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Forum: Speaking and Listening 6th July 2007, 12:39 AM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Oh. I thought Chinese was supreme. It's spoken by 1.3 billion people, ya know!? lol

Enough of this thread, my hair hurts!

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 11:29 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Sure. After you answer the question: Why do Caucasians love English?

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 11:26 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Which makes the original post all the more stupid by inferring from his encounter with a single
German, whose native tongue is not even English, a sweeping generalization about the Caucasians
love...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 11:17 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

The emphasis was on the person being "white" or "Caucasian" and not German. Read the original
post. Besides, why should a German not feel attached to English? English is a Germanic tongue!!

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 11:15 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

I don't see anything wrong with that either. I think that perhaps some would perceive language as
just a tool because Chinese - or whatever second language they're learning - has no deeper...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 11:08 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Yonitabonita, I'm sure the irony of this post has not been lost on you. On the one hand, the
original thread poster criticized a "Caucasian" for speaking to him in English, which I take to be
a...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 10:32 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Roddy, this attitude is far and wide. I'm surprised you haven't encountered it living in China
amongst Sinophiles. You can see it in the very title of this thread: "Why Do Caucasians Love
English?"...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 10:10 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

This is a gross oversimplification of what language is. With all due respect, this is, frankly, an
ignorant statement. Language is not merely a tool for communication. Language is a source of...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 08:45 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

Posted By david1978

Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Why is this the most ridiculous title for a thread...ever?

Thank you, Mugi. I think if a Westerner started speaking Chinese to me, I'd walk away too.
Sthubbar, you should probably consider how...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th January 2007, 10:36 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Posted By gamerfu

Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

I would ask Chinesepod first, if you could make a website with VideoChinesepod. I have run into a
bit of trouble with similar domain names.

Honestly, Western actors are okay. A very famous college...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th May 2007, 05:59 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Posted By koreth

Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Unfortunately, that's the other book of the same name -- the one I have is from Beijing University
Press, not Cheng & Tsui.

This...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th May 2007, 02:45 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Posted By koreth

Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

That sounds like a good one to get. I have one book like that already, though as far as I know it
has no audio companion: "A New Text For a Modern China" (the one from 北京大学; there are two
books with...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 3rd May 2007, 10:51 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Posted By koreth

Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

In theory I like the "read and listen a lot" technique. In practice it's not so easy to do,
especially on the reading side. I've had a difficult time finding interesting reading materials
that are...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th February 2006, 03:01 AM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

Well, Cantonese does sound different to other...

Well, Cantonese does sound different to other Chinese languages, just as Min nan, Shanghaiese, etc
sound different. I just talking about the sounds, it’s how people recognize different languages
even...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th February 2006, 01:42 AM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard...

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard accent, eg without the "er" sound colouring like in
Beijinghua, and with separation of c/ch, s/sh ,z/zh, n/ng, f/h, l/n.
I don't really know enough...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 3rd February 2006, 06:32 PM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

I'm surprised that people find Cantonese...

I'm surprised that people find Cantonese attractive sounding. I think It sounds horrible, with its
glottal stops at the end of words (eg moon), nasal "ng"s (surname Wu-Ng) etc, to me it sounds...

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Forum: Reading and Writing 25th June 2007, 08:40 PM

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Cameron Diaz and her Maoist bag

Posted By gato

Re: Cameron Diaz and her Maoist bag

She was pretty good in "Being John Malkovich."

Forum: Reading and Writing 25th June 2007, 05:43 PM

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Cameron Diaz and her Maoist bag

Posted By gato

Re: Cameron Diaz and her Maoist bag

From a news site for expats living in Peru:

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Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2004, 04:05 PM

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"The Lady in the Painting"

Posted By skylee

http://140.111.1.40/sword/sworda/sa00491/004.jpg ...

http://140.111.1.40/sword/sworda/sa00491/004.jpg

Take a look at this explanation -> http://140.111.1.40/yitia/fra/fra00491.htm

This variant can also be found in 現代漢語辭典.

