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On October 29 at 1:28 PM by calkins

I live in Taipei and I have to say that I love the Southern accent, whether it is "bad Mandarin" or not. Or maybe I just love the people in general.... Read more

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Posted on: Chinese Fruits
On October 29 at 1:06 PM by ideotek

I'm having trouble seeing point d). Are you saying you can't use 起来 qilai for "lowered" the flag? or is it simply "HAS lowered the flag" and the s... Read more

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Posted on: Help Calling a Cab
On October 29 at 12:52 PM by kaixin_in_tampa

Expo taxi, Volkswagen Touran. I think they are also run by 大众 - dàzhòng. They are stamped on the side with 96822, and a website: www... Read more

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On October 29 at 12:37 PM by charlesmedia

in beijing you have pay extra charge Read more

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Posted on: New York City
On October 29 at 12:26 PM by pretzellogic

Well, almost 3 years later, there is a lesson on London, but nothing yet on Cleveland (even with LeBron leaving), Columbus, Cincinnati, or Dayton (hom... Read more

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On October 29 at 12:23 PM by bodawei

I had a giggle about this 'fishing down between the seats' - public places in China are often not very clean, we've spoken of this before I think. :)... Read more

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On October 29 at 12:21 PM by man-fong

Hi, Christian. I am using my summer hoilday to catch up my mandarin. I used to listen to the Chinesepod. I found that it is rather interesting so I ho... Read more

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On October 29 at 12:09 PM by bodawei

'I just googled cpod bad mandarin and it seems there are a bunch of other people who agree with my critique' er,,, RCK, this is called 'confirmati... Read more

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On October 29 at 12:06 PM by RCK

Wellwhy the distinct lack of standard mandarin ala the way it is spoken in the north? why has there never been a speaker from beijing or haerbin? mo... Read more

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On October 29 at 11:39 AM by JasonSch

Thanks for the feedback. About having different speakers from different parts of China record the dialogs - we want it that way! It's clear you're not... Read more