographers%20swarmed%20Ms.%20Holmes%20when%20she%20arrived.%20Someone%20with%20her%20party%20strained%20to%20push%20the%20crowd%20away.%20Several%20journalists%20asked%20if%20she%20had%20a%20comment%2C%20and%20she%20stayed%20silent.%0A%0AMs.%20Holmes%20was%20flanked%20by%20family%20members%20and%20her%20partner%2C%20Billy%20Evans%2C%20who%20California%20state%20records%20show%20is%20the%20father%20of%20the%20baby%20boy%20Ms.%20Holmes%20gave%20birth%20to%20in%20July.%0A%0AThe%20cameras%20also%20descended%20on%20attorneys%20for%20Ms.%20Holmes%2C%20who%20is%20represented%20by%20prominent%20Washington%20law%20firm%20Williams%20%26%20Connolly%20LLP%2C%20and%20their%20associates%2C%20who%20arrived%20at%20the%20courthouse%20weighed%20down%20by%20boxes%20of%20paperwork.%0A%0...
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Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show - WSJ

Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show - WSJ : About%20a%20year%20ago%2C%20teenager%20Anastasia%20Vlasova%20started%20seeing%20a%20therapist.%20She%20had%20developed%20an%20eating%20disorder%2C%20and%20had%20a%20clear%20idea%20of%20what%20led%20to%20it%3A%20her%20time%20on%20Instagram.%0A%0AShe%20joined%20the%20platform%20at%2013%2C%20and%20eventually%20was%20spending%20three%20hours%20a%20day%20entranced%20by%20the%20seemingly%20perfect%20lives%20and%20bodies%20of%20the%20fitness%20influencers%20who%20posted%20on%20the%20app.%0A%0A%u201CWhen%20I%20went%20on%20Instagram%2C%20all%20I%20saw%20were%20images%20of%20chiseled%20bodies%2C%20perfect%20abs%20and%20women%20doing%20100%20burpees%20in%2010%20minutes%2C%u201D%20said%20Ms.%20Vlasova%2C%20now%2018%2C%20who%20lives%20in%20Reston%2C%20Va.%0A%0AAround%20that%20time%2C%20researchers%20inside%20Instagram%2C%20which%20is%20owned%20by%20Facebook%20Inc.%2C%20were%20studying%20this%20kind%20of%20experience%20...
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Culture%20Eats%20Strategy%20for%20Breakfast%20%u2013%20Quote%20Investigator

Culture%20Eats%20Strategy%20for%20Breakfast%20%u2013%20Quote%20Investigator : The%201985%20book%20%u201COrganizational%20Culture%20and%20Leadership%u201D%20by%20Edgar%20H.%20Schein%20included%20a%20precursor%20expression%20between%20quotation%20marks%20suggesting%20that%20it%20was%20already%20circulating%3A%202%0A%0AMore%20and%20more%20management%20consultants%20are%20recognizing%20these%20types%20of%20problems%20and%20are%20noting%20explicitly%20that%2C%20because%20%u201Cculture%20constrains%20strategy%2C%u201D%20a%20company%20must%20analyze%20its%20culture%20and%20learn%20to%20manage%20within%20its%20boundaries%20or%2C%20if%20necessary%2C%20change%20it.
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Developer disputes Apple's take on 'FlickType' removal | AppleInsider

Developer disputes Apple's take on 'FlickType' removal | AppleInsider : In a lawsuit filed against Apple in March, Eleftheriou lobbed allegations of fraud, abuse of monopoly power, and enablement of scam apps. As it pertained to FlickType, the developer claims he was approached by Apple over a potential acquisition, but when negotiations stalled, the app was denied for seemingly no apparent reason. FlickType would go on to sustain "repeated, unwarranted, & unreasonable rejections." Apple in a statement to AppleInsider disagreed with Eleftheriou's retelling, noting that while the app was initially rejected, it fairly quickly allowed an updated version onto the App Store after considering a resubmission that included an explanation of its accessibility functions. On Thursday, the developer hit back and in a statement to The Verge said it took a year of resubmissions and appeals to get FlickType to users. "From [January 2019] on, I was simultaneously ...
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[Report] Bad News, By Joseph Bernstein | Harper's Magazine

[Report] Bad News, By Joseph Bernstein | Harper's Magazine : Cultivating%20behavioral%20scientists%20and%20appropriating%20their%20jargon%2C%20writes%20the%20economist%20Zoe%20Sherman%2C%20allowed%20ad%20sellers%20to%20offer%20%u201Ca%20veneer%20of%20scientific%20certainty%u201D%20to%20the%20art%20of%20persuasion%3A%0A%0AThey%20asserted%20that%20audiences%2C%20like%20the%20workers%20in%20a%20Taylorized%20workplace%2C%20need%20not%20be%20persuaded%20through%20reason%2C%20but%20could%20be%20trained%20through%20repetition%20to%20adopt%20the%20new%20consumption%20habits%20desired%20by%20the%A0sellers.
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%27Peril%2C%27%20by%20Bob%20Woodward%20and%20Robert%20Costa%2C%20reports%20Gen.%20Mark%20A.%20Milley%20called%20a%20Chinese%20general%20twice%20to%20pledge%20the%20U.S.%20wouldn%u2019t%20strike%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post
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Strange Things About Chelsea Clinton's Marriage

