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Some more Christmas Songs, with Transcripts!

December 24, 2007 at 05:49 AM

(I posted this earlier, but when I came back to make a comment I couldn't find it.  Sorry if double posted) 同学，圣诞节快乐! Fellow students, Holy-birth festival h... Read more

"Your Lessons" feature

December 24, 2007 at 04:36 AM

I have been away from ChinesePod for a while and now I find that my "Your Lessons" list is swamped with lessons, some of which I don't want to study. S... Read more

Ukraine : eldest man dies aged 116

December 23, 2007 at 06:31 PM

世界最老寿星去世享年116岁单身汉涅斯托尔生活态度积极乌克兰在世最长寿老人格里戈里·涅斯托尔周五（14日）去世，享年116岁。据乌克兰媒体报道，涅斯托尔居住在乌克兰利沃夫州以东30公里的老雅雷奇夫村，过着单身生活。他出生于1891年3月15日，在2007年3月份，以116岁的年龄被人们认为是当前世界上最长寿的人，甚至他... Read more

Christmas and Hanukkah in Beijing

December 23, 2007 at 01:08 PM

This is about a year old, now, but still some of you might enjoy it :)   <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie&q... Read more

Youtube and the British monarchy

December 23, 2007 at 09:20 AM

英国王室开设YouTube频道英国王室成为首个开设YouTube网页的王族。英国王室在全球第一大视频网站YouTube开设新频道，以拉近与大众平民间的距离。白金汉宫发表声明说，女王伊丽莎白二世今年的圣诞节讲话也将在这一频道上播出。英国王室YouTube网站视频的开通，恰逢女王1957年首次发表实况节庆讲话50周年之际，也... Read more

Afghanistan : French president surprise visit

December 23, 2007 at 08:33 AM

法国总统萨科齐突访阿富汗萨科齐访问阿富汗（路透社）法国总统萨科齐今天（十二月二十二日）国际标准时间五时三十分突然抵达阿富汗首都喀布尔。他首先会晤了北约驻阿富汗维和部队总指挥麦克尼尔。法国总统萨科奇对随行记者表示：联军不能够也不应该败给狂热的恐怖主义。法国总统希望联军继续组成联合阵线，不要让阿富汗成为恐怖主义藏身之地。法国总... Read more

MIT Open Course Ware

December 22, 2007 at 11:06 PM

Has anyone taken a closer look at the MIT OpenCourseWare Chinese lectures? (See: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-... ) I quite enjoy video lectu... Read more

Scanning around

December 22, 2007 at 06:20 PM

I've got a question about conveniently reading Chinese online.  My friend installed this thing called StarDict on my computer, which has a really big online... Read more

China intellectual property : Yahoo appeal rejected

December 22, 2007 at 04:36 PM

北京高院维持原判雅虎中国侵权受罚雅虎中国音乐搜索网页北京市高级法院日前驳回雅虎中国公司的上诉，维持其音乐服务违反中国版权法的判决不变。雅虎中国败诉国际唱片侵权案，也是拥有11家成员的国际唱片工业联合会，首次在中国打赢版权官司。此举被视为是中国将加大对版权法的执法力度的一个信号。这项诉讼是由国际唱片工业联合会的11家成员，... Read more

Punk Attitude in Chinese?

December 22, 2007 at 03:22 PM

Are there any particular punk attitude expressions in Chinese? I am thinking of the days with "No Future" and "Never Mind the B****" displayed al... Read more