His Chinese friends call him "Lao Pan".

他的中国朋友叫他“老潘”。

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He is William, an American who has lived in China for 33 years, his Chinese name is Pan Weilian.

他是威廉，一个在中国生活了33年的美国人，他的中文名叫潘威廉。

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The writing system is not a pan-dialectal written form that ties all varieties of Chinese together, as many believe.

书写体系并非如许多人认为的那样，是汉语各种分支方言结合起来的泛方言书写形式。

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Around the year 1200, the Chinese refined the design, creating suan-pan, or the modern, wire-based abacus.

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But Pan Yue, the best-known advocate of green concerns within the Chinese government, says ancient creeds, like Taoism, offer the best hope of making people treat the earth more kindly.

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Analysts say that although chances of an opposition victory are slim, the loose alliance between fundamentalist Pan-Islamic Party, Mr. Anwar's moderate People's Justice Party and Chinese-majority Democratic Action Party, may extend its 2008 electoral gains, when it deprived the 13-party ruling coalition of its traditional two-thirds majority in parliament.

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