There's a growing movement amongst Chinese university students to try and eradicate the widespread mistranslation of Chinese signs into English. This is rather a shame.
Christmas isn’t really celebrated in China - there are still decorations in the shop windows and the trees lining the major roads have been beautifully covered in lights, but there’s no great understanding of quite how important a holiday it is in the West.
Darlie toothpaste, which up until Colgate bought the brand from a Hong Kong company was known as Darkie toothpaste, featured a man who looked a lot more like Al Jolson from his Black & White Minstrel Act.
Whilst I'm persevering with learning Mandarin from Rosetta Stone and a Lonely Planet Phrasebook I went on-line to the Confucius Institute (the state sponsored Chinese School) to brush up on my tones.
Beate Bjørge :
Hi, thank you for knowledge. I am working as leader...
Liz :
My mom made this for me when I was little....
Shantel :
Does it work for flat tummy or body loose, thanks
mel :
Went there in 2019 with a New Zealand tour group...
Bob :
“Taukkyan, but it’s actually closer to a place called Htauk...
Hunter.N :
The tribes that inhabited the coast were force marched to...
Hunter.N :
my family came out of that area, and im told...
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