http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312 p2pnet.net - reader powered Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312#comment-26392 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:16:49 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312#comment-26392 In pre "Revolutionary" (1911) China, a "Mandarin" was a member of the Imperial Civil Service (which went back centuries, if not millenia). The word ("Mandarin") has come down to us as denoting someone who stands for excessive bureaucratic-control (and possibly "interference"). In pre “Revolutionary” (1911) China, a “Mandarin” was a member of the Imperial Civil Service (which went back centuries, if not millenia). The word (”Mandarin”) has come down to us as denoting someone who stands for excessive bureaucratic-control (and possibly “interference”).

]]> http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312#comment-26385 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:27:37 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312#comment-26385 isnt a mandarin some kind of orange? isnt a mandarin some kind of orange?

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