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L: A friend of mine works here, and he told me about your company, so I became interested. I think working in this company would provide me with a good opportunity to use my knowledge. Ah|,`0dw
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L: This company is one of the biggest manufacturing companies in the world. There're a lot of branches in all parts of the world with the head office in the U. S. A. IBM (china) co. Ltd. was set up in Beijing in 1992. It has established branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuhan and Xi'an. It deals in business machines. 4a]$4LQV
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