1. Traders and tourists came from all over China to pick and buy the mandarins.
2. It turns out the accounting mandarins are looking to redefine the difference between equity and liabilities on corporate financial statements.
3. Gold and orange symbolise wealth and happiness, so oranges and mandarins are usually table fixtures.
4. Therefore the Mandarins in Beijing as well as South Asian think tanks are expected to follow closely Obama's sojourn to South Asia.
5. The mandarins are still fresh but taste sweeter and can fetch a higher price.
6. I don't know whether mandarins or peasants or scholars came up with this.