With a bunch of people having been killed, this situation in Burma is fast turning into a nightmare, but it might be one that yet has a positive outcome.
Not at all to marginalize the deaths of those unfortunate to get in the way of the Burmese security forces’ “warning” shots (incl. Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai), [...]
Hey, so I’ve started a new Group Writing Project over at Lost Laowai called China: Love It Hate It.
Essentially I’m asking China bloggers (not at all limited to English-speaking bloggers) to chime in and sound off on what they both love and hate about China. The post can be written in any form or with [...]
On October 10th a provincial election is being held in my home province of Ontario, Canada. In conjunction, a referendum is also being voted on - the subject of which is Ontario’s (and by future extension, Canada’s) voting process. Generally it’s being hailed as the most important electoral reform of “our” lifetime, and the most [...]
Back two years ago I posted about being a bit let down that typhoon Matsa never quite hit Dalian as promised.
Well, looks like the (ahem) winds of fortune are changing and I might get my wish to finally experience a full-on typhoon (which is fancy Pacifician terminology for ‘hurricane’).
Typhoon Wipha, possibly the coolest (and most [...]
One of the things I like about Chinese is that it tends to be quite module-like. There are lots of little structures that you can just modify with new nouns, adjectives or what have you, to create entirely new meanings.
A couple examples:
越 … 越 …
越(来)越(好) | yuè lái yuè hǎo | better and better (lit. [...]
