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Kiwi
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July 20, 2009 - 08:37 PM |
 
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What is the national fruit of China? |
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tanyeewei
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July 20, 2009 - 09:11 PM |
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The Chinese Gooseberry, of course. |
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Kiwi
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July 20, 2009 - 09:26 PM |
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Now we're getting somewhere!
So who decided this and when?
Got any ancient Chinese stories involving kiwifruit? In 5,000 years somebody must have used one to poison a despotic ruler, or a rival concubine, or something. . . Did Yang Guifei have people fetch them for her from Guangdong? |
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tanyeewei
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July 20, 2009 - 09:51 PM |
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And had them delivered by the fastest means possible- on horseback.
Where's my gooseberry? When are they coming?
Mashang! |
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CK1
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July 22, 2009 - 02:27 AM |
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Wasn't it renamed to the Kiwi fruit by food companies because the word 'Chinese' wasn't particularly in vogue at that point in time? |
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hammerforlife
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July 23, 2009 - 07:44 AM |
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I thought the national fruit was sour grapes.
At least according to Rio Tinto. |
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Artefact
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July 23, 2009 - 08:18 PM |
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manguo, yellow inside and outside |
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cosunnybay
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July 27, 2009 - 10:22 AM |
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i wonder is there litchi in other countries?
mango? i'm afraid not. |
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