Proverbs commonly said to be Chinese Proverbs commonly said to be Chinese In English, various phrases are used and claimed to be of Chinese origin – "..., as they say in China" or "An ancient Chinese proverb says...", and may be specifically attributed to Confucius. Chinese has influenced English in various ways, and some such phrases have clear Chinese origins, while in other cases the attribution to Chinese is demonstrably false, and in other cases the status is less clear. Notable examples include: Other examples include phrases contained in fortune cookies, or sayings in the same style; fortune cookies are of Japanese American origin, and the
The Sugar Babies and the Women's International Film Festival, but was withdrawn from both South Florida festivals, ostensibly due to pressure from the sugar industry. "The Sugar Babies" won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Delray Beach Film Festival, was screened in film festivals and educational venues, and toured with Amnesty International in France. The Sugar Babies The Sugar Babies is a 2007 feature-length documentary film about exploitation in the sugar plantations of the Dominican Republic. The film, narrated by Edwidge Danticat, explores how the descendants of African slaves, brought over from Haiti, live and work in unfair conditions akin to