CCTV are looking for a ‘free-lance actor’ to play the role of a foreign journalist in their Learn to Speak Chinese show. Details here. I guess this would give you the chance to work with the great Da Shan.
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This is relatively amusing, if you don’t mind listening to lao wai speaking shaky Chinese. My view is that this is actually a good way to learn. It’s comprehensible and it draws your attention to their mistakes. What do you think?
It’s generally easier for learners to understand other lao wai speaking Chinese. I’d be […]
ChinesePod is a community of practice
Published by March 23rd, 2007 in China, About ChinesePod and Version 3. 30 Comments
Our recent posts have talked about ChinesePod as a tool. Today I want to emphasize the people (learners, experts, and practitioners). We’re all here to share knowledge, work towards common goals, and learn Mandarin collaboratively. We are, in that sense, a Community of Practice.
The concept of CoP was originally framed (20 years […]
Danwei reports that some researchers at the Shandong Technology University have turned a real pigeon into a remote-control pigeon (if you know what I mean) by inserting some microchips into his brain and controlling him from terra firma.
This is kind of weird as I wrote about Chinese universities yesterday and ‘robot monkeys’ today. […]
Recently I’ve been visiting some Chinese university websites. I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but they’re notoriously badly designed. I don’t know why. Take this for example. Then there’s this, and this.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that the institutions themselves are bad. The BLCU (above) is the place in […]
‘A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers’
Published by February 23rd, 2007 in China. 9 CommentsThis novel was released in the UK recently. I haven’t read it and I’ve never heard of the author, but this review makes it sound interesting. I quote:
The heart of the book is a love story between Z and her English boyfriend, a 44-year-old, ex-anarchist, bisexual vegetarian who lives in Hackney and doesn’t like to […]
You’ve been in Shanghai too long when …
Published by November 29th, 2006 in China and Community. 13 CommentsToday I took the subway to work from my apartment in the Puxi 浦西 district of Hongkou 红口. One of the many modes of transport at my disposal. I have also been known to jump on the back of a motorcycle taxi, but please don’t tell my parents, or my insurance company. […]
Blogging has been light for a few days. If you must know it’s because I was in Beijing. Soon, I’ll be telling you more about that, but for now I must say that I enjoyed the trip this time. One thing I noticed is the palpable nature of how the Olympic atmosphere is starting to […]
For some time Wikipedia has been blocked in China - until today, that is. I have no idea why it suddenly works. I’m not even sure why, specifically, it was ever blocked in the first place. It has been off and on in the past two years, but I haven’t been able to access it […]
Sadness and shame - the Shanghai Animal Olympics
Published by October 1st, 2006 in China. 29 CommentsTwo days ago the China Daily ran a story about the launch of the Animal Olympics in Shanghai. Although it has beeen running for 3 or 4 years, the story was filed under the “Hip and New” section on the website (I kid you not). It had an almost mundane feel to how it described […]
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