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The Chinalyst is an informal community for China related English blogging. The goals of the community are to encourage the growth and development of English content about China and to serve as a platform for finding and discussing up-to-date China related information and news. Chinalyst provides a steady stream of updates from member blogs writing about China.
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Video: Rude Laowai arguing with Chinese on a train
Submitted by The Humanaught on Wed, 2012-05-16 20:08. :: china videos | humour | videos | viral | viral videos
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Yet another for our âBad Laowaiâ category. From Shanghaiist: A video now going viral on iFeng.com shows a white blonde male putting his feet over the seat before him and a Chinese female passengerâs head on a train from Shenyang to Beijing. It is not clear what happened before the start of this video, but [...]
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Chinese Student Expats in America Part 2
Submitted by Milan on Mon, 2012-05-14 19:48. ::
This article was aggregated from Interactive Expat
After my first post about Chinese student expats in America, a reader followed up with some additional questions for LaLa.
Here are the questions from the reader and LaLa's answers:
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CTP Podcast: International Perspectives on Bo Xilai Case
Submitted by Eric Olander on Tue, 2012-05-01 16:29. :: ccp | china | corruption | global outlook | media | party | podcasts | politics
Chinese Student Expats in America
Submitted by Milan on Sun, 2012-04-29 19:51. ::
Common China Manufacturing questions answered
Submitted by chinaworks on Fri, 2012-04-27 15:53. ::
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Common China Manufacturing questions answered There are some questions that we get asked by most customers, so we thought it would be helpful to share these on our blog: 1. How long are Chinese lead times? Lead times will vary by the size and type of the order, but 90% of production orders manufactured by [...]
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Having a Baby in China
Submitted by Milan on Thu, 2012-04-26 22:53. ::
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Here's another question I got today from Kristene in Seattle, WA USA:
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Introducing Leiden Weibo Corpus
Submitted by Confused Laowai on Thu, 2012-04-26 11:26. :: learn chinese | learning techniques
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My inner linguistic nerd is going crazy right now. This post released today from a member of Sinoglot, Daan, reveals that he has created a large Weibo corpus. For those not familiar with term, a corpus is a large body/collectinos of text, often used in linguistic research to study trends, frequency, discoure analysis and other [...]
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Li Bingbing: Gucciâs Chinese torchbearer
Submitted by NicoleChen on Thu, 2012-04-26 11:12. :: fashion trends
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The brand was new in China then, having opened its first shop when Tom Ford was at the helm in 1996. At last count there were over 46 stores across china, six in Shanghai alone, its success mirroring Li Bingbingâs ⊠Continue reading
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Delivering Dior to the Chinese Luxury Consumer Via DiorMag Chinese Edition
Submitted by NicoleChen on Thu, 2012-04-26 10:50. :: fashion trends | industry news
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This March, Dior launched an online fashion magazine through their website filled with articles, images, current news and product galleries divided into various sections. With this new digital venue, the brand hoped to pose itself as a storyteller, entertainer, and ⊠Continue reading
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Michael Kors Opens Beijing Store, Plans Further China Expansion
Submitted by NicoleChen on Thu, 2012-04-26 10:41. :: fashion trends | industry news
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Michael Kors store has finally arrived in Beijing. The Beijing store is the brandâs fifth store in China, and its largest. The 2,400-square-foot store, which opened earlier this month, is located in the Shin Kong Place shopping mall. The store ⊠Continue reading
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Giving ChinesePod the deserved listen
Submitted by Confused Laowai on Wed, 2012-04-25 14:02. :: chinesepod | learn chinese | learning techniques | podcasts
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Some kinds of media just donât gel with certain language learners. Back in 2010, when I was still studying Chinese in undergrad classes, I gave ChinesePod a try. It just wasnât for me. It was slow, not interesting and I just didnât learn anything. But it wasnât ChinesePodâs fault, it was mine. I took a [...]
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Bennyâs 3-Month Mandarin Mission: A Follow Up
Submitted by Confused Laowai on Tue, 2012-04-24 10:46. :: general | learning mandarin
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Bennyâs Mandarin mission ended about two weeks ago. Here is his post and interview with John from Sinosplice. I did a big post when he started his mission, detailing my thoughts and concerns about learning Chinese in 3 months. Like many others, I was skeptical. Why wouldnât one be? I talked about specific Chinese problems, [...]
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Hello world!
