Archive for the ‘Various stuff’ Category

Copenhagen deal blocked by the Chinese?

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

We all read the news: The western nations couldn't agree to the terms of the poor nations. Many blamed Barack Obama for the miserable results. But how can Obama, who has been in strong favor of a change towards more environmental protection, block the Copenhagen negotiations? My guess was he ...

How to: Remove a bee nest from the tree with the help of the peoples liberation army

Friday, November 27th, 2009

A bee nest in a tree vs. modern day flamethrower. The peoples liberation army shows what is hidden in their weapon racks. Enjoy the fireworks.

学中文吧.中国

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Those who read the tech blogs and tech news sites regularly already know what the title of this post means. For those not involved this particular piece of news might be of interest, too. The internet authorities have decided, that they want allow all kind of characters in domain names. ...

Korean dancing group

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

For your daily entertainment needs, check out this Korean dancing group. Welcome to the 70s

Is Chongqing the largest city in the world?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Once in a while I meet some educated fellow who tells me, that Chongqing is the largest city in the world with more than 30 million inhabitants. Last week my Chinese teacher asked which is the largest city in China. My answer was "Shanghai" of course, but she said that ...

yolearnchinese.com changes

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Hey guys, long time no see :) back from Shanghai I'm back from Shanghai and to be honest, this city at the shores of the huangpu river didn't impress me much. Maybe it was the weather, most of the time there was a certain annoying fog/smog. The few pictures I made often ...

I’m in Shanghai, but….

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Well I arrived here in Shanghai more than one week ago, but I didn't write any updates. Some people would call me lazy, but let me present my excuses first: I was promised to have internet in my place, however until today the internet didn't materialize. And last time I ...

GB2BIG Simplified Traditional Chinese automatic translation Plugin for Firefox

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Are You annoyed by some people who can't stop using outdated traditional characters? Are You annoyed by the hip crowd that jumps on any train and thinks simplified characters are cool? Everyone of us probably prefers either simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese and is annoyed if the unwanted comes up. ...

Hi everyone! I'm interested in the Chinese speaking world and here I write about it. Currently in Europe, but soon back in Asia ;)


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