people in Shenzhen think highly of themselves and emulate people in Hong Kong. Last time when I was on a bus back to hotel‚ I could not understand what the ticket seller said in Cantonese‚ so I asked her to call out the stops in Mandarin. She cast a glance at me and spoke Mandarin very reluctantly. The same situation happened again when I had dinner in a local restaurant‚ where waiters and waitresses spoke Cantonese. They did not take me seriously after they distinguished that I was not a native‚ just
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hard for the Chinese people to be allowed to come to Australia after Federation because of the White Australia Policy. It was also very hard for them because the native Chinese language is Mandarin which is one of the hardest languages to learn. It would also be very hard for them to be accepted because Mandarin is written in symbols not in letters like most other languages that they would have probably been tested on. So it would have been near impossible for the chinese people to pass the test which
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Dimitrius Jeffries Marketing Strategies Cadbury Beverages Case Study Cadbury Beverages is the beverage division of Cadbury Schweppes‚ a major soft drink and confectionary marketer. In 1989 they had worldwide sales of $4.6 billion. Schweppes was the worlds first soft drink maker and the 3rd largest soft drink marketer. In 1969 Schweppes merged with Cadbury in the year 1989 and Cadbury Schweppes was on of the world’s largest multinational firms and was ranked 457th in the business week’s global
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Question 1 10 out of 10 points Which of the following are key corporate assets? Answer Selected Answer: intellectual property‚ core competencies‚ and financial and human assets Correct Answer: intellectual property‚ core competencies‚ and financial and human assets Question 2 10 out of 10 points An example of a business using information systems to create new products and services is Answer Selected Answer: Apple Inc.’s iPod. Correct Answer: Apple Inc.’s iPod. Question 3 10 out
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Name: Section: Instructions After downloading this file‚ type your answers right into the document (using your word processor). Once you have completed the worksheet‚ keep a saved copy for yourself and then upload your work to BrainHoney by clicking the “open” button at the bottom of the “reflection worksheet” page for the current lesson. Save and upload this file only as a .doc or .docx document. This worksheet is due by Saturday evening of the week in which it is assigned. Grading will be
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international language is currently seemed to be taken over by English. Why? Language | Approximate number of speakers | 1. Chinese (Mandarin) | 1‚213‚000‚000 | 2. Spanish | 329‚000‚000 | 3. English | 328‚000‚000 | 4. Arabic | 221‚000‚000 | 5. Hindi1 | 182‚000‚000 | English is the third most common native language in the world‚ after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish with some 380 million speakers. It is the most widely learned second language in countries such as Malaysia and the
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Flavored water From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Flavored water is a beverage consisting of water with added natural or artificial flavors‚ herbs‚ and sweeteners‚ and is usually lower in calories than non-diet soft drinks. In many cases‚ flavored waters add vitamins and minerals to their beverages through the incorporation of fruits in order to better market their products. Pepsi and Coca-Cola are two well known brand owners of flavored water but there are many others as well. Flavored water
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Effects Under Scrutiny." Social Education. Sept. 1997: 244-249. SIRS Researcher CD-ROM. CD-ROM. SIRS Mandarin. Fall 2002. "Mediascope‚ National Television Violence Study." Executive Summary. 1994-1995: N.P. SIRS Researcher CD-ROM. CD-ROM. SIRS Mandarin. Fall 2002. "Teen-agers Who Watch More Television are Prone to Violence"‚ The Seattle Times. March 28‚ 2002: N.P. SIRS Researcher CD-ROM. CD-ROM. SIRS Mandarin. Fall 2002. "Television Violence: A Review of the Effects on Children of Different Ages"‚ Science
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dialects. However‚ the spoken language barrier can be overcome by adopting the use of an interpreter to to assist in verbal communication and establishing appropriate relationships (Ball et al‚ 2009). By leveraging local experts who are fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese‚ depending on where business is to be conducted‚ will likely result in a competitive advantage for Company X. it’s important to have a interpreter who also understands Company X’s industry. Furthermore‚ it’s important to avoid the
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Throughout recent history‚ it has been very apparent that times have changed dramatically. All aspects of culture have changed tremendously since the 1900’s‚ or even the 1800’s. One part of culture that has always been changing is the views people have towards different groups of people. As societies views have changed about minorities in the early 20th century‚ those views have continued to change about the roles these minorities take on in the world of music. To fully understand this situation
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