mr_shadow

Thank you!

Sorry 'bout the traditional characters. I live in HK, you know.

3 of my 4 chinese tutors came from taiwan when I was starting to learn chinese so no prob

Why can't you tell flow to put him on ignore instead of doing this?

Doesn't stop the trolling ? :hm

Then section ban him, people have been SB'd for calling people stupid and posting meme videos trolling is clearly far worse....

In your settings there's a tab called "avatar" where you can upload an image. Beware that I might get rejected if it's too large, so you might have to shrink the picture.

Okay, Thanks!

Oh please... like you'd need my help for that. VAK. :maybe

Waffles thanks! I took a long hiatus from the site so I don't rreadily remember these things, especially when I'm only at 1 section of the forum most of the time.

John, thank you for your kindness

Fuck you waffles I am a kind hearted generous individual Ying even said I'm a nice guy

1. Read Journey to the West if you haven't already.

2. Because the traditional building material was wood, there are almost no pre-Ming structures standing. The architecture of Japan is however an imitation of Tang style.

North Korea would invade South Korea, if they thought they could get away with it.

Reasoning asked that is I know this marxist who thinks because north Korea suffered 3/4ths of the civilian casualties, that they're the victims of western agression. He thinks nuclearization is a reasonable response to the joint american -south korean military drills. He also says that if the US withdrew , the kim dynasty would lose it justification for existing , and there would be a military coup against them.

tell ur friend he's a naive dumbass

Definitely, though I wouldn't have time to participate in it at the moment...

Also I feel like the quality of Chinese cinema has seriously gone downhill in recent years, but maybe that's just me getting old and not seeing the magic anymore.

oh that's a shame, I mean I have a basic general knowledge on how to improve the subtitles for American shows I seen but not enough to do that alone let alone everything else involved.

and I kind of agree, albiet I have seen any movies HK or mainland in the last year and a half

Barfield, Thomas (2010) Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History. Princeton University Press.

As you can see from the publication date it obviously doesn't cover anything that has happened in the last 7 years, such as the killing of bin Laden or the U.S. troop withdrawal, but I thought it was a great introduction to especially the pre-moden era.

Ah I see. If you're ever interested in a supplemental refresher, "Games Without Rules" by Tamim Ansary is a brilliant read. The author is a Hazara Afghan with perfectly detached neutrality and his prose is crystalline. It goes through every major event since the rise of Ahmad Shah in a summary style.

His or mine?

You, obviously

First time out of an airport in the country.

You have a point

Only 8% of Chinese people are Communist Party members. The rest are just trying to live their lives in peace and didn't chose this system. You can like the people without liking the government.

Okay good to know we think the same and it's not me being ethnocentric

I'll fix it in a bit

well considering I only just started posting again, and after the posts in question which some precious snowflakes got all hot and bothered over xiammes already spoke to me so you're a bit late to the party

while I have your Intention, shouldn't you tell Saiyaman to stop posting deliberate flamebait, what kind of response do you think you're going to get for suggest a person should have been kerb stomped and put in a coma?

Attention fucking auto correct.

新年快乐！

Someone stepped on his shadow.

Rip

if you can read a full chinese book and understand 70%, it should not be difficult to find information and research.
Chinese books are more accurate than english in describing history.

Obviously. ;) Haven't you seen my posts in the Convo thread about how I'm reading through the pre-Qin canon?

I can read both modern and classical Chinese, although I read much slower than I do in my western languages. I have to take a break every 10 pages or so to let my brain recuperate.

Is there a specific reason you're asking?

mr shadow is awesome

it said that most germans/EU do not have a favorable view towards china's rise, is that true?

I haven't been to Germany in like 8 years, so hard to say. As for Sweden, I think people have a favorable view of "Chinese people" as hard-working and law-abiding, but a negative view of China as an oppressive Communist regime.

There is. I'm married since two years back.

How so? ^^

Congrats :)

I do. I'll PM it to you.

Thank you