And the right side of 科 is...

Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2004, 12:24 PM

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"The Lady in the Painting"

Posted By skylee

jiao4 (called)

Forum: Reading and Writing 22nd August 2004, 09:43 AM

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"The Lady in the Painting"

Posted By skylee

What is the name of this book in Chinese? 畫中仙?

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Forum: Reading and Writing 7th April 2008, 12:36 AM

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What do the words in the attached picture mean?

Posted By mxian

Re: What do the words in the attached picture mean?

mk063

Great. It's settled!
Thanks.
:D

Forum: Reading and Writing 6th April 2008, 10:40 PM

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What do the words in the attached picture mean?

Posted By mxian

Re: What do the words in the attached picture mean?

Because the bottom part of the second character looks more like 之 or 夊, I thought it might be
夏. The character 夏 means Summer. It can also mean "something at the center". For example,
華夏 = 中華. I hope...

Forum: Reading and Writing 6th April 2008, 04:05 AM

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What do the words in the attached picture mean?

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What do the words in the attached picture mean?

Hi, I come across the following picture. It seems to advertise something for rent. I can't
recognize the second character. The first character looks like 吉 but I doubt it because the
upper part of...

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Forum: Reading and Writing 4th April 2008, 03:41 PM

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What you say of “拼经济”?

Posted By monto

Re: What you say of “拼经济”?

I don't want to argue on anything other than language here. So anything other than the language is
nonsense to me.

Forum: Reading and Writing 3rd April 2008, 07:56 PM

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What you say of “拼经济”?

Posted By monto

Re: What you say of “拼经济”?

I don't think it relates to '爱拼才会赢' because first, I can reply,
"不见得,看你拼什么了" ( You can't tell, it depends on what you '拼' with); secondly, the
'爱拼才会赢' avoided the question "拼什么?" which is key to the...

Forum: Reading and Writing 26th March 2008, 08:03 PM

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What you say of “拼经济”?

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What you say of “拼经济”?

Just a few days ago when was watching one of CCTVs (I forgot the channel number), a grogram on
Taiwan affairs, the political matter being a horse of another color, I was quite amused by a
term...

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Forum: Reading and Writing 28th April 2008, 11:48 AM

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classic chinese/cutural references still used/ other curiosities of 汉语

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Re: classic chinese/cutural references still used/ other curiosities of 汉语

Oh yes I think we're kinda similiar, as I also like to collect 'weird' Chinese sayings,
references, etc.

My favourites:

PK就PK - "Player Killing" is nothing - really hard to translate!
我是看蹭票的 - I...

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Forum: Reading and Writing 13th April 2008, 03:13 PM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

回复: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Technically, yes, it's true but like in English, "speak Chinese" often means "speak Mandarin" for
shortness; standard Chinese is Mandarin (Putonghua or Guoyu), anyway.

Forum: Reading and Writing 11th April 2008, 09:49 AM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

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I hear in Hong Kong they now use the term 普通话 more often than 国语 when referring to the
standard Mandarin.Also the written style in Hong Kong is now a little closer to mainland China
rather than to...

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

You can't learn all languages and there are a few I feel nostalgic to because I have practically
stopped dealing with them:

German (only watch some movies (Komissar Rex - Inspector Rex), still read...

Forum: Reading and Writing 11th February 2008, 05:38 AM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

I only meant that foreign alphabets are a serious hurdle for people who are generally unable to
learn anything foreign. It happens more often with older people, if they never learned a foreign...

Forum: Reading and Writing 11th February 2008, 02:22 AM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

It is perhaps individual. Foreign scripts might be too difficult for older learners only. With
good books, audio and exercises, Thai can be learned quicker. I can't comment on the availability
of...

