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Mr. APPIAH: Well, I think what happened was that the late 19th century was a period of enormous pressure on the Chinese intellectuals, what we call the Mandarins, the literati who ran China, this enormous class of people who had passed these national exams and ran the nation.
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Mr. APPIAH: Well, I think what happened was that the late 19th century was a period of enormous pressure on the Chinese intellectuals, what we call the Mandarins, the literati who ran China, this enormous class of people who had passed these national exams and ran the nation.
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Mr. APPIAH: Well, I think what happened was that the late 19th century was a period of enormous pressure on the Chinese intellectuals, what we call the Mandarins, the literati who ran China, this enormous class of people who had passed these national exams and ran the nation.
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Mr. APPIAH: Well, I think what happened was that the late 19th century was a period of enormous pressure on the Chinese intellectuals, what we call the Mandarins, the literati who ran China, this enormous class of people who had passed these national exams and ran the nation.
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It needs at its head its own 'Mandarins' - the skilled managerial leadership without which it cannot function as one coherent machine, loyal to the Public Administration principles specified in our Constitution - as well as the overall leadership of the national democratic revolution.
ANC Today 2006
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It needs at its head its own 'Mandarins' - the skilled managerial leadership without which it cannot function as one coherent machine, loyal to the Public
ANC Today 2006
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May 7, 2010, 10: 48 pm dawg says: dawg: CHINA: the Mandarins are the immigrants.
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Little known fact: Mandarins aka tangerines, after the port of Tangiers where particular mandarin cultvars were shipped to the US, are not a cross between ranges and another citrus fruit.
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England, and almost thought that the Mandarins were a pleasanter residence than London.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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In his unhappiness he regretted this visit to England, and almost thought that the Mandarins were a pleasanter residence than
He Knew He Was Right Anthony Trollope 1848
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