Tag Archives: Chinese

Model Workers 2012

Today we present the Danwei Model Worker Awards 2012, a list of the best specialist websites, blogs and online sources of information about China. The first Danwei Model Worker list came out in 2005. You can find links to all … Continue reading

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Luxury cars of Golden Treasure Street

Danwei’s Beijing offices are on Jinbao Street (金宝街). “Jinbao” means “golden treasure”, a tacky new name with no history: the street is the brainchild of real estate developer Chen Lihua, who is the subject of the chapter titled “The Rich … Continue reading

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Kuang Kuang and the 38th Parallel

Here is another episode of Kuang Kuang’s Diary, featuring Kuang Kuang, the primary school boy with a permanent bloody nose, and his girlfriend Xiao Hong. This episode is called The 38th Parallel, a reference to the border between North and South … Continue reading

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Blowing up the school

Early this year, an animation showing a group of bunnies oppressed by tigers and then rising up in rebellion became an overnight hit in China, soon making it to international TV news, including Australia’s ABC. The video was part of an … Continue reading

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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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Dream of Red Mansion on Popup Chinese

Danwei’s new partner Popup Chinese.

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Avril Lavigne sings in Mandarin

A Youtube user has added subtitles to a video of Avril Lavigne singing ‘Hot’ with the chorus in Mandarin.

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The rise of Pinyin

A 1980 news story about the pinyin system of romanizing Chinese.

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Free Chinese music to your desktop

Chinese innovation: NEXT Neocha.com is a networking website for Chinese musicians, designers, photographers, artists and filmmakers, etc. They have just launched a new feature called NEXT. NEXT plays songs from Neocha.com’s library of user-uploaded music, from within a web browser, … Continue reading

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Praxis gets Internet contract for Confucius Institutes

Chinesepod heart Hanban?

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