Forum: Reading and Writing 10th February 2008, 02:34 PM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Learning the Thai or whatever phonetic script will add from a few days to 3 weeks to the studies
as opposed to learning a romanised script. Learning a new alphabet is not such a big hurdle as
you...

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Arabic writing, although complex and confusing, it is not as complex as Chinese. It only has 28
basic letters plus some variations and ligatures. Although letters may take different shape
depending...

Forum: Reading and Writing 7th February 2008, 09:56 AM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

That's true. + The shortage of resources for the language, which is not actually spoken. But I
actually meant the standard language itself or any given spoken dialect is very difficult. The...

Forum: Reading and Writing 6th February 2008, 11:07 AM

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World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Posted By atitarev

Re: World's greatest polyglot say's Mandarin is the hardest language in the world

Hi Mado, When I studied languages at Uni in Ukraine, I just kept adding European languages to my
collection (native Russian) - German, English, Czech, French, Polish. Later Swedish, Norwegian,
some...

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Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 28th August 2007, 01:00 PM

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ZDT: Most annoying things about the ZDT

Posted By PJPoon

Re: ZDT: Most annoying things about the ZDT

Well, I always have Eclipse open and I pretty much do everything with Eclipse, so wouldn't it be
great if ZDT could also be used in Eclipse without having to run ZDT by itself? Since it's an
RCP...

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ZDT: Most annoying things about the ZDT

Posted By PJPoon

Re: ZDT: Most annoying things about the ZDT

Could you create a feature and provide an update site so that I can install ZDT in Eclipse instead
of running it as a stand alone RCP application?
Other than that ZDT is an amazing program.

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Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 8th April 2008, 12:12 PM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Hi leib1,

You're probably not using a font that can render chinese characters if its appearing as squares.
Also, if you choose a font that begins with @, it will appear rotated. Try some other...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 23rd March 2008, 12:33 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Hmm, what build did you end up downloading? When it starts up, does it show 0.7.1 on the splash
screen?

Chris

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 22nd March 2008, 06:26 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Hi character,

Sorry it took so long, but there's a new build in the sandbox area that now does auto-fill of
traditional characters for new entries. You can download it from...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 23rd January 2008, 11:49 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Hi character,

So how do you normally work when entering a new entry? Are you wanting to enter the definition
first?

The answer to #3 is no, not at the moment. These last two requests are...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 22nd January 2008, 12:50 PM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Character,

Regarding your suggestion #1, I just added the feature, and played around with it a bit, and it
seems to work pretty well.

Regarding #2, what do you think of the following behavior (and...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 6th January 2008, 02:48 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Trevorp - Can you go back to 0.7.0 and do a Help > Report Bug and send me the resulting zip file?
I'll take a look.

Radial - Auto-fill should work for multi-char words. Even if there's no valid...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 14th November 2007, 08:09 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Before uninstalling, can you send me the log files? Go to Help > Report Bug, and send me the
resulting zip file.

Thanks

Chris

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 11th November 2007, 11:38 PM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

Re: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Hi Luobot,

You should be able to install on top of 0.6.1. You will lose any extra plugins you've installed
however, and you'll have to download them again. I made a change to where the ZDT...

Forum: ZDT Flashcards Forum 6th November 2007, 01:33 AM

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Sticky: ZDT 0.7.0 Available

Posted By bogleg

ZDT 0.7.0 Available

The new ZDT 0.7.0 final release is out and available for download
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=133341&package_id=146469&release_id=551984).
If you've been playing around...

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Forum: Adsotrans.com Forum 26th March 2008, 09:29 PM

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Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

Posted By msittig

Re: Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

Nowadays I use Google Translate to do a rough translation, and Adso (along with other
dictionaries, Google searches, Wenlin) only as a secondary backup.

Adso's user-contributions are its greatest...

Forum: Adsotrans.com Forum 26th March 2008, 07:43 PM

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Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

Posted By msittig

Re: Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

我是
PART OF SPEECH = PERSON
ENGLISH = I am

I mean seriously.
Edit → Search → Delete.

