Getting broadband in China

中国电信 (China Telecom)

How I got broadband internet access set up for my flat in Qingdao, China. I paid 780元 for a year of 2mb/s, and it seems pretty good so far. → Read more

王維 青溪 translation: Green Creek, by Wang Wei

A green river

A translation of the poem 青溪 (Qīng Xī), also known by its first line 言入黃花川 (Yán Rù Huáng Huā Chuān), by the Tang dynasty poet 王維 (Wang Wei). Includes pinyin transcription and literal glosses. → Read more

English tutoring in Qingdao

剑桥英文

The advert I’m using to promote myself for private English tutoring in Qingdao. → Read more

80 Chinese characters commonly used in phonetic transcriptions

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An alphabetic list of eighty Chinese characters (hanzi) that are used to create phonetic transcriptions of foreign words and names. Note: this is NOT “the Chinese alphabet”, as there is no such thing. → Read more