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Questions about the French colonial empire between the early colonization of the Americas and the decolonization period of the mid to late 20th century.

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Which European country first introduced wristwatches to China and why is it called 手表?

Each character in Chinese can mean many different things. In this context, your translation of 表 as "show" is not correct. (For example, 表哥 does not translate as "show elder brother".) Here with 手表, 表 …
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