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  • As host, China was guaranteed a spot in the Games, and MLB saw its chance to introduce the country to bang qiu, or stickball, as baseball is called in China.

    In China, mining for baseball diamonds 2010

  • The text deems this process “seeking” (qiu), a term used elsewhere to explicate deliberation (see the section on epistemology below).

    Mohist Canons Fraser, Chris 2009

  • So, I wonder what the etymology of the Chinese: “ping pang qiu” meaning “table tennis” is.

    Ping-ponging in China? Heed this language lesson. - 22 Words 2008

  • When Matt asked me yesterday about ping-pong, I immediately did three things: 1. I unconsciously ignored that ping-pong is a game with a real name in Chinese and therefore did not translate “ping-pong” into its equivalent Chinese name “ping-pang qiu” before translating.

    Ping-ponging in China? Heed this language lesson. - 22 Words 2008

  • Jing ji quan qiu hua, WTO yu xian dai shui shou fa zhan =: Economic globalization, WTO by Liping Deng

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Online journal chronicles global migration - IHT 2008

  • Of course, since jia po tai's gone already, maybe we should call it qiu gong's house instead of jia po tai's house.

    yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2007

  • How in church qiu chuan dao and the rest told us how children are special in the sense that they are able to change our lives so drastically?

    yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2006

  • Sima Qian's account includes the tale of how Confucius was born in answer to his parents 'prayers at a sacred hill (qiu) called Ni.

    Confucius Riegel, Jeffrey 2006

  • China has tremendous inequities and is capable of mind-boggling repression, but to deny that its economic development has been "stupendous" strikes me as a reluctance to shi shi qiu shi, or seek truth from facts.

    China's Mosaic Gilley, Bruce 2004

  • Shou Kuai Le Break-up Happily Album: 恋爱的力量Lian Ai De Li Liang The Power of Love 我無法幫妳預言wo wu fa bang ni yu yan (I can't help you predict) 求委曲全有沒有用wei qu qiu chuen you mei you yong (No matter how humble, it's no use) 可是我多麼不捨ke shi wo duo mo bu she (But I can't bear) 朋友愛的那麼苦痛peng you ai de na mo ku tong (Friends loving with so much pain) 愛可以不問對錯ai ke yi bu wen dui chuo

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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