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An anus too far

As long as we are going with the toilet humor (see the previous post). Chinglish is to be stamped out. Really. We mean it this time. Via Peking Duck, here is Mei Fong's article in from the Wall Street Journal (quoting my buddies Jeremy Goldkorn and Josh... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Tue, Feb 06 2007

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27 Oct 08 visit Reading The Tea Leaves Of China's Economy -- An Official View  »  China Law Blog Very interesting post on the Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics Blog, entitled, "Reading Tea Leaves: China’s Zhou Prepares For Crisis Impact." The post is by Andrew Batson, Wall Street Journal China reporter extraordinaire, and it sets out "a f...
27 Oct 09 visit English blogs about China  »  Danwei Danwei's Jeremy Goldkorn and Michael Anti on David's Moser's TV show, discussing English blogs about China. Also on BON website (faster loading); part 2 is here. Tags: blogs, David Moser, Jeremy Goldkorn, Michael Anti This article is from...
16 Jun 08 visit New post over at The Peking Duck  »  Granite Studio I’ve written a post over at The Peking Duck on the BBC’s decision to broadcast protests should they occur during the Beijing Olympics.  Feel free to join in the free-wheeling discussion/online shouting match which is sure to ensue. .
05 Sep 07 visit China Patents: More, More, More, How Do You Like It?  »  China Law Blog I did a short post the other day, based on a Wall Street Journal column, briefly discussing the pros and cons and the costs of securing China patents. China Hearsay did an excellent follow-up post on my post and the article, entitled, "Another IP Pet...
06 Feb 07 visit Lost in translation: policing unintentionally hilarious Chinese signage  »  Peking Duck This article from the Wall Street Journal seems to have created a sensation here today. No time to comment on it, but here's the whole article, which is bound to become a classic. For years, foreigners in China have delighted...

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