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  2. Chinese Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    The first references to sign language (simplified Chinese: 手语; traditional Chinese: 手語; pinyin: shǒuyǔ; lit. 'hand language') in Chinese literature date from the Tang dynasty, documenting a sign for 'mirror'. In the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo describes a community that employed a form of sign language.

  3. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    British Security Co-ordination ( BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill . Its purpose was to investigate enemy activities, prevent sabotage against British interests in the Americas, and mobilise pro ...

  4. Bibliography of the Chinese language and writing system

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    Chinese may be viewed either as a holistic unit with great internal topological variation, or as an entire language family comprising many groupings of varieties. Written Chinese makes use of Chinese characters , one of the four independent inventions of writing agreed by scholars, and the only one of these remaining in use.

  5. Tang ping - Wikipedia

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    Tang ping. Look up tang ping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tang ping ( Chinese: 躺平; lit. 'lying flat') is a Chinese slang neologism that describes a personal rejection of societal pressures to overwork and over-achieve, such as in the 996 working hour system, which is often regarded as a rat race with ever diminishing returns. [1] [2 ...

  6. Microsoft asks some China staff to relocate amid Sino ... - AOL

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    The employees, mostly engineers of Chinese nationality, were earlier in the week offered an option to transfer to the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand, WSJ reported, citing people ...

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  7. Chinese language law - Wikipedia

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    The law made it illegal to teach languages other than Chinese in schools. Similar laws have been widely criticised as attempts to force minority groups to assimilate into Chinese culture, though the PRC denies those claims. See also. Standard Chinese; Constitution of the People's Republic of China; Table of General Standard Chinese Characters

  8. Languages of China - Wikipedia

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    There are several hundred languages in China. The predominant language is Standard Chinese, which is based on Beijingese, but there are hundreds of related Chinese languages, collectively known as Hanyu ( simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ, 'Han language'), that are spoken by 92% of the population.

  9. Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II - Wikipedia

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    Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II ( Chinese: 國語注音符號第二式 ), abbreviated MPS II, is a romanization system formerly used in the Republic of China ( Taiwan ). It was created to replace the complex tonal-spelling Gwoyeu Romatzyh, and to co-exist with the popular Wade–Giles ( romanization) and Zhuyin (non-romanization).

  10. Pre-nominal letters - Wikipedia

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    In Poland, abbreviated academic titles appear as pre-nominal letters: inż. for holders of inżynier degree (Polish equivalent for a Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), or Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)) awarded by a polytechnical university or faculty; mgr for holders of a Magister (Polish equivalent for a master's ...

  11. History of the Chinese language - Wikipedia

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    The earliest historical linguistic evidence of the spoken Chinese language dates back approximately 4,500 years, [1] while examples of the writing system that would become written Chinese are attested in a body of inscriptions made on bronze vessels and oracle bones during the Late Shang period ( c. 1250 – 1050 BCE), [2] [3] with the very ...