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Chinglish for beginners

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May 29th 2009
Just round the corner is some very useful advice for those living in high rise flats. I have some sympathy for the authorities who put up the second example. A literal transaltion is "Circular public open space"; not very snappy and I know of lots of squares in the UK that are not geometric squares. How to put it in English? Well, not that way. And then th ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing » Chaoyang district

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more