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Affirmative Action Starts with Business, Women

It may be difficult to imagine that a country with an international human rights record as bad as China’s is entertaining the concept of affirmative action. The Politburo may not be, but the business community is along with some women leaders within it... ...full story at Biz Cult

from Biz Cult on Thu, Jan 08 2009

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