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As a result, exhibitions of Chinese art sometimes include the occasional "Northern" painting but rarely showcase them exclusively.
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Chinese banks sometimes outbid Western banks because they often offer commission-based pay allowing a sponsor to double his base salary in a good year, the bankers said.
WSJ: China's Rarest Bankers: 'Sponsors'
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"Chinese Girl" sometimes is called the "Mona Lisa of kitsch, " angering Tretchikoff who insisted he was a serious artist.
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Sometimes documents print out with Chinese-like characters instead of the real thing (and sadly, they still make as much as sense as the original).
FORBES: My Thoughts On Printers
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At a corner table, neighborhood regular Lyon Seve(ph) and friends say they sometimes eat lunch at the Chinese restaurant across the street, but when they want a good French meal, they come here.
NPR: The Changing Face of France's Bistros
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She had saved thousands of Chinese civilians from the Japanese, sometimes giving them her own last ration of rice.
ECONOMIST: Obituary
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High savings (sometimes mandatory), interest rate controls, and high economic growth let Chinese banks enjoy a steady interest rate spread and a larger loan volume.
FORBES: Why are Chinese big banks so profitable?
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An appreciating Yuan reduces production costs, which enables Chinese processors to lower their prices for export and still earn profits, mitigating (sometimes entirely) the higher prices otherwise associated with a stronger currency.
FORBES: Foreign 'Currency Manipulation' Does Not Warrant Washington's Attention
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Relations between the Chinese and the Malays, who make up 15% of Singapore's population, have sometimes been strained.
ECONOMIST: Malaysia and Singapore
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The apparent disorder of his paintings concealed an underlying structure, sometimes described as Daoist in nature, which bore striking parallels to a similar balance between order and chaos found in Chinese traditional painting.
CNN: Zao Wou-ki: Painting beyond words (1920-2013)
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Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva flew to China in November, and signed an agreement with Chinese government officials to promote Thai soaps and exempt them from foreign-content quotas that state regulators there sometimes slap on broadcasters.
WSJ: Hungry for Drama, Chinese Viewers Send Out for Thai