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Thinking in Chinese

April 08, 2008 at 11:12 AM

I posted in some comments in Chinese this morning under the intermetiate Detroit lesson, wondering why most of the comments were in English rather than Chinese , and... Read more

Is there a Chinese song equivalent to "Arirang"?

April 08, 2008 at 12:45 AM

I'm just curious to know -- are there any Chinese songs which are universally loved by Chinese people, and have come to represent "Chinese-ness", which... Read more

Electronic chinese dictionary

April 07, 2008 at 07:49 PM

Does anyone have any suggestions on a good electronic chinese <--> english dictionary that has handwriting recognition and good use of pinyin?  I am trave... Read more

Google Tooltip Translation...

April 07, 2008 at 04:54 PM

I had to switch my notebook after the old one eventually died after several months of agony. My new one came with a pre-installed "Google Toolbar", which I... Read more

Bodyshock Tonight - UK C4

April 07, 2008 at 03:59 PM

If you're in the UK, there's a Bodyshock documentary on C4 at 9pm tonight, about a Chinese man with a 20kg tumour on his face. It will probably be quite dist... Read more

Advice to women : seeing through and subduing men

April 07, 2008 at 03:12 PM

--> 看透男人心女人收服男人至理名言这个世间有三样东西不能轻易相信：男人的承诺、男人的感情及男人的理由。但同时请记得，世间也有三样东西最珍贵:男人的承诺、男人的感情及男人的心。世间男子在予你承诺时固然是真心，但在背叛时也是实意。他不再爱你时，明明是他变心了，他也只会认为是你当初吸引他的优点不见了。 1.请记得，若是男人对... Read more

US : landing long-range bomber catches fire in Qatar

April 07, 2008 at 11:10 AM

--> 美军一架B-1轰炸机在卡塔尔着陆后起火 4月4日，美国一架B-1轰炸机降落卡塔尔时起火。图片转自：中国网 4月4日，美国国防部官员说，当天美军一架B-1战略轰炸机在美军驻卡塔尔乌代德基地降落滑行时起火，但4名机组人员被及时救出，没有受伤。这张2008年3月29日摄于智利圣地亚哥的资料照片显示的是一架美军B-1战略轰炸机。... Read more

The Traditional Character for "this" (zhè) ?

April 07, 2008 at 06:48 AM

The character for "this" (zhè) was one of the first characters I learned (way back 4 months ago!). Anyway, when I learned it, I learned to write it... Read more

China : English version of Wikipedia unblocked

April 06, 2008 at 06:34 PM

--> 中国“解锁”中英文维基百科网站中国对境外资讯网站的持续屏蔽似乎有进一步放松的迹象：中国国内网民据报已经可以自由浏览英文维基百科网站。 BBC中文网记者也在中文维基百科网站发现，一些中国网民声称已经能够在无需使用代理服务器的情况下，直接浏览中文维基的加密版网站。路透社星期六（4月5日）报道说，来自北京和上海的网民确认，... Read more

Hangzhou : bright new zebra crossings

April 06, 2008 at 05:20 PM

--> 杭州推出首条黄白相间彩色斑马线警示性更强 “现在行人过斑马线，真正感到安全了，杭州交警想得真周到。”昨天，骑车经过湖墅南路的苏先生惊喜地发现，白色的斑马线变了颜色。这是杭州交警部门推出的首条彩色斑马线。目的只有一个，让斑马线成为安全线。黄白相间的斑马线分外显眼昨天，在湖墅南路杭州汽车发动机厂门口的马路上，黄白相... Read more