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wmp won't play the mp3s

July 04, 2007 at 02:04 PM

I can't get windows media player to play the mp3s. Realplayer works, so I don't know what the problem is. Read more

Chinese Blogs and online Reading

July 04, 2007 at 06:37 AM

Does anyone know of any good Chinese blogs written by native speakers? I'm also interested in finding any interesting reading material, preferably online due to... Read more

Chinese for Children

July 04, 2007 at 05:55 AM

http://www.japanese101.com/ Would ChinesePod be in the market to produce a service like japanese101.com ( this website is different than japanesepod101.com). There s... Read more

New Contest!

July 04, 2007 at 01:10 AM

There's a new contest out there, announced in a new podcast. Find it and maybe you can win... Read more

Joke of the Day #3

July 03, 2007 at 11:54 PM

一位农场主向人夸耀他的庄园很大很大。他说：“如果我开车绕我的庄园一圈，那得需要一星期的时间。” 一位听众同情地说：“是啊，我也有过那么一辆破车。” Read more

Traditional vs Simplified characters

July 03, 2007 at 12:03 PM

Could anybody tell me roughly the percentage difference in the most commonly used characters? Say, of the 4000 most commonly used characters, how many were simplifie... Read more

* A Gift For You... *

July 03, 2007 at 10:35 AM

    Ni hao!   I was talking to my penpal from Beijing and she said to me: "I will send you the tradition Chinese gift." What is it and... Read more

Wimbleton

July 03, 2007 at 05:31 AM

How about a Mandarin lesson on tennis?  Anyone watch the Serena Williams vs. Daniela Hunachova match at the Wimbleton today? It was an unbelievable match of phy... Read more

lean a new language in an effective way

July 03, 2007 at 04:49 AM

"Hi Everyone! My name's Annie and I would just like to inform everyone that there's a new Chinese school in Shanghai with small classes t... Read more

Joke of the Day #2

July 02, 2007 at 09:28 PM

当小林走进办公室时，他的同事们惊讶地发现他的两只耳朵缠满了绷带，于是围上来询问他发生了什么事。 “昨晚我在观看电视转播的棒球赛时，我妻子正好在旁边烫衣服，”小林说，“就在她离开的那一会儿，他妈的电话铃响了，我一边观看比赛，一边抓起那通着电的熨斗凑在耳边，结果……&r... Read more