Word: yang
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...some- times tense relations between the West and China. In May the U.S. State Department said 16,000 PCs it had purchased from Lenovo wouldn't be used for classified work after a Congressman claimed that the Chinese-made computers would threaten national security. Lenovo's chairman, Yang Yuanqing, insists his computers pose no security risk...
...salaries cut after pictures of them crossing against traffic were broadcast on the news. One woman spent 10 days in jail for contesting her fine and was eventually pressured to resign from her job. "If someone is caught jaywalking in front of strangers, they don't feel bad," says Yang Yulin, media officer for the Shanghai Civilization Committee (SCC), the government organization behind the crusade. "But if everyone at the office finds out, they learn a lesson...
...controversial as ever. Being controversial is being whole. It's yin and yang. I used to be yin when Marcos was still alive, and he was the yang. Now I am both yin and yang...
...question on the table at last night’s discussion sponsored by the Harvard Mental Health Advocacy Group (MHAAG). “We’re here to promote destigmatization of mental health issues through open discussion,” said MHAAG co-chair Eunice Yang ’08. The approximately 20 students, alums, and MHAAG members present for the event pushed the couches in the Lowell JCR into a tight circle and discussed ways to help friends suffering from mental health issues. Though all of the information presented in the meeting was meant to apply to individuals...
...renaissance of Buddhism and folk religions, which blend Taoism, Confucianism, shamanism, ancestor reverence and local-deity worship into a potent mix of spirituality. More than half of the nation's believers follow these local faiths. "China's religious traditions are much longer than its Communist past," says Yang Li, an assistant professor of religion at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "People still remember the old rituals and now they want to practice them again...