Forum: Adsotrans.com Forum 26th March 2008, 12:46 AM

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Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

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Adostrans contributed definitions quality issues?

Is it just me, or has there been an increase in bad definition being added to the Adsotrans
database recently? I keep getting ridiculous ones that are clearly context-dependent, ie not
appropriate...

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Why Do You Learn Chinese?(ple help me with the survey)

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1. I am drawn to learn the language through an...

1. I am drawn to learn the language through an interest in the culture. The source from which that
interest is drawn pendulums between two wells: one of respect and one of utter revulsion. Both...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 23rd March 2006, 02:33 AM

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dashan 大山, Igor(from taiwan) and any others who have disgustingly good chinese

Posted By Navison

Harpoon, your comments are to say the least,...

Harpoon, your comments are to say the least, rather odd.

I am sure that in a few more years, bable fish and google will be able to do most of our
translations for us good enough for routine...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 23rd May 2004, 01:18 PM

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how is wu pronounced?

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Wu is also wu in Wade-Giles romanization (see...

Wu is also wu in Wade-Giles romanization (see
http://www.pantheon.org/miscellaneous/conversion_chart.html) , so I don't think the "w" is just a
Pinyin-specific spelling rule silent letter.

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 31st October 2005, 10:24 PM

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为什么很多的汉语学习者在这里不用汉语?

Posted By chenpv

hehe

Yes, he does. It's just the reflection of the western part of roddy (40%) which is fighting with
the chinese part of roddy(60%).:mrgreen:

Forum: Speaking and Listening 31st October 2005, 07:49 PM

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为什么很多的汉语学习者在这里不用汉语?

Posted By chenpv

hehe

嗨！打自己一个嘴巴，收回我的这句话。大家学习汉语的热情很高涨啊，定�
��‘权利’支持啊。以前发帖子，说实在的，心里真的分外矛盾，用汉语吧�
�不知道有没有人响应；用英语吧，又有挂羊头卖狗肉之嫌。如果这个汉语小
区真的能开展起来，我向伟大领袖毛主席保证，为人民服务！！！:mrgreen:

Forum: Speaking and Listening 30th October 2005, 11:25 PM

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为什么很多的汉语学习者在这里不用汉语?

Posted By chenpv

hehe

:mrgreen:
人在江湖，身不由己。--------这是我第一次觉得这种话有哲理性。随遇而安�
�，当然少不了喊两句：伟大领袖万万岁！！！！:mrgreen:

PS：xiaocai，那里人啊？:)

Forum: Speaking and Listening 30th October 2005, 10:00 PM

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为什么很多的汉语学习者在这里不用汉语?

Posted By chenpv

hehehehehehehe

呵呵，我本来想借此机会批判我们这个论坛的‘No.1'
的，没想到让他抢先了，头头是道的说了一通。不管roddy演讲的动机如何，�
�倒是要承认他的汉语水平真的不错，听起来很像孔繁森。:)

PS：如果大家都很有兴趣的话，可以找人建个QQ群，互动性更强一些。:)

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 7th March 2006, 07:48 AM

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most embarrassing moment while learning Chinese

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learn the spirits of chinese

"我爱死你了"is the meaning of i love you very much in china.we rarely say it as
"我爱你死了"。"shaolaopo" can be expressed as my younger wife of my wives.

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 6th July 2007, 02:46 AM

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Why do caucasians love English?

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Re: Why do caucasians love English?

wushijiao, thanks for understanding me:

Gato, you are absolutely right! :oops:

Mugi can you elaborate?

If two Asians are in America seen speaking English to each other I don't think anyone...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 04:15 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

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Re: Why do caucasians love English?

Mugi, thanks for the response. I have heard the "pretentious" argument before. This is my
understanding:

PRETENTIOUS

Caucasian + Caucasian speaking Asian language

NOT PRETENTIOUS

Caucasian +...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th July 2007, 01:52 PM

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Why do caucasians love English?

