China Netspeak 2014: Decrypting Characters and Meanings
The Internet has changed Chinese (as in the language; but also the population) — for good or for bad, that’s up to you to decide, but the change is for real. As we close...
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In China, To Tick People Off in Cyberspace, Type “呵呵” (He He)
What’s wrong with 呵呵 (he he)? What two innocent characters — 呵呵 (he he). In English, as well as in Chinese, they can easily be “mistaken” to mean “laughter”. In fact, read it out...
Twitter’s Impact on China’s “Dear Passengers”
“Dear passengers.” That’s the default greeting you hear nationwide on China Railways (and also the title of a travel blog — that yours truly writes as well!) Imagine your blogger’s surprise, then, when he...
Is Barack Obama A PRC Citizen After All?
The Chinese may have a PRC ID number already in store for President 2.0. This is a fairly scary bit of “the news” as of late: there’s this bit of “fake ID software” on...
