Archive for the ‘Improve Yourself’ Category
Sunday, May 10th, 2009
My last article, This Summer in China, stirred up some dust and I'd like to discuss about that a little longer. Let's get a short chronological overview of what happened first.
In the article I was writing about my ideas for this summer and I also stated that I need a ...
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Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao faced a protester who threw a stinky sportsshoe at him. The protester called Wen a dictator and liar. Shoethrowing as modern form of protest became popular last year, when a protester in Baghdad threw his shoe at the US president of that time, George W. Bush. ...
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Saturday, January 10th, 2009
The modern society comes with a lot of amenities. We can buy almost anything we need for money. While it is snowing outside we sit in the warm. We can be entertained by cinema, fun-park, x-box, playstation and many other things. But is it necessary? I enjoy going for a ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
When people travel to China, they often ask questions like:
Do I have to bring money to China?
How much money do I have to bring for my China Holiday?
Should I exchange my money in my homecountry?
Are traveller cheques useful in China?
These questions are obviously asked by people new to China. Bringing ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
I want to begin this article with a short quote of myself:
Maybe the Chinese just don’t want to tell anyone what’s going on inside the country.
Just 3 days have passed since I wrote this (see here, last paragraph). Yesterday I watched the news and what happened? Tada, it happened again! ...
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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Mandarin Chinese (普通话 putonghua) is the most widely spoken Chinese dialect. The other very important dialect is Cantonese. Other dialects are far less important and only spoken by a much smaller group of people. The difference between Cantonese and Mandarin however leave the learner with a question. Which one of ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Previously I have given You a whole bunch of learning methods, I also recommended You to go to a Chinese university to learn Mandarin and encouraged You to talk to Chinese persons. However I wondered what method is useful in particular. Which one has the best ROI (Return of investment)? ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
My last post was about if learning Chinese is worth the effort, especially with a look on the recent visa changes. I also listed my main reasons why I am in China, one of them is WORK. Justrecently who is a fellow German and has a blog about the political ...
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