Two new lessons added today:
Shopping in Chinese – learn how to negotiate prices in Chinese and exchange merchandises in Chinese
Ordering food in Chinese – learn how to get seated and order food and drinks in Chinese
The two lessons are designed to focus on the common dialogs in both categories. They are meant to give [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
New Free Chinese Lessons added – Shopping and Ordering in Restaurant
China Tourism Revenue Hits $170 Billion in 2008
With the growth of the Chinese economy, China’s tourism revenue have surged a 5.8% increase from the previous year. In the year 2008, the Chinese tourism industry generated total revenue of 1.16 trillion Yuan (equivalent to $169.5 billion US). Most of the revenue was from the domestic tourism when the inbound tourism declined due to [...]
The Largest Population Migration – China Rail Way Carries Billions Holiday Passengers
The rail way transportation in China during the Chinese New Years got to be the most crowded transportation in the world. What’s crazy about it is that the chaos repeat itself once every year and there is not much a government can do about it. The recent numbers show that China’s railways carried 75.05 [...]
World Wide Ox Stamps Fever – Australia Brazil Canada Korea New Zealand USA
With the overwhelming world wide Chinese New Year celebrations, many countries have published their own sets of OX Stamps to reflect the multiculturalism across the nation. All of them are beautiful, I present them to you in alphabetical order of the country names:
Australia: Ox Stamps celebrating of the 2009 Chinese New Year
Brazilian Ox Stamps celebrating [...]
New Chinese Tennis Star Out of Australian Open Due to Wrist Injury
It’s unfortunate to hear that Zheng Jie, the rising star in tennis is outof the Australian Open today due to a left wrist injury. Zheng Jie injured herself while playing against Russia’s eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the fourth round. She fell to the ground while saving an awkward angled ball and injured her left [...]
Happy Chinese New Year – Year of Ox
The Chinese Spring Festival is the oldest and most important festival in China, which takes place on the first day of the lunar calendar and usually falls somewhere between late January and February. More information on Chinese Spring Festival can be found here.
According to the Chinese media, there were more than 68 tonnes of [...]
Spring Festival Going Global
Spring Festival is China’s most traditional festival, but in the past few years, it has become a rather popular festival in many other countries around the world. Western politicians are using the opportunity to greet the growing local Chinese communities. Many countries held a grand festival parade for the Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival [...]