Stop using English, China tells TV stations
Stop using English, China tells TV stations http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1036720 Basketball without “NBA”? The state of the economy without “GDP”? This could be the new reality for television viewers in China, as Beijing has reportedly curbed on-air use of English abbreviations. China Central Television and Beijing Television told the state-run China Daily that they had received notification [...]
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THE ”invasion” of English words into the Chinese language must be stopped, the country’s most senior translator claims. Huang Youyi, of the International Federation of Translators, one of the country’s largest publishers, says that words such as OK, bye-bye, nice, modern and guitar are slipping into everyday Chinese and causing problems. Mr Huang said: ”If [...]
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China has built a great wall of chocolate… http://media.smh.com.au/chinas-great-wall-of-chocolate-1039958.html Related Articles: Global multitasking: it’s in her DNA Japanese Visitors to Australia Dalai Lama to Japanese youth: ‘Study English and see the world!’ Hong Kong Transforming Apartment Japanese least likely to use leave, French the most Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking [...]
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In Beijing I joined up with a small group tour. The tour lasted 3 weeks and took us from Beijing to St. Petersburg. There were 14 other people on the tour, plus the tour leader. It was a really fun group and I had a great time. There were lot of well-travelled people on the [...]
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After Huang Shan, I visited Chengdu in Sichuan Province. On July 22 there was an eclipse in some parts of the world. I saw a partial eclipse in Turkey and basically there was nothing to see, so I wasn’t holding out too much hope, especially since the skies are so grey in many parts of [...]
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