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The Land Where It's Already Tomorrow, Chapter 12: The Name War, an Unfortunate Language Slip-up, an Encounter with a .50 cal.

October 15th 2006
Chapter 12 It seems that I have a part-time job on my hands, dealing with the English names of my students. The “remediation” is easy, but time-consuming because the Chinese is beyond my (pathetic) Mandarin ability and my colleagues must interpret. My results so far are as follows: 1. Hunk. I explained that maybe “Hank” would be better. 2. Hebe. Even though the student pronounces it ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Hualien

In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more

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