Submitted by Winser Zhao on Wed, 2012-04-18 01:42. :: uncategorized
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Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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In the Heat of the Sanya Sun (Part 1)
Submitted by laosan on Fri, 2012-04-13 11:40. ::
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It has been a while (over a year according to my last entry) since I last sat down to type out a post. Although Iâve been remiss in my blogging responsibilities does not mean I have been doing my due diligence. Over the course of the last year I have actually collected  ((and continue to [...]
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Pantry by the Co-op, Shanghai
Submitted by thirstypig on Wed, 2012-04-11 08:50. :: 2 pigs | american | bakery | cupcakes | farmers' markets | price range 2 $/„/nt | sandwich | shanghai
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Location Rating Pantry by the Co-op 90 Nanyang lu, Xikang lu, JingâAn District, Shanghai ćéłè·Ż90ć·èżè„żćș·è·Ż +86 21 3255 7271 pantry@bytheco-op.com, http://bytheco-op.com/ Monday â Friday 7:30-18:30, Saturday & Sunday 8:30-17:00 2 Pigs Price Range 2 $/„/NT What is the Pantry The ⊠Continue reading
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Fizz & Baozi event raises funds for Shanghai charity
Submitted by thirstypig on Wed, 2012-04-11 07:58. :: announcement | shanghai
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On March the 29th, the Shanghaiâs Food and Beverage industry and community got together for a fund-raising event at Bar Rouge and raised more than 15,000 RMB for charity! At the Shanghai Bundâs most famous hotspot, Bar Rouge, the cream ⊠Continue reading
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Changing Geography Of Chinaâs Brandscape
Submitted by Ray Ally on Mon, 2012-04-09 07:53. :: uncategorized
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Photo: Ray Ally When most people talk about China, they often think of it as one country. After all Mao Tse-tung and the communist party have spent the last 60 years trying to unite the country. Creating one party, one political system and introduced one language, Putonghua (common speech) to achieve this goal. However, for [...]
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glo London, Shanghai
Submitted by thirstypig on Mon, 2012-04-09 03:00. :: 1 pig | american | bakery | barbeque | price range 3 $/„/nt | shanghai | steak
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Location Rating glo London äčéČæšéœè·Ż1ć· èżäžćčłè·Ż 1 Wulumuqi Lu, near Dongping Lu +86 21 6466-6565 shanghai@glolondon.com www.glolondon.com 1 Pigs Price Range 2 $/„/NT What is glo London glo London made a big splash in Shanghaiâs restaurant scene with a multilevel ⊠Continue reading
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Simple Calculations Lecture One
Submitted by MyLaowai on Mon, 2012-04-02 04:12. :: ask mylaowai
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Life can, in many ways, be reduced to simple mathematical equations. Pythagoras can be credited (or blamed) with first coming up with this concept. Pythagoras was an ancient Chinese philosopher from the Chinese province of Samos who believed that all things could be reduced to mathematical concepts. His work was taken seriously by other Chinese [...]
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âInvestigation of the Actual Implementation Status of the âTwo Evidence Rulesâ
Submitted by jeremy daum on Sat, 2012-03-10 01:54. ::
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Renmin University Professor Chen Weidong recently put notes online from a conference he moderated on the current implementation status of the Two Evidence Rules released in 2010. Participants from academia and practice, courts and law enforcement, voiced their optimism about the new rules before airing their many concerns and complaints. Below is a hasty and sloppy translation of his notes.
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A slap between spouses: Can law solve the problem?
Submitted by jeremy daum on Fri, 2012-03-09 06:42. ::
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On the 27th, the All-China Women's Federation released statistics from the third Survey of Women's Status in Chinese Society. In the course of their marriage, 24.7% of married women have suffered some form of domestic violence.
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Chuhehanjie!
Submitted by SHTig on Mon, 2012-03-05 13:50. :: economy | food | mcdonald's in china | wuhan
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Something to check out on my next visit to Wuhan is the âChu River / Han Streetâ area (chuhehanjie, æ„æČłæ±èĄ). Basically, they took the point where the tunnel under the Yangtze River comes out in Wuchang and extended the road across the Sha Hu, the large lake in the middle of Wuchang between the (even [...]
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Roy interviewed on TravelTalkRadio in the US about Chinaâs luxury travel outbound market
Submitted by ccontact on Sun, 2012-02-26 19:00. :: audio
Looking for Sanity for SaaS contracts â an Epilogue
Submitted by chinaesq on Wed, 2012-02-22 22:12. ::
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I had just finished up my series entitled Looking for Sanity for Saas Contracts (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) when I received an issue of PLC Intellectual Property & Technology from Practical Law Company in the mail. Â Guess whatâs on page 34? Â An detailed checklist for SaaS agreements that shows what the Client/Customer [...]
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