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"Scheduled Maintenance" - Behind the Scenes

November 26, 2007 at 12:03 PM

First off, my apologies for the term 'scheduled maintenance' being used to describe the recent upheavals. That was my idea. As you figured out, the changes b... Read more

What does it mean?

November 25, 2007 at 08:58 PM

Looks like: 谦  信洋  行  Read more

School homework...

November 25, 2007 at 08:06 PM

When I was in Beijing in September my nephew wrote a homework about my 2year old. Now that I finally took the time to get a flickr-account I thought I could share it... Read more

Words that can be easily misheard as place names

November 25, 2007 at 11:02 AM

北京 [bĕi jīng] - city 背静 [bèi jing] - quiet and secluded 背景 [bèi jĭng] - background/backdrop   上海 [shàng hăi] - city 伤害 [shāng hài] -... Read more

Chinese Family Titles

November 25, 2007 at 11:00 AM

This is basically just a link to this website http://www.mandarintools.com/family.html  which let's you explore the intricacies of Chinese family relat... Read more

Exporting flashcards

November 25, 2007 at 02:27 AM

I'm brand new to CPod.  I spent a couple of years in Taiwan and later finished my bachelors in Mandarin and Asian Studies.  That was all about 20 years... Read more

88groups : Taiwan

November 23, 2007 at 10:09 PM

Hi Everyone,   I've started a group on Taiwan:   http://88groups.com/taiwan   Please join if interested. Brent  Read more

audio malfunction under Mozilla Firefox

November 23, 2007 at 05:46 PM

I've found this problem using Mozilla Firefox in all these section: dialogue, vocabulary, expansion and all pronunciation tables, only the first link in each pag... Read more

Economist article about learning Chinese

November 23, 2007 at 01:19 PM

The Economist ran this , incredibly facile article today ion the subject of learning Mandarin. I blogged about it here . I'd be interested in your take on it. Read more

Never Let You Go-吴建豪 [Vanness]

November 23, 2007 at 07:35 AM

当我搜寻不到你  一切都没有意义  我是所有的唯一  为了你  都可以放弃  别管他们的眼光  别人说的 又怎样  当我站在舞台上  Your love 就够给我力量  为你 永远执著  M... Read more