There are loads of funny signs around China which are mostly mistranslations, but my personal favourites are those which could be interpreted two ways. 故事是这样的：上海有很多有趣的，会误导别人的指示牌，但是我最喜欢的是那些有双