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Re:Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest by seanmcdirmid on Friday December 05, 2014 @08:00AM (#8704259)
Kiwi fruit are actually from northern China and weren't introduced to New Zealand until the 20th century.
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Re:Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest by tokenizerrr on Friday December 05, 2014 @08:22AM (#8704341)
Kiwi is slang for New Zealanders[1]. It is also a bird native to New Zealand[2].

[1]: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Kiwi&defid=20...

[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi

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Re:Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest by lostcolony on Friday December 05, 2014 @08:27AM (#8704359)
Not sure if that's just compounding the joke, but if not - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi
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Re:Chinese economy overtakes the U.S.’s to become the largest by seanmcdirmid on Friday December 05, 2014 @08:33PM (#8707998)
The submission was about China, not New Zealand, so forgive me for being a bit bemused.
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