WHY can't Britain hang on to ownership of iconic brands such as Jaguar, Land Rover, the Mini, Rowntree, the Times and now Cadbury, purveyor of chocolate to children of the British empire?

为什么英国不能紧紧把握住美洲豹、路虎、迷你、朗特里、泰晤士报这些标志性的品牌？现在又是吉百利，大英帝国儿童的巧克力供应商。

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Tencent, now one of China's most successful companies, built its empire on countless of these mini transactions.

腾讯，目前中国最成功的公司之一，其帝国就是建立在这些无数的小额交易之上。

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The mini villa gives public went a award, waded apt the peach bloom nearby, pull the hand of peach bloom, empire her back portion of skull touched touch.

小筑给众人行了个礼，走到桃花身边，拉着桃花的手，朝她后脑勺摸了摸。

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But she dreams of building Watering Can Press into a mini-empire in children's publishing.

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There are no Dilbert-style middle managers who might be tempted to become mini-empire builders.

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Occupying a former factory in Huashan is VVG Thinking, the latest venture by Grace Wang, an interior designer behind a mini-empire of shabby-chic cafes and boutiques.

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