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Why do caucasians love English?

I just had an encounter with a German student. I started to speak to him in Chinese and he held up
his hand and waved me off to signal me that it was not permitted for a white person to talk to
him...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 22nd December 2006, 10:54 AM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

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Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Wow thanks for all your help ill be signing up for the trial for sure, as im on Christmas
Hollidays. It sounds great thanks alot.

Forum: Speaking and Listening 21st December 2006, 11:40 AM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

I've reacently been hearing alot of great stuff about Chinesepod i'm now thinking of buying a
subscription does this system actually work? If so how does it compare to other systems?
Thanks.

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 1st December 2006, 04:23 PM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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To me, as a non-native speaker of chinese, I...

To me, as a non-native speaker of chinese, I think his mandarin is not bad, but he doesn't sound
like a native. I'll leave others to comment on his accent and level, but I'd say his fluency is
not...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th February 2006, 06:42 PM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By wai ming

I totally agree with those who prefer Taiwanese...

I totally agree with those who prefer Taiwanese Mandarin over Beijing-style Mandarin... Taiwanese
Mandarin is "standard" enough without being so rough on the ears as all the -儿 in
Beijing-style...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 15th May 2007, 04:10 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Posted By kdavid

Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

"Does it work?" is a difficult question to answer. I think I better question would be "Can it
really help?" "Is it practical?" etc. I say this because even "the best" tools won't work via
osmosis....

Forum: Speaking and Listening 14th May 2007, 07:36 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

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Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

The site has got a lot of potential, but I feel that recently they've been slow in responding and
reacting to the feedback regarding the new site, and therefore pushing away the very people
they're...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 10th May 2007, 12:56 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Posted By kdavid

Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Since ChinesePod's switch to V3 I've been skeptical to resubscribe, but I did it once again hoping
that the changes (for the worse) will be corrected. If they're not corrected by the end of this...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 21st December 2006, 02:44 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

Posted By kdavid

Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

One more thing I forgot... you can sign up for a free 7-day Premium subscription without having to
use your credit card. You just need to give them your email address.

Forum: Speaking and Listening 21st December 2006, 02:43 PM

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Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

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Re: Chinesepod.com-Does it really work?

This depends on two things: what level you're currently at and what you want to get out of an
online study tool. My first month's subscription is almost out and I will certainly pay for
another...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th May 2007, 05:30 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

The launching of the new LingQ system has been delayed for one major reason. We tried to produce
an off line "client" version and we gave up after one year spent on the project. We just could
not...

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

We are very close to having a multilanguage version. I am Beta testing for Russian, and others for
German right now. Asian languages are a few weeks away. I will certainly let you know when we
are...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 8th February 2007, 06:24 AM

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

We learn by relating new things to things we already know. That is why in the first stages of
learning a new language it is useful to have the text in a language you already know, usually
your...

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I speak 10 languages and have attacked Korean and Russian these last two years. I am 61.
When you begin you do not need a teacher, in fact you cannot use a teacher. You just need to
listen and read...

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

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Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I have been away for a few days without Internet contact. I am going into a 90km cross county ski
race in Sweden (the Vasaloppet) in March and since I am not a big cross country skier (and 61) I...

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Posted By SteveK

Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

For a bilingual discussion of language learning (Chinese and English) please go to

http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheLinguistOnLanguage-Chinese

and scroll down to the video podcast of the discussion...

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Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

Posted By SteveK

Re: Steve Kaufmann - How good is he?

I noticed this thread as a referrer to my blog so I thought I would comment here.
In my view a useful and realistic goal of language learning is fluency, not perfection. One of the
most important...

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Forum: Speaking and Listening 5th February 2006, 03:01 AM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

Well, Cantonese does sound different to other...

Forum: Speaking and Listening 4th February 2006, 01:42 AM

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard...

