Word: xian
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...them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
China also wants jobs, of course, and American companies have been providing plenty of them lately. That dismays U.S. workers who have watched their employers cut jobs in cities like Wichita, Kansas, only to expand production in Xian. Shortly after Scott Paper disclosed plans in August to lay off 10,500 workers (nearly one-third of its work force), the company announced an $18 ^ million joint venture that will create 200 jobs when it begins producing facial tissue in Shanghai in 1995. At the same time, Boeing, which has dismissed 4,000 workers in Wichita over the past two years...
American firms insist they must build plants in the world's most populous market or watch rivals wing off with the business. Boeing, which sold 52 jetliners to Chinese carriers last year, expects that its Xian alliance will help boost sales of 747s and other planes to Chinese buyers. "We're trying to protect the largest number of jobs now and in the future," says spokesman Dave Jensen. "We try to give a little and gain...
...domestic Chinese airliner crashed just after takeoff near the tourist center of Xian, killing all 160 people aboard, in the country's worst aviation accident. A few hours later, a knife-wielding man forced a 737 to fly to Taiwan -- China's 12th hijacking in the past 14 months...
...sunset to the edge of the highway. We talked about my itinerary for the week: Xiamen, my grandparents' tombs, this and that famous temple and mountain; what I'd seen in Beijing: the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall; where else I'd been: Xinjiang, Xian, Tianjin...