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let's take a look at three pics, one taken in britain (prince harry dressed up with a nazi soilder costume in year 2005), the other two, taken in the controversial shrine of japan (former japanese soilders dressed in soilder uniforms and hold up guns and oriflamme went to worship war criminals dead during WWII in year 2001)

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via: china daily

Two-year-old Tang Xin (centre) from Yibin, a city in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, takes the first special train for migrant workers with her mother (left) on Friday morning. The A157 train, specially arranged for 1,982 migrant-worker passengers to go back home for the Spring Festival which falls on February 9, travels from Beijing to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. [newsphoto]

Four migrant workers from Southwest China's Sichuan Province wait to board a home-bound plane at Ningbo Airport in East China's Zhejiang Province on Wednesday. Sichuan Airlines has begun offering "migrant worker services" in the run-up to Spring Festival, which falls on February 9 this year. The special services mean migrant workers can buy air tickets at a 35 per cent discount. [newsphoto]

Passengers in Shanghai Railway Station wait in queues to check in Saturday afternoon, January 15, 2005. The peak travel period prior to the Spring Festival started early this year in Shanghai, railway officials said. More than 90,000 passengers swarmed into Shanghai Railway Station to travel home on the single day. [newsphoto]

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after the ibm/lenovo deal, one thing that troubles lenovo boss is what the new corporate mission should be.

the old lenovo corporate mission says, “contribute to the motherland through creating great business” (chan ye bao guo). and in many chinese firms, it is not uncommon to use the patriotism to motivate their staff. actually my tenant employs this tactics, their sales reps (actually it's their boss) wrote a “sales oath” similar to those we read in people's daily, and put that “sales oath”into a beautiful picture frame and hang it on the wall.

well, i just wonder how the new lenovo re-write its corporate mission. in my impression, many chinese firms are not creative enough in their corporate missions, provided they have a corporate mission.

one guy laughs at me when i ask for his corporate mission, “mission? making money is my life-long mission!”

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