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OK, so Hongda gongyu or Ji ning li are probably the names of bus stops. Let’s try the first on Google. Types in “Hongda gongyu teda” (TEDA is the area we live in, to try and narrow it down a bit) and gets a law firm and a list of hotels.
Go on, give it a shot, you never know. Hits the “Maps” button in Google. Gets a confused Google Maps, as is indicated by the map ...
It’s on the Internet --> It’s True
... described that “…action plans have been drawn up …”
Judge for yourself. The two stories, when I last looked, are at http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-11/2 8/content_27247159.htm and http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-11/3 0/content_27272682.htm
Who to ...
Xie dai (鞋带)
... Not useful for the common understanding of the terms communication or conversation.
I continued to put my laces into my shoes. Then about five minutes later I thought, I could have said “Yǒu zhège ma”, literally “have this?” which would have been slightly better. Actually, I thought it was ...
Trials & Tribulations, Smiles and Felicitations
... accent as their professor for this and some subsequent courses will be from America.
Now, some of the university classrooms have a computer setup for the teachers that includes a PC, projector, screen, CD & DVD players & microphones. Trouble is, not all classrooms have the same setup. For example some classrooms I taught in at the start of the year have some great speakers mounted up high on ...
Off we go!
... was rather unexciting. We flew with Aeroflot, the national carrier of Russia, which was rather cramped but exceptionally cheap. Arriving in Athens we were rather uncertain what the situation would be as the Greeks had been striking for the last couple days, as we mentioned last time. Our plane was able to land successfully and one through customs we discovered that due to the strike there were not public busses, ...