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Year 3 as a poddie

February 04, 2009 at 12:17 AM

I just renewed my CPod subscription for the 3rd year in a row. Even with the Aussie dollar in the tank, the Premium still seems a good investment. The quality of the... Read more

Chinese PM doesn't get the boot

February 03, 2009 at 12:42 PM

--> 发表日期 02/02/2009 温家宝剑桥大学遭示威者扔鞋中国总理温家宝昨天在英国剑桥大学发表演讲时，有一名抗议者向他扔鞋，但是没有打中温家宝。这名抗议者是个西方年轻人，身穿圆领衫。他同时说：这位独裁者，你们怎么听得下去他说的谎言？他还说，这所大学怎么能向这名独裁者出卖自己？这只鞋落在距离温家宝1公尺的地方。负责... Read more

Standard Pronunciation for Learning Chinese

February 03, 2009 at 05:58 AM

I have both heard in my own experience and from Shanghaiese that they don't distinguish between "en" or "eng", and "in" or "ing" very well. You might be aware that t... Read more

Chicago Chinatown (set 2)

February 03, 2009 at 04:01 AM

Some other pics from the New Years Day parade, some of the other interesting flavors.  Calkins (http://chinesepod.com/community/profile/view/cal... is from Chic... Read more

Rock or heavy metal?

February 02, 2009 at 10:41 PM

Well except for the obvious cui jian i have found a good band called 春秋.... but other than that I haven't found much good rock/metal. anyone can give me some suggest... Read more

Taiji video from the competition in Hamburg

February 02, 2009 at 10:20 PM

I just uploaded this two clips from the taiji competition in Hamburg. I used my cybershot handy, but the quality should be ok... Read more

Hi all!

February 02, 2009 at 05:55 PM

Hi everyone, I am new to the site but am loving it so far!  I didn't see this group already, so I decided to create it. When I was in China previously, I picked... Read more

Learning Process...Before & After Moving to China

February 02, 2009 at 12:24 PM

This was in response to the following question from dunderklumpen.  I thought it deserved its own thread, in case other expats wanted to chime in, and because I... Read more

Flash Cards

February 02, 2009 at 09:16 AM

Would it be possible to devise a vocabulary activity whereby students could match up all three words (Hanzi/PinYin/English)? I find that I'm fine matching pinyin to... Read more

Chicago Engine 八

February 02, 2009 at 03:49 AM

From today's New Years Parade at Chicago's Chinatown. Localization in Chicago.     Read more

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