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard accent, eg without the "er" sound colouring like in
Beijinghua, and with separation of c/ch, s/sh ,z/zh, n/ng, f/h, l/n.
I don't really know enough...

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

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I'm surprised that people find Cantonese...

I'm surprised that people find Cantonese attractive sounding. I think It sounds horrible, with its
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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

Well, Cantonese does sound different to other...

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard...

I like putonghua spoken with a fairly standard accent, eg without the "er" sound colouring like in
Beijinghua, and with separation of c/ch, s/sh ,z/zh, n/ng, f/h, l/n.
I don't really know enough...

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which chinese dialect(s) do you like most?

Posted By zixingche

I'm surprised that people find Cantonese...

I'm surprised that people find Cantonese attractive sounding. I think It sounds horrible, with its
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Monday, May 26, 2008

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Miss Macedonia is crowned as "Miss Bikini of the Universe" during the
final of "Miss Bikini of the Universe" in Beihai, a famous summer resort
in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 30, 2005.
Miss Turkey Deniz Sirin and Miss Russia Olga Shylova Nova won the first
and second runners-up.

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Several soldiers were appreciating the exquisitely wrought and
transparent ice lamps and ice sculptures in various shapes at the Harbin
Ice Lamp and Ice Sculpture Art Festival in the Yueping Park in Hunan's
Hengyang on July 28, 2005. In order to celebrate the Army Day on Aug. 1,
the festival opens to soldiers for free.

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Learn Chinese online - Trade surplus rocketing brings pressure

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(Source: China Daily)

A woman works in an export-oriented textile mill in East China An'hui
Province, June, 2005.

July 28 - China's foreign trade surplus stood at 39.6 billion US dollars
in the first half of this year, almost equal to the total trade surplus
for the whole year of 2004, intensifying the country's trade disputes
with major trade partners.
In the first six months of the year, exports reached 342.3 billion US
dollars, up 32.7 percent as against imports of 302.7 billion US dollars,
up 14 percent, which is 29 percentage points lower than the same period
last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said.
The soaring trade surplus has led to increasing overseas protectionist
measures against Chinese goods.
The country's trade surplus against the United States and Europe Union
reached 49.1 billion US dollars and 31.6 US dollars, up 56.4 percent and
130 percent, respectively.
Too much of a trade surplus does no good to the economy of China, which
wants a basic trade balance, an expert said, noting the Renminbi
appreciation should help China expand imports and curb soaring exports.
Although China's trade volume ranks third in the world, the quality of
and profits from the trade still remain a low level, the expert said.
Therefore, the RMB appreciation and the reform of the foreign exchange
rating mechanism should help China to shrink its trade surplus and ease
international pressure in the long run, the expert said.

��Trade surplus to continue: NSB (2005-07-20)
��China trade surplus to surpass 70 bln USD (2005-07-07)

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17 birds that recovered from wounds in Cangzhou Wildlife Rescue Center
spread their wings and flew high again on the morning of July 22.
Forestry departments in Cangzhou and Huanghua held a ceremony of setting
free. These 17 birds included five common Kestrels, eleven Athene noctuas
and one grey heron. The first two types of birds are under second class
national-level protection while grey heron is also under key
provincial-level protection.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

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On July 23rd, finalists of the 34th Miss Intercontinental Pageant staged
a swimming suit show at the natatorium of Dongfang Lijing (oriental
beautiful scenery) Residential Community in Anhui's Huangshan City. Miss
Rumania (twins in the center), Miss Finland and Miss Ethiopia were
awarded the best swimming suit performance by spectaculars.

