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Hi, I'm sure I'm missing something simple here because it can't be this hard!  I would like to build up a vocabulary of characters that correspond with the char... Read more

中国不高兴

November 10, 2009 at 05:47 AM
I came across a book(title of this post and published in China in 2008)lately that when i first picked it up to peruse thought it was comical sarcasm, but... Read more

It's snowing like mad in Beijing!

November 09, 2009 at 05:16 PM
Because the people want to know! Read more

Find friends

November 09, 2009 at 02:55 PM
Hello everyone.I am a Chinese student. And I want to make friends with you to improve my English. If anyone wants to be friends with me , please send me a PM. We can... Read more

Chinese on the iPhone!

November 09, 2009 at 01:46 PM
I don’t know if anyone else figured this out already but you can write in Chinese on the iPhone!   I just figured it out.   You can write in Pinyin o... Read more

Any Shanghai Poddies out there?

November 09, 2009 at 03:03 AM
大家好! My name is Daniel (中文:何岱年), and I moved to Shanghai a few months ago to pursue an internship opportunity.  Although I am thoroughly enjoying the opportunit... Read more

What's the use of hanzi?

November 08, 2009 at 08:23 PM
I mean, you obviously don't need them to communicate, since they're not present in speech, which is still readily understood. The Chinese themselves can hardly write... Read more

大陸的新奇食物~~

November 08, 2009 at 02:48 PM
last month,my teacher said there are lots of strange food in 中國大陸,such as 滷 spider,fried cockroach,snake.......etc Does anyone know the other strange food???? Read more

pinyin tone marks?

November 08, 2009 at 01:12 PM
hi, does anyone know how to use the pinyin tone marks? Thanks!   Read more
Ok so it's really not THAT serious. But basically my friend has come up with the idea to go to China and for me to accompany him. So I just have a couple of question... Read more