Tag Archives: Zhai Hua

Those damned English experts

Snarking at ‘expert-approved’ translations.

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Singapore promotes Mandarin

In a campaign to increase Mandarin usage in Singapore, westerners kids are shown speaking fluent Chinese, and the public is given tough quiz questions in ‘The Chinese Challenge.’

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Is no milk safe, anywhere in the world?

Life Times lists some major milk scandals throughout the world.

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Damn the translator!

Yi Sha (伊沙) goes to Rotterdam. White Power in BQ. Politics in old dictionaries.

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Leadership switch at Citroën

Citroen (雪铁龙) swaps out Mao for Napoleon.

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Do people care about the Party Congress? Does the Party Congress care about the people?

VOA and CCTV find people to say different things about the 17th Party Congress.

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