Hong Kong Peeved Over Price Tags - Wall Street Journal (blog)
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Hong Kong Peeved Over Price Tags Wall Street Journal (blog) The company inflamed anger when locals in recent weeks discovered it was marking its apparel price tags with simplified Chinese characters—such as those used on the mainland—instead of traditional Chinese characters, which are used in Hong Kong. |
Sohu.com Announces Changyou.com Began Open Beta Testing of "Tao Yuan" on May ... - Sacramento Bee
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Sohu.com Announces Changyou.com Began Open Beta Testing of "Tao Yuan" on May ... Sacramento Bee Adapted from legendary stories of heroes in the Three Kingdoms period in China, Tao Yuan is a turn-based game developed using the Unreal3 game engine. In the game, players strategically position fighting characters on a 3x5 grid and take turns to ... Sohu.com Announces Changyou.com Began Open Beta Testing of "Tao Yuan" on May ... |
Anhui establishes International Chinese calligraphy culture exchange center - China Daily
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Anhui establishes International Chinese calligraphy culture exchange center China Daily There was no surprise that the exchange center was built in Ningguo, as it is the home to the 'Four treasures of the study' which the Chinese are very fond of in their culture. Chinese characters and Chinese calligraphy are one the most recognized ... |
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Visits China for High-Stakes Meetings - Voice of America
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Zimbabwe Prime Minister Visits China for High-Stakes Meetings Voice of America 24 May 2012 Zimbabwe Prime Minister Visits China for High-Stakes Meetings Blessing Zulu and Gibbs Dube | Washington Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will Friday embark on his maiden trip to China since taking office in 2009, ... |
As China's Role in the World Changes, So Does Mandarin's Role in China - The Atlantic
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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As China's Role in the World Changes, So Does Mandarin's Role in China The Atlantic By Helen Gao The Chinese national identity has long been tied up with its language, for natives and foreigners alike. A Beijing woman looks at a poster promoting the use of Mandarin and Chinese characters. It reads, "The country promotes Mandarin and ... |
Just FB-ing around - Daily Californian
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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![]() Daily Californian | Just FB-ing around Daily Californian Instead, I glossed over what I instinctively thought to be Chinese characters that surrounded some English words. As I looked around to make sure no one was about to witness my shameful prying, I felt like I had found the most meaningful piece of ... |
Chinese, an Opportunity - Harvard Crimson
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Chinese, an Opportunity Harvard Crimson By John FM Kocsis Spanish, French, German, Latin, and Chinese. Such were the language options available at my suburban public high school in Central Pennsylvania. Although the school district did not require its students to study a foreign language, ... |
Spare Times — For Children for May 25-31 - New York Times
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Spare Times — For Children for May 25-31 New York Times 'Monkey King: A Story From China' (Friday through Thursday) The Children's Museum of Manhattan has welcomed back a mischievous hero: Monkey King, the star of this exhibition, which has traveled many miles for years, just like the character it centers ... |
Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration - San Jose Mercury News
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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![]() ABC News | Thousands protest Taiwan leader's inauguration San Jose Mercury News AP An anti-government protester carries a portrait of President Ma Ying-jeou with Chinese characters that read: "Ignorant, Incapable" during a march in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, May 19, 2012. Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in ... A protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against Taiwan's President ... |
Homeric wisdom - The Economist
Thursday 24th of May 2012 07:44:17 PM
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Homeric wisdom The Economist SPEECHMAKERS LIKE TO claim that the Chinese word for crisis (weiji) contains the characters for both danger and opportunity. Most linguists dispute this. Either way, China's economic policymakers don't seem to believe it. For them, a crisis is a reason ... |






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