Strange Things About Chelsea Clinton's Marriage : couple a valuable lesson.�"None of it was true," Lurie said. "But what put a strain on them was that the stories were being written because none of us were paying attention to it. It was an eye-opening lesson. Chelsea realized, Maybe I need to get out there and demystify myself a little bit."
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Michael%20Schumacher%u2019s%20wife%20provides%20update%20on%20former%20F1%20world%20champion%20%7C%20Michael%20Schumacher%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Michael%20Schumacher%u2019s%20wife%20provides%20update%20on%20former%20F1%20world%20champion%20%7C%20Michael%20Schumacher%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CEverybody%20misses%20Michael%2C%20but%20Michael%20is%20here%2C%20different%2C%20but%20here%2C%u201D%20Corinna%20says%20in%20the%20documentary%20entitled%20%u201CSchumacher%u201D%2C%20which%20is%20released%20on%2015%20September.%20%u201CHe%20still%20shows%20me%20how%20strong%20he%20is%20every%20day.%0A%0A%u201CWe%u2019re%20together.%20We%20live%20together%20at%20home.%20We%20do%20therapy.%20We%20do%20everything%20we%20can%20to%20make%20Michael%20better%20and%20to%20make%20sure%20he%u2019s%20comfortable.%20And%20to%20simply%20make%20him%20feel%20our%20family%2C%20our%20bond.%20And%20no%20matter%20what%2C%20I%20will%20do%20everything%20I%20can.%20We%20all%20will.%20We%u2019re%20trying%20to%20carry%20on%20as%20a%20family%2C%20the%20way%20Michael%20liked%20it%20and%20still%20does.%20And%20we%20are%20getting%20on%20with%20our%20lives.%u201D%...
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Russia's disabled have to be everyday paralympians just to get around.

Russia's disabled have to be everyday paralympians just to get around. : %20some%20of%20the%20Paralympic%20games%2C%20says%20the%20fans%20have%20been%20showing%20up.%0A%0A%u201CAll%20these%20thousands%20of%20people%20in%20this%20stadium%20cheering%20for%20the%20sledge%20hockey%20team%2C%20and%20I%20kept%20thinking%20to%20myself%20%u2014%20%u2018they%u2019re%20cheering%20for%20disabled%20people.%u2019%A0%20Would%20they%20have%20done%20this%20five%20years%20ago%3F%20Probably%20not.%20Would%20they%20have%20gone%20to%20a%20sledge%20hockey%20match%3F%20No.%20If%20that%20sledge%20hockey%20team%20comes%20to%20their%20town%20in%20a%20year%20will%20they%20go%3F%20Yes%2C%20and%20they%u2019ll%20tell%20their%20friends%20to%20go.%20So%20I%20think%20we%u2019re%20going%20to%20see%20all%20kind%20of%20changes%2C%u201D%20she%20adds.
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Objavljen%20burofax.%20Zahtijevao%20je%20odlazak%20iz%20Barcelone%20uz%3A%20Srda%u010Dno%20va%u0161%2C%20Lionel%20Messi%20-%20Index.hr : ugovoru%2C%20Messi%20je%20pravo%20na%20besplatni%20odlazak%20iz%20Barcelone%20mogao%20ostvariti%20ako%20klub%20o%20tome%20obavijesti%20prije%20zavr%u0161etka%20sezone.%20Sezonom%20se%20pak%20smatralo%20vrijeme%20od%201.%20srpnja%20prethodne%20do%2030.%20lipnja%20teku%u0107e%20sezone
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Could $125M land deal launch more Apple Car testing in Arizona? | AZ Big Media

Could $125M land deal launch more Apple Car testing in Arizona? | AZ Big Media : %u201CApple%20could%20lead%20the%20convergence%20of%20the%20automotive%20and%20information%20technology%20industries%20in%20future%20mobility%2C%u201D%20said%20Japanese%20chemist%20Akira%20Yoshino%2C%20the%20inventor%20of%20the%20first%20safe%2C%20production-viable%20lithium-ion%20battery%2C%20in%20a%20recent%A0interview%20with%20Reuters.%20%u201CI%20think%20they%20may%20announce%20something%20soon.%20And%20what%20kind%20of%20car%20would%20they%20announce%3F%20What%20kind%20of%20battery%3F%20They%20probably%20want%20to%20get%20in%20around%202025.%20If%20they%20do%20that%2C%20I%20think%20they%20have%20to%20announce%20something%20by%20the%20end%20of%20this%20year.%20That%u2019s%20just%20my%20own%20personal%20hypothesis.%u201D
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