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  • We must have what one of the Chinese sages called jian ai, "concern for everybody."

    The Guardian World News Karen Armstrong, Desmond Tutu 2009

  • It didn't take long for someone to step into the opening: the shop re-opened the other day with new signage, new kitchen equipment, and a new niche: the egg-pancake delight known as jian bing.

    The New Yorker 2009

  • The jian is a double-edged straight sword used during the last 2,500 years in China.

    My Longkang 2008

  • Yeroshalmi, a scholar at Tel Aviv University's Center for Iranian Studies, also went on to dispute the article's findings that the "- jian" ending to the name specifically showed the family had been practicing Jews.

    Reports of Ahmadinegad's Jewish past, a hoax 2009

  • "universal love" ( '' jian'ai '', 兼愛), which taught that Heaven loves all people equally and that each person should similarly love all human beings without distinguishing between his own relatives and those of others.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • "universal love" ( '' jian'ai '', 兼愛), which taught that Heaven loves all people equally and that each person should similarly love all human beings without distinguishing between his own relatives and those of others.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Herewego 2009

  • Shen jian bao, steamed pork bun, makes for a perfect for snack, while jian bing, egg-based crepes with a bean sauce or chili smear, is a local power breakfast.

    Must-Try Foods Of The World 2010

  • Shen jian bao, steamed pork bun, makes for a perfect for snack, while jian bing, egg-based crepes with a bean sauce or chili smear, is a local power breakfast.

    Must-Try Foods Of The World 2010

  • Shen jian bao, steamed pork bun, makes for a perfect for snack, while jian bing, egg-based crepes with a bean sauce or chili smear, is a local power breakfast.

    Must-Try Foods Of The World 2010

  • Shen jian bao, steamed pork bun, makes for a perfect for snack, while jian bing, egg-based crepes with a bean sauce or chili smear, is a local power breakfast.

    Must-Try Foods Of The World 2010

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