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Monday, August 30, 2010

Daily Links, August 30, 2010

Found this Taiwan government Chinglish fail in my Gmail ads: "Interesting" in Taiwan? Aargh. There are thousands of native speakers who work for the government who could easily correct fails like this.

August. Even in the heat and rain, plenty of stuff happening.

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6 comments:

  1. The link to Laowiseass on "fashions of fear" is a great one. I heartily recommend it!

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  2. Check out my rebuttal of Robin Winkler while you're at it Thoth...

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  3. Haven't finished your blog, yet wondering if you read this
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/world/asia/27briefs-BEIJING.html?_r=1&ref=china

    another interesting piece

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/29/AR2010082902898.html

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  4. ~Just came across this very interesting link, apparently the Bank of China's Governor Zhou Xiaochuan defected. Wow, if true.

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  5. Wow. Lots of places reporting rumors of his defection.

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  6. Re Japan, see the NYTimes Sunday article on the growing anti-Chinese and Korean sentiment:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/world/asia/29japan.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=a%20new%20wave%20of%20dissent&st=cse

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