Tag Archives: Mandarin

Support the local language!

Southern Metropolis Daily prints a headline in Cantonese.

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You say guoyu, I say putonghua

Dodolook, a girl from Guilin whose online videos became famous in China in 2006, is still around. In this new video, she compares Mandarin vocabulary as spoken in Taiwan with that of the Mainland.

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China Quest: Summer Camp in Beijing China

Study Chinese in China in summer 2010 with China Quest.

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Hank Levine on the new US ambassador to China

Levine has worked in the China Affairs Office of the State Department, at the American Embassy in China, and as the Shanghai US Consul General. Danwei asks him about the new American Ambassador to China.

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Dream of Red Mansion on Popup Chinese

Danwei’s new partner Popup Chinese.

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Praxis gets Internet contract for Confucius Institutes

Chinesepod heart Hanban?

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Sichuan dialect competition winner

The results of a competition to translate Sichuan dialect. Also, Fan Wen (范稳) on Sichuanese (四川话) and the Chongqing dialect (重庆方言).

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Wine and learning blogs

Two new China-related blogs worth following: Ken Carroll’s blog, about “networks, languages, and learning 2.0”. Carroll is one of the founders of the popular language learning podcast series Chinese Pod; his blog so far is an eclectic mix of stuff … Continue reading

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Australia to get Mandarin speaking prime minister?

Fergus Ryan writes about Kevin Rudd (陆克文) and his use of Mandarin.

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