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Beauties in swimsuis from around the world gather in Guangzhou, capital
of China's Guangdong province on July 19, 2005. These ladies who
participate in the run-off for Miss Bikini of the Universe.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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RMB reform to follow "China's pace"

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Chinanews, Beijing Bureau, July 21 (by Li Peng) - The long-expected
reform of the RMB currency regime was launched on July 21. With effect on
that day, China will begin to implement a managed floating rate currency
regime based on market supply and demand and referenced to a basket of
currencies for adjustment.
The "surprise" reform opportunity fits the reform policy of China's
internal needs. From this one can see that the RMB currency regime change
has chosen to follow "China's pace".
Regarding this round of RMB currency reform, Yu Yongding, member of the
Monetary Policy Committee of China's Central Bank said when interviewed
by the media that "Reform has been expected for a long time, the
direction is correct."
Tan Yaling, international financial experts on Chinese banking, said to
reporters that the Central Bank's reform of the RMB currency regime
showed the international community a certain tendency and would
strengthen subsequent initiatives in international co-operation.
Although the RMB's reform pressure has increased without any letup in
recent years, Ba Shusong, deputy director of the Finance Bureau of the
Development Research Center under the State Council, said when
interviewed by reporters that this round of RMB currency regime change
would be at the initiative of China's currency administration.
In recent years, China has been making preparation for this and reform
would follow a schedule in its step by step implementation.
Ba believed that China is a major country and the independence of its
currency policy is very important to China and this round of reform
enables China's central bank to obtain more room to decide on its
currency policy.
Regarding the impact of RMB currency reforms, China's central bank has
announced that "overall pluses outweigh minuses" and emphasized there
would not be major fluctuations in the RMB currency rates.
According to the request of China's premier Wen Jiabao, RMB currency
regime reform implementation follows "independent initiative, ability to
control and gradualist" principles, meaning that this reform must follow
"China's pace".

Monday, May 19, 2008

Chinese School - Miss Intercontinental experiences Chinese wedding

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On the morning of July 20, finalists of the 2005 Miss Intercontinental
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Chinese Mandarin - China Jilin Art Expo opens

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China Jilin Art Expo opens

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The fourth China Jilin Art Expo, which has been a focal point, opened in
the Jilin International Conference and Exhibition Center on July 19,
2005. Tens of thousands of masterpieces of 111 top painters,
calligraphers, folk craftsmen, writers and collectors from over 40 cities
in China are on display.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

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China wins 1-meter diving silver

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Xia Min Wu from China performs a dive to place second in the women's
one-meter springboard preliminaries at the World Aquatics Championships
Monday, July 18, 2005 in Montreal. (Source: AP)

Friday, May 16, 2008

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Vivienne Westwood's design exhibition held

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A pair of high-heel shoes from Vivienne Westwood's thirty-year collection
are displayed at an exhibition in Shanghai July 15, 2005. The high-heel
shoes became famous after British-born model Naomi Campbell fell onstage
while wearing them in a fashion show in 1993, according to a press
release by the organisers of the exhibition.

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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Chinese language - Six pomegranates on one stalk

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Six pomegranates on one stalk

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On July 14th, A pomegranate tree planted by a family in Dongming Village
of Hebei's Xinle City yielded six pomegranates on one stalk, attracting
many neighbors. The housemaster said that the tree was four years old and
this was the second year the tree yielded fruits. Twin or three
pomegranates on a stalk is not uncommon, but it is rare to see six on one
stalk.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Large-scale expedition across Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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Tents at the foot of the snow-covered mountain was pictured in
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on June 17, 2005. The first ever large-scale
scientific expedition across Hoh Xil uninhabited region in central
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will kick off in Sept. this year and will last
three years. Alpine coldness, lack of oxygen, and hostile natural
conditions make Hoh Xil China's largest and the world's third largest
uninhabited region. It is also China's last untouched natural land which
still maintains its original state. It is therefore cited as a "forbidden
zone for man."

