The General Association of Chinese Culture (GACC), a department of the Taiwanese government, today launched the Chinese Language Knowledge Database 中華語文知識庫 (中华语文知识库 zhōnghuá yŭwén zhīshì kù) – An online dictionary that details the differences between the Chinese used in mainland … Continue reading
Last night while bowling with friends in Taiwan (a random spur of the moment idea for something to do), a tweet came in on my phone from Lingomi asking if anyone knew of a place to download Chinese language radio … Continue reading
This is a really fun Chinese saying that also has an interesting back story to go with it. Read on to find out how on earth ‘fried squid’ came to represent being fired or sacked from a job in Chinese. … Continue reading
Recent news of a Chinese investment firm wanting to buy a large piece of land in Iceland has caused concerns due to strategic position of Iceland. The following mini lesson covers keywords relating to investment, strategy, planning and worry. Image … Continue reading
If you’re in China and learning Chinese, or even outside of China and need a benchmark of your Chinese ability then you’ll no doubt be taking the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi exam, or HSK 汉语水平考试（hàn yŭ shuǐ píng kǎo shì）. It’s … Continue reading
For those times when a text book is the last thing you want to look at, but you still want to get some Chinese practice in, try one of these web comics. They’re quick and easy to read, ranging from … Continue reading
There’s been a resurgence of retro gaming recently with lots of game publishers releasing updates of 8 and 16bit classics through Wiiware and Xbox Live Arcade. I even dusted off the Wii that I bought back in 2006 during a … Continue reading
A phenomenon that has become increasingly prevalent in China and Taiwan is the use of 人肉搜索（rén ròu sōu suǒ）, or “Human Flesh Search”, so called because of it’s human powered nature and utilisation of the collective power of Internet users … Continue reading
The Taiwanese military said that army major Luo Xian Zhe who was enlisted as a spy for China, has already been detained. This is the most highest ranking Taiwan officer to be involved in spying for decades. It is believed … Continue reading
There really isn’t an excuse… try one. Give one reason why you can’t read more Chinese today and improve your Chinese reading and comprehension ability. There really isn’t a reasonable excuse, unless of course your house has burnt down, and … Continue reading
