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Tag Archives: names
Chinese people’s English names
A new book about Chinese people’s English names.
Posted in Language
Tagged ChinaSMACK, names, Sexy Beijing
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I’m sorry, we can’t serve you here. Your name’s too popular
Too many Li Juns in Guangzhou, so a man couldn’t open a bank account.
Posted in Front Page of the Day
Tagged banking, names, Yangtse Evening Post
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Samuel Ting on history and the Republic
A video clip extracted from an interview with CCTV’s TV show host Qu Xiangdong interviewing Nobel Prize Winner Samuel C.C. Ting.
Posted in Featured Video
Tagged CCTV, Ding Zhaozhong, interview, names, Samuel C. C. Ting, scientist
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Zhao “left crescent” needs a new name
A man named Zhao C agreed to change his name to fit PSB computers. At issue: is ‘C’ a Pinyin letter?
Posted in Language
Tagged Information Daily, law, names
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Living with an obscure name
A woman named 马CHENG has an obscure character in her name. Her passport and rental contract are able to work with it, but predictably, the PSB has problems.
Posted in Video
Tagged characters, names, obscure characters, typography, video
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Problems with crazy characters
Can we name our kids ‘@’? A report from the ministry of education (中国教育部《中国语言生活状况报告》). Also, Liu Binjie (柳斌杰) on font sets.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged fonts, GAPP, Liu Binjie, names, typography
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Sexy Beijing – Chinese people’s English names
Lost in Translation: Su Fei goes around Beijing asking Chinese people what their English names are, and why they need them.
Posted in Danwei TV
Tagged names, Sexy Beijing, video
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