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Japan : food poisoning investigation progress

February 25, 2008 at 03:30 PM

--> 在华日本独资企业出口日本的包子有农药残留中国输往日本的冷冻饺子的问题还没有解决，又传出出口日本的包子在日本被检出农药残留。据中国大陆新浪网记者今天从国家质检总局获悉，生产包子的企业为日本独资企业，问题的原因是企业在采购蔬菜原料环节把关不严。近日，中国国家质检总局接到日本有关方面的通报，日方分别在中国一批输日韭菜包子和... Read more

China : where all roads start

February 25, 2008 at 03:29 PM

--> 网友贴图：细看中国公路零公里标志 2006年9月26日，规范我国公路里程的中国公路零公里标志，在天安门广场的正阳门前正式与公众见面，中国干线公路起点从此有了象征性的标志，天安门广场又多了一道众人瞩目的人文景观。     2008年02月22日     图片   &nbsp... Read more

Australia : world biggest motorbike

February 25, 2008 at 03:28 PM

--> 墨尔本即将展出世界最大摩托重14吨可碾碎汽车可以轻易碾碎任何普通车辆。即将于本月底在澳大利亚墨尔本举行的摩托车展上，一辆体积庞大的摩托车将首次与世人见面。该摩托车重约14吨，是迄今世界最大的摩托车，被誉为“摩托怪兽”。长9米、高3米、重达14吨据英国媒体2月20日报道，这款名叫“摩托怪兽”的摩托车，长9米、高3... Read more

Petition to extend CPod to include Cantonese, Shanghainese, and other dialects

February 25, 2008 at 01:35 PM

I am reviving this old topic here, because I have some concrete suggestions how you (ChinesePod) could add other Chinese dialects like Cantonese and especially Shang... Read more

The Fix: a confusing name??

February 25, 2008 at 09:45 AM

Premium subscribers have access to " The Fix ," an audio file that pushes you to practice the new vocbulary from the lesson. It's not mindless listen-a... Read more

I get to go to China!

February 25, 2008 at 04:53 AM

Totally unexpected, this!  My mom and I go on trips every few years, and we've decided that next year will be China...  *grin*   I'm... I'... Read more

How would I say...

February 24, 2008 at 09:25 PM

I was wondering how to say 'I am not', like in the movie batman begins, when a character says 'I am not a criminal'. I thought 'I am no... Read more

How to say...

February 24, 2008 at 09:24 PM

I was wondering how to say 'I am not', like in the movie batman begins, when a character says 'I am not a criminal'. I thought 'I am no... Read more

Question of topics and learning levels.

February 24, 2008 at 08:41 PM

Copy/pasted from other topic...   ... would it be possible that some of the upper-elementary, intermediate, and lower advanced lessons also be done in related,... Read more

拼音之父 "Father of Pinyin" Zhou Youguang at age 102!

February 24, 2008 at 05:21 PM

I just stumbled across this interesting video at the BBC: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/feb/2...   Read more