User Comments - tvan
tvan
Posted on: National Day
October 1, 2009 at 12:25 PM@tal, here's a link to Baba's video on 土豆。 Hope that's not blocked. Now that would lead to a revolution.
Do they have videos making fun of China's president on Tudou?
Posted on: Drinking Game
September 30, 2009 at 2:30 PM@qzchris, I don't see it on the lesson page either. However, if you bookmark the lesson and to the "Me" page, the PDF link appears.
@go_manly, a traditional PDF hack that works for all CPOD lessons is to put "trad" in the file name, just before ".pdf". Just tested it, and it works for this one.
Posted on: Happy Birthday China
September 29, 2009 at 7:33 PM@bodawei, I think that on an occasion like this, your celebration is appropriate. Of course, there is absolute progress and relative progress, and some of the comments above seem to go with the former as the best measure. However, for a new government like the PRC, I tend to favor the latter measure. It's easy to forget that, though China is an old culture, its government is very new.
Considering where Mainland China started from, at the end of the 20th Century, 1949, and 1978, it's come a long ways. Besides, who turns down going to somebody else's birthday where you get a present?
Posted on: Happy Birthday China
September 27, 2009 at 3:01 AMI wonder if the current PRC didn't really begin in 1978 when Dèng Xiǎopìng (Woo-hoo, tone converter works!) took over. The 1949-1978 period seems more reminiscent of the Qín/秦 and Suí/隋 dynasties; a period following consolidation/conquest by a strong ruler that eventually collapsed under its own tyranny, to be replaced by a more stable regime.
Regardless, the 20th Century was a tough 100 years! Congratulations on resuming your rightful place in the family of nations China!
Posted on: Clean Energy in China with Dennis Bracy
September 26, 2009 at 8:36 PMI don't know about the Beijing restrictions, but I do remember when they something similar in the California, early 1980's. You could only visit a gas station based on odd/even days based upon your license plate. My friends and I just came up with "quick release" license plates and swapped.
Just a suspicion, but I think Chinese are at least that creative.
Posted on: Funny Business 5
September 25, 2009 at 1:03 AM@maocat, traditional characters are showing for me, using a PC w/Vista at the moment.
@user30253, go to the little "button" in the upper-right corner of the lesson intro. Click on it and you can set traditional/simplified preferences. All the lesson tabs then display simplified you preference.
That said, I am a premium user, so I'm not sure at what level that option switches off.
Posted on: Coming Up Next: 接下来，然后，还有，那么
September 24, 2009 at 7:22 PM@furong, he is leaving/has left CPod for greener pastures. Check out this News and Features if you wish to comment/wish him well.
Of course, that was two weeks ago, and he's still here ergo @Tal's Elvis sighting.
Posted on: Clean Energy in China with Dennis Bracy
September 22, 2009 at 8:02 PMElectric cars are nice and all, but still require electricity. I'm not enough of an engineer to say what's better; locally generated energy with only rudimentary emission controls or centralized power plants with state of the art emission control, but also with concomitant transmission losses.
Still, all that aside, if China really wanted to cut back on emissions, it should go back to the transportation that was in vogue in 1984, the bicycle... led of course by the splendid example of its partner, the U.S.!
Posted on: Bean: Volunteering and Making a Difference in Shanghai
September 18, 2009 at 7:24 PMI'm guessing that Bean must be registered as a non-profit organization (i.e. the official kind). I wonder how difficult that is?
Posted on: Happy Birthday China
October 2, 2009 at 7:26 PMHi @johnnyi,
Do you mean you thought the lesson content was improper or the subsequent comments?
Also, I'm guessing that you live in China. Your profile doesn't say.