Archive for January, 2010
Chinese New Year
Actually, in Valentine’s Day this year, it is another important day for Chinese people—Spring Festival. In China, there is a difference between solar calendar and lunar calendar. The universal use of time calculating is solar calendar, and lunar calendar is a specific way to record time in ancient China according to the change of moon. [...]
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The Best Way to Experience
Recently, the existence of iPad filled in different kinds of newspapers. For the high attention of iPad, is it the best way to experience the speed of internet and the so called multi-tough screen? The appearance looks like an iBook. The function of screen is same as an iTouch. It can act as a computer. [...]
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A Racist Slur
These days, I am just confused about a word—Negro. By studying the 1950s culture of America, I find that there is a difference to speak “black” and “Negro”. In some reading materials, it is common to use “black” to refer African American. However, the frequency of “Negro” is not low. I know “Negro” means “black”. [...]
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“Memories of a Geisha”
Recently, I watched a film, named “Memories of a Geisha”, which was rearranged by Arthur Golden’s homonymous novel. Visually, it is a film that was acted by Chinese and Japanese actors and actresses; however, everyone played in English. The story was simple and normal, which rounded a geisha’s life to describe. First, a little girl [...]
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Shut down Google.cn
I found that recently the American executives of Google posted a statement about thinking over shutting down Google.cn in China. Since 2006, when Google first cooperated with China and came into Chinese Reach, it has been 4 years. At that time, considering the potential of this big market and the development of economy, Google compromised [...]
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