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Saturday, September 4th, 2010China may be producing a large number of PhD holders, but it still does not mean that they will be the best in the field. The recent news about a mentor tutoring 47 PhD candidates has shocked the nation. The teacher was reportedly unable to recall the names of several of his students. As a [...]
Chinese Culture – Blue-and-white Incense Burner with the Pattern of the Eight Trigrams – Study Chinese
Saturday, August 28th, 2010Blue-and-white Incense Burner with the Pattern of the Eight Trigrams Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) The long and short horizontal strokes on the outer wall of the incense burner are Daoist symbols–the eight trigrams for divining the future. The lotus is popularly known as “Buddhism flower”. Lotus petals were popular motifs for decoration in Buddhist culture . These [...]
Study Chinese – Critic, linguistics expert Chomsky finding new contours at 82 – Chinese Culture
Monday, August 16th, 2010Noam Chomsky (Photo: Global Times) BEIJING, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) — In his first visit to the Chinese mainland, Noam Chomsky, the 82-year-old world renowned intellectual, father of modern linguistics and perhaps the most famous critic of American foreign policy and mainstream media, warned his listeners at Peking University of the dangers of environmental and nuclear [...]
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