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Stricter foreign media restrictions

September 10, 2008 at 08:16 PM

    发表日期 10/09/2008     中国对外国记者放宽限制十月份到期中方表示继续欢迎外国记者采访中国对外国记者放宽限制十月份到期中方表示继续欢迎外国记者采访北京奥运期间的新闻中心将对互联网使用施行限制。法新社中国外交部表示，北京奥运会期间及筹备期间外国记者在华采访规定... Read more

I would like to join the SF Bay area group!

September 10, 2008 at 01:31 PM

Please contact me I would like to join the SF Bay Area Group. for what ever they do. I live in Halfmoon Bay and travel to San Fran all the time.     Tom Read more

第一回: Chunk 34

September 10, 2008 at 08:04 AM

士隐听了,大叫:"妙哉!吾每谓兄必非久居人下者, 今所吟之句,飞腾之兆已见,不日可接履于云霓之上矣.可贺,可贺!"乃亲斟一斗为贺.雨村因干过,叹道:"非晚生酒后狂言,若论时尚之学,晚生也或可去充数沽名 ,只是目今行囊路费一概无措,神京路远,非赖卖字撰文即能到者."士隐不待说完,便道:"兄何不早言.愚每有此心,但每遇兄时,兄并未谈... Read more

Amber on Chinese TV!

September 10, 2008 at 06:12 AM

Amber made her cable TV China debut recently. She was interviewed about her life in China (in Chinese) by YOUNG TV. Check it out! Read more

地图 dìtú

September 10, 2008 at 03:54 AM

              dìtú T : 地圖   S : 地图         Read more

Consecutive 3rd Tones

September 10, 2008 at 02:21 AM

It has always been my understanding, that when you have 2 consectutive 3rd tones (i.e. 美女 mei3 nv3 - beautiful woman), that the first word's tone becomes a 2nd tone... Read more

Is everybody happy with CPod - or maybe not?

September 09, 2008 at 11:48 AM

I've just tested CPod for seven days. The podcasts are very good, no question! But what I don't like: (1) ... the navigation of the whole website. E.g. why is the Vo... Read more

No more flashcards?

September 09, 2008 at 08:17 AM

So, am I right that there are no flashcards on Chinese Pod? I thought there used to be some, not so long ago, but can't find them on the site now. Read more

Character etymology for newbie "street argument" 不

September 09, 2008 at 08:11 AM

Even though the logic behind 不 is unclear, there are some lovely attempts on explanations. It is also very very frequent in Chinese. Character: 不 Pinyin: bù G... Read more

Los Angeles area group meetings

September 09, 2008 at 05:27 AM

Just looking to see if there is any interest in meeting on another day ( in addition to monday nights). Let me know what you think. These meetings are starting to be... Read more

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