Comments on: Hollywood gets on China’s case http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312/comment-page-1#comment-26392 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:16:49 +0000 #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”).

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7312/comment-page-1#comment-26385 Reader's Write Wed, 14 Dec 2005 19:27:37 +0000 #comment-26385 isnt a mandarin some kind of orange? isnt a mandarin some kind of orange?

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