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Posted on: Using a Cell Phone in China
March 21, 2011 at 2:46 AM

Glad you found this helpful!

Posted on: Using a Cell Phone in China
March 21, 2011 at 2:16 AM

As xiao_liang mentions, we haven't settled on a permanent format yet. The interviews are something we're doing regularly, though not necessarily every episode. We'd like to reach out to a an audience that includes both 'China hands' and complete newbies. In light of that, this episode was meant for the newbies, particularly Americans, who might not be familiar with the kind of cell phone use you see here in China.

Not to worry, there will be more interviews coming up!

Posted on: Hide and Seek
March 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM

Fixed now. Thanks for noting!

Posted on: Getting Married in China
March 7, 2011 at 2:27 AM

Thanks for sharing this experience - it sounds very interesting! I remember attending a wedding in China and thinking how strange it was that all the guests left right after they'd finished eating. There was all this pomp and circumstance leading up to the meal, but then after eating for about 1 hr., someone said, "the bus back to the village is here" (bride was from the village, wedding was in the big town next door) and most of the guests got up and boarded the bus!

Posted on: Getting Married in China
March 7, 2011 at 2:18 AM

Thanks :)

Posted on: Getting Married in China
March 7, 2011 at 2:17 AM

Whenever you go to a major sporting even you see things like "Tina, will you marry me?" in the streaming text on the big digital screens around the stadium. While super public proposals are probably less common than private ones, a lot of men still try to do something "crazy" or unexpected.

Posted on: 会 (Huì) and 能 (Néng) Face-off
February 25, 2011 at 3:49 AM

Thanks for the feedback, hua_sen!

Posted on: Honeymoon Destinations
February 23, 2011 at 6:40 AM

I believe she said: 有一个女同事结了婚了。

Posted on: No Hot Water
February 23, 2011 at 1:39 AM

You can say: 上下文 shang4xia4wen2 or 语境 yu3jing4. ("要看语境" [yao4 kan4 yu3jing4] = "depends on the context").

Posted on: Chinese Baijiu and the Best of the Worst
February 11, 2011 at 1:47 AM

This issue has been resolved. It was a problem of a photo posted, which had been copied from QQ. There was a problem with the HTML as it was copied, and that's why the image is in a funky fixed position. On top of that, the image belongs to QQ, hence the QQ warning message.