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What’s in a Number?

2008-03-07CORRIEDOSH

Beijing Review 2008年18期

CORRIE DOSH

If you are in a skyscraper in Manhattan,don't bother looking for the 13th floor,.and if you want to get a new phone num-ber in Beijing, be prepared to pay extraif it has the numeral eight in it. For all thedifferences Chinese culture and Americanculture have, they do share a love of luckynumbers and other superstitious beliefs.