Tax refunds to lure overseas tourists
Overseas tourists may be able to claim tax refunds at shopping malls in Beijing as the city strives to boost inbound tourism.
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With Mi 4i smartphone, Xiaomi turns to India
With the growth of China's smartphone market slowing, it's an obvious next stop for a company like Xiaomi.
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Chinese proverbs in English – part 2
Old sin makes new shame. Patience is the best remedy. Tall trees catch much wind.
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Chinese proverbs in English – part 1
Love me, love my dog. Seeing is believing. white night
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Chinese proverbs in English – part 3
A snow year, a rich year. As a man sows, so he shall reap. A good medicine tastes bitter.
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Chinese buzzwords that you can’t miss in 2014
"萌萌哒" (mengmengda), meaning adorably cute, appeared 52.98 million times on Sina Weibo, making it the most widely used catchphrase in the Chinese Twitter equivalent.
Read MoreGaps in current Chinese teaching materials and methods
Chinese is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn . But it's made harder by a lack of good materials and inefficient teaching methods.
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U.S. student finds it fun to read old Chinese
Number of foreigners studying is increasing; countries in South Asia account for 28 percent.
Read MoreThe 40 most important minutes each day: are you using them well?
Memory is of course a big challenge for any language learner, especially as we grow older. Possibly an even bigger challenge, which starts around the pre-teen years for most people and gets progressively worse, is the fear of looking or sounding stupid.
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They don’t understand my Chinese, what’s wrong?
One of the frustrating things about learning Chinese is the high frequency of incidents where my Chinese just "doesn't work." There are several reasons why your Chinese might not be working.
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