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Learn Chinese - Water Splashing Festival in Song Dynasty Town

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Water Splashing Festival in Song Dynasty Town

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The fourth Song Dynasty Town Water Splashing Festival was unveiled in
Hangzhou on July 11, attracting crowds of local residents and tourists.
This festival is a fruit of Yunnan's Dai ethnic group and Hangzhou's Song
Dynasty Town, a theme park to revitalize the culture of the Song Dynasty
(960-1279), and aims to promote the concept of "active, happy and healthy
life" derived from traditional water splashing festival.

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Monday, May 12, 2008

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China, US reach deal on IPR protection

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(Source: Xinhuanet)

BEIJING, July 11 - Top Chinese and US trade officials wrapped up their
day-long negotiation here Monday with consensus on intellectual property
rights (IPR) protection.
The annual session of the Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade(JCCT) was
jointly chaired by Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi and US Secretary of
Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and US Trade Representative Robert Portman.
The two sides agreed to set up cooperation mechanisms on cross border
prosecutions for IPR violations and on the protection of movie copy
rights, sources with the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said.
In addition to IPR protection, the two sides also agreed to establish a
dialogue mechanism for security monitoring agencies and a joint working
team under the framework of the JCCT on tourism cooperation.
No breakthrough was made on the highly debated textile disputes. But the
United States agreed to use the special restrictive measures on textile
products with caution.
Meanwhile, the two sides agreed to conduct substantial consultation on
the textile issues as soon as possible with a positive and responsible
attitude, sources with the Chinese delegation said.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008

Chinese Mandarin - International Shoes Fair 2005 held in Beijing

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�� Ten thousand graduates crowded in a job fair

�� Maya Carnival kicked off in Shenzhen's Happy Valley

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International Shoes Fair 2005 held in Beijing

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On July 3rd, China International Shoes Fair 2005 was held at the China
World Trade Center in Beijing. 33 shoes makers from Italy, Denmark, etc.
participated in the fair.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Chinese language - Shanghai's Chenghuang Temple in the evening

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Shanghai's Chenghuang Temple in the evening

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On the evening of July 6th, Shanghai's prevailing hot weather turned cool
after the rain. Brightly-illuminated Chenghuang Temple in Shanghai
welcomed many visitors to take a walk and enjoy the cool there.

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Friday, May 9, 2008

Chinese Online Class - 2006 fashionable underwear exhibited in Beijing

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2006 fashionable underwear exhibited in Beijing

www.chinanews.cn 2005-07-07 14:45:02

On July 6th, the China Underwear Vogue Trend Release 2006 Spring & Summer
was held in Beijing, opening the curtain of the Lingerie China 2005.
Holding a theme of "healthy life, freedom and happiness", the release is
divided into four images, namely charm, lure, wedding and fancy. The
lingerie show represents women's enchantment of natural, modern,
attractive and sexy.

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Chinese School - President Hu: SCO future hinges on action

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President Hu: SCO future hinges on action

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President Hu Jintao addresses the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) July 5. (Photo: Xinhua)

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 5 - Chinese President Hu Jintao said at an SCO
summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana that members of the organization
should strive to translate the organization's cooperation potential into
actual results and adequately cope with challenges brought by complex
international and regional changes.
Hu listed security, economic and human resources cooperation as primary
tasks facing the organization.
Hu urged member countries and the whole region to promote the
implementation of documents and agreements on fighting extremism,
separatism and terrorism, and conduct effective information exchange and
step up research on the establishment of emergency mechanisms.
On economic cooperation, Hu asked for more efforts to implement a
multilateral economic cooperation plan and work for the early
establishment of a banking union. He also asked to explore bilateral and
multilateral cooperation modes that involve both governments and
enterprises.
Hu said China has decided to offer even more preferential terms for the
900-million-US dollar buyer's export credit it promised to other SCO
members at the Tashkent summit last year.
On human resources cooperation, the Chinese president urged members to
boost collaboration in culture, disaster relief, education, tourism and
media.
He said China would set aside a special fund for the training of 1,500
people from other SCO member countries within the next three years.

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