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2895 posts - in two days???

March 02, 2009 at 06:45 AM
According to the rankings for this week I hold position No. 4 (contrast this with the monthly ranking where I am listed with 1 post): henning 2895 Read more
I remember there was a link we could follow that gave us ten votes each and a list of features that had been proposed by users.  Anyway, I thought of a feature... Read more

01 year 15 weeks into study

March 01, 2009 at 09:10 PM
Hello everyone, I have decided to stop doing these weekly updates, at least via the community forum. This will be the last one. If you want to follow my progress, I... Read more
What experiences can be taken from the english classes to our chinese teaching lessons? Read more

A question about Chinese movies

March 01, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I try to watch Chinese films regularly to learn more about the culture and expose myself to the language as it is spoken with different accents.  As my ability... Read more

Burden of disease

March 01, 2009 at 06:16 AM
--> 2009年02月27日 中国慢性疾病增多 农村医疗滞后 中国第四次国家卫生服务调查显示,慢性疾病负担日益加重,农村卫生状况和医疗服务质量堪忧。 中国卫生部公布第四次国家卫生服务调查结果,2008年,居民慢性病患病率超过20%,其中高血压病和糖尿病的病例数增加了2倍。 另外心脏病和恶性肿瘤的病例数增加了近一倍。 调查得出结... Read more
Practice language during a run, enjoying the outdoors and working out at the same time. Rewarded by a healthy doses of endorfine. Best start of a day. Running in Pud... Read more

practice during a run

February 28, 2009 at 03:19 PM
During a run outside practice language and enjoy the outdoors/ parks and working out at the same time, rewarded by some healthy endorfine, what a happy way of learni... Read more

Tough words on human rights

February 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Seems like today on Cpod is the day for Chinese news.  Following is an interesting article about the human rights exchange between China and the US.  China... Read more

温家宝第一次上网跟网友聊天

February 28, 2009 at 11:02 AM
For those that are interested, China's premier Mr Wen JiaBao today for the first time spoke to Chinese citizens on the net. You can look through the transcripts on m... Read more