General Discussion

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Premium users may have noticed that the familiar round Flash players for each lesson vocabulary word have been replaced with a simple boxy one.  We have done th... Read more

We want more Zi Heng 子恒!

March 27, 2008 at 06:53 AM
Ok, maybe its just me, but I really enjoyed the interview with Zi Heng 子恒   http://chinesepod.com/lessons/experiencing-agric... .  I found it to be natural... Read more

Lesson Meta-data

March 27, 2008 at 03:09 AM
As we close in on a 1000 lessons, we are looking at ways to make older lessons more discoverable and usable. We currently have a lot of meta-data to describe lessons... Read more

China in the news

March 26, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Has anyone got any information on the "Danwei Planery Session" http://www.danwei.org/events/danwei_plenary_sess...  on China in the News? It looks lik... Read more

河莉秀

March 26, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Here's an interesting article and relates to the recent Advanced lesson on transgender issues. This must be a scientific first:   http://news.sympatico.msn.... Read more
--> 东莞一流浪女当街产子 记者赶到时,流浪女还躺在屋檐下,婴儿已抱上车抢救。 婴儿在产房里不停地哭泣。 一双黄帆布胶鞋、一摊鲜血、一股异味……这是一名女子当街产子后留下的现场。 昨天上午10时许,在东莞长安镇厦岗社区入口处,一名流浪女子当街产下一名女婴。长安镇乌沙医院接报后迅速赶到现场,将已窒息的女婴抢救过来,再将母女二人一... Read more

五二一的八八八课

March 26, 2008 at 10:59 AM
If I'm not mistaken, and if CPod carry on with daily podcasts, lesson 0888 (〇八八八) will come out on 2008年5月21日。 Alright, so what ;-)  Read more

从 or 从中

March 26, 2008 at 09:54 AM
Hi all, I tried to be too clever for my own good and write a blog entry in Chinese. I sat down and put together a few sentences using some of the recent lessons I ha... Read more

期望, 希望, 渴望

March 26, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Does anyone know the differences between: 期望, 希望, 渴望 ?? Those three appear in Goulnik's 88news all over the place, they do not seem to be fully interchangeable,... Read more
--> 法国总统不排除抵制奥运开幕式 萨尔科奇希望中国和达赖展开对话。 法国总统萨尔科奇周二(25日)敦促中国政府在处理西藏骚乱事件上表现出责任感,但他拒绝排除抵制北京奥运会的可能。 萨尔科奇说,"我不会拒绝任何可能,但我认为,只有在获悉有关情况的具体发展后我才会作出回应。" 他说:"所有选择都有可能,但我呼吁中国当局表现出责任... Read more