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		<title>1984</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 17:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1984 is not in the future anymore.]]></description>
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		<title>A Sea of People</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 13:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People, people, people. 人人人 众]]></description>
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		<title>2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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On January 1st 2010, there was a buddhist concert in Xi&#8217;an. A popular Taiwanese singer came to give a performance in Xi&#8217;an&#8217;s auditorium. This singer is trying to popularize buddhist music by incorporating some elements from pop music.  She only sang during the last thirty minutes of the two-hour show. During the first hour and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ&#8217;s Hanzis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The belief in God from Chinese characters.]]></description>
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		<title>Language Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mongolian Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian Language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The simplification of the Chinese characters, and also of the Russian and Mongolian languages.]]></description>
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		<title>End of Term Exams &#8211; 期末考试</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preparation for the end of term exams, Spring 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>First Chinese Lesson &#8211; 第一堂汉语课</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost all Chinese words are made up of a combination of two single monosyllabical characters. By considering each single character in a Chinese word, one can analyse these words and find out some interesting things about how the Chinese people view or used to view certain things. Here is a list of some names of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tricycles</title>
		<link>http://www.tidbitsfromtheworld.com/lang/en/2008/10/tricycles</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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Old tricycles are still widespead in China. Street vendors use them to carry their merchandise around, while farmers use them to bring the harvest from their farm to the city. The word &#8220;bike&#8221; in Chinese is written 自行车 and is very difficult to pronounce for a Westerner (zixingche). It litterally means &#8220;self-propelled vehicle&#8221;&#8230; The word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>汽水 &#8211; Soft Drinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
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Three soft drink bottles in a cafeteria. Try to guess the brandname for each bottle!


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		<title>Rêver&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moscow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Square]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>

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A dream come true&#8230; I bought this book some years ago. I remember very well the day I went to the bookstore. My dream was to go inside the picture and to find myself in the Red Square in Moscow. And there I am now. Ah, what a marvellous place. I have some 200 pictures of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leçons&#8230; Уроки&#8230; 课。。。</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandre</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Languages]]></category>
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Russian and Chinese&#8230; each one of these languages is so different than the other one and so different than my mother tongue, but not less fascinating. Now I have less than a month remaining to achieve a functional-level proficiency in these two languages! A nice challenge I hope I will be able to achieve&#8230;
Как жаль! Я [...]]]></description>
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