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Easter Special - 马太福音 - 28; Matthew -28

March 23, 2008 at 10:03 PM

1 安息日将尽，七日的头一日，天快亮的时候，抹大拉的马利亚，和那个马利亚，来看坟墓。 2 忽然地大震动。因为有主的使者，从天上下来，把石头滚开，坐在上面。 3 他的像貌如同闪电，衣服洁白如雪。 4 看守的人，就因他吓得浑身乱战，甚至和死人一样。 5 天使对妇女说，不要害怕，我知道你们是寻找那钉十字架的耶稣。 6 他不在这里，照他... Read more

(Literary) accounts of foreigners living in China

March 23, 2008 at 09:54 PM

I have just stumbled across Guy Delisle's account of his stay in Shenzhen in 1997 - a very nice Bandes Dessinées, in fact. I have read a number of novels... Read more

ChinsePod Flashcard lists for Plecodict

March 23, 2008 at 05:28 PM

I recently purchased Plecodict for my Pocket PC. One of the reasons I bought it is its automated flashcard feature for learning Hanzi characters. You can create list... Read more

China : real estate demand falling in largest cities

March 23, 2008 at 11:18 AM

--> 北京上海等七大城市居民购房意愿全线下跌 2008年2月中下旬，中国人民银行在全国50个大、中、小城市进行了城镇储户问卷调查。调查显示：房地产市场观望气氛浓厚，居民购房意愿再创新低，北京、上海等七大城市居民购房意愿全线下跌。 2008 年新房屋贷款政策正式实施，再加上从紧的货币政策和对后续政策出台的预期，居民对购房采取谨慎... Read more

ChinesePod group on Ravelry

March 23, 2008 at 10:17 AM

To all you Cpod knitters who are using Ravelry. I've started a group there called ChinesePod Knitters so come join the party! :-) And for those of you coming fro... Read more

How many characters?

March 23, 2008 at 10:08 AM

I just ran a character analysis script over a few sources, and I'm going to share the results in the next reply (to allow html formatting). Before anyone starts... Read more

Taiwan : KMT wins presidential elections by wide margin

March 23, 2008 at 08:21 AM

--> 马英九以绝对优势当选台湾第十二任总统国民党总统候选人马英九2008年3月22日在台北投票之后向支持者挥手致意。路透社根据台湾中选委周六晚间公布的正式检票结果，国名党籍候选人马英九和萧万长在当天结束的总统选举投票活动中，领先对手两万多选票，以百分之五十八点四五的绝对优势，当选台湾第十二任正副总统。民进党竞选搭档—谢长廷... Read more

Importing to Vocab. Manager No Longer Available?

March 23, 2008 at 05:01 AM

Is it no longer possible to import vocabulary into our vocabulary manager?  The "Import & Export" link is there, but there's no longer an opti... Read more

Printable PDF Flashcards

March 22, 2008 at 03:34 PM

For us newbie folk, here is a site where you can download some free Chinese flashcards in PDF which can than be printed out.  They cover some basic categories l... Read more

Best way to learn Mandarin using ChinesePod?

March 22, 2008 at 08:40 AM

Hello, I am new to chinesepod and need some experienced advice how to learn using this website. I had an intensive semester of mandarin in class so I know many basic... Read more