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Posted on | September 8, 2009 | Comments Off

Announcing DISCOUNT COUPONS for classes at 1 on 1 Mandarin! Sept 09 Coupon

Sign up for a free sample class (don’t forget to enter the coupon code), and if you like the class, print out the coupon and take advantage of this great deal. If your friends have compatible schedules, sign up for group courses, save a bunch of money, and learn Chinese with your friends. Feel free to send this link to every Chinese learner you know.

*New students only. Not valid with any other offer or promotion. 300 RMB coupon valid only with 10 hour minimum purchase. One per customer, single-use only. Expires 10-31-09. 1on1 Mandarin reserves the right of final decision on all matters concerning this coupon.

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Category: Language
Tags: useful

Qi Xi Jie-Chinese Valentine’s Day

Posted on | August 25, 2009 | 1 Comment

qi-xi-jie Qixi Festival-七夕节( qī xī jié) literally “The Night of Sevens“), also known as Magpie Festival, falls on the seventh   day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar.  In 2009, it’s on August 26th.

A love story for this day is about the 7th daughter of Emperor of Heaven and an orphaned cowherd. The Emperor separated them. The 7th daughter was forced to move to the star Vega and the cowherd moved to the star Altair. They are allowed to meet only once a year on the day of 7th day of 7th lunar month.

Watch this video below,  it provides one common version of this Chinese traditional love story.

References and other resourses:

1. To read Qi Xi Jie story in Chinese-from Baidu

2. The story of Chinese Valentine’s day

3. Qixi Festival-from Wikipedia

If you are in China or have some friends, most likely, you would hear people talking about this festival.

Watch this video and read some referenced artiles,  you would know more about this festival than average Chinese do.

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Category: Culture
Tags: festivals > holidays > video

China news websites in Chinese

Posted on | July 13, 2009 | Comments Off

It’s been awhile since last post,  part of reason is that one of our main blogger Sarah was busy with another program and now she is leaving for US to pursue her musical dream. She is one of the most awesome person I’ve ever worked with, all the best for Sarah.

Today, we’d like to introduce some China news sites,  if want to practice and challenge your reading, below are some websites would be very helpful.

Download pdf version China news in Chinese websites (232)

*download updated version China news in Chinese v2.0 (166)

Google资讯-Google Chinese news

http://news.google.cn/

南方周末-Southern Weekend

http://www.infzm.com/

凤凰网-Ifeng (Hong Kong)

http://ifeng.com/

新加坡联合早报网-Singapore Zaobao

http://www.zaobao.com/

经济和金融-Economics and Finance

FT中文网-Financial Times in Chinese

http://www.ftchinese.com/index.php

华尔街日报-Wall Street Journal in Chinese

http://cn.wsj.com

财经网

http://www.caijing.com.cn/

IT and Internet

http://www.techweb.com.cn

http://www.itxinwen.com IT新闻网

基督教新闻-China Christian News

Gospel Herald, http://www.gospelherald.cn/

Gospel Times, http://www.gospeltimes.cn/

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Category: Learning Approaches
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Kungfu Jet Li and adidas get together(Wu Ji Videos)

Posted on | June 27, 2009 | Comments Off

(ChinaDaily)-What happens when world famous kungfu actor Jet Li and world leading sportswear brand adidas get together? You get a collection of men’s sportswear Wu Ji-武极（wu3ji2) which would be inspired by the age-old Chinese philosophy. The Wu Ji collection includes four series, each designed for a particular season.(玄水）has been launched for this summer, while the othe three-火光(fire), 妙土(earth) and 真气(spirit) will be unveiled in the coming seasons. Watch Wu Ji concept, course and origin here adidas.com/wuji (all in Chinese, practise your listening)

The message behind the Wu Ji collection is one of harmony between human beings and nature.

Let’s feel it in this latest Wu Ji video by Jet Li-心体谐一，没有不可能。

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Category: Culture
Tags: Kungfu

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