Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
It was some day in 1995, or maybe 1996, definitely before Hong Kong became Chinese, I'm not really sure about the exact year, when a life changing decision was made. Not made by myself, as at that time all important decisions were made by my parents for me. My mum ...
Posted in China in General, Hong Kong | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
A Chinese name is a must have for any Westerner who visits China. So I was told. I've experimented with some Chinese names, but since then I have given up on using a Chinese name. Although my real European name is hard to pronounce for Chinese, after five minutes of ...
Posted in China in General | 7 Comments »
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Another post totally unrelated to China, but I have to talk about it. One of our politicians in charge of the harmonious German society, Ursula von der Leyen, has proposed a new law to make the internet more safe for minors. This law has not yet been approved, but if ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
Monday, January 18th, 2010
To learn Chinese requires learning material. A few weeks ago I've introduce one of my recommended Chinese listening materials: popupchinese.com. While Popupchinese is a guided lesson, it does cost money. Today I'll introduce another resource, which is free (as in free beer) but less guided. Anyhow, this is still one ...
Posted in Learn Chinese | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Yesterday Google made an announcement. They are no longer willing to censor their search results on Google.cn. They want to talk to the government if it is possible to show unfiltered results or close their China operations. On the official Google blog there is a post about the details: A ...
Posted in China in General | 13 Comments »
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The US company CYBERsitter LLC produces a software called Cybersitter which is supposed to protect minors from the evil of the internet. In spring 2009 the government of the Peoples Republic of China announced the introduction of Green Dam a software to protect the Chinese people from freedom and the ...
Posted in China in General | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Learning Chinese is en vogue and with the recent rise of the Chinese economy it might be the next big thing. However I remember the time when I started out, that was in late September 2007. At that time the possibilities for learning Chinese online can be best described as ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
One of the hottest newcomers in the space race is China and this is a good moment to look at what China has achieved in space so far. In August 2008 I did a writeup of China's history in spaceflight, now it's time for an update, answering two key questions:
What ...
Posted in China Spaceflight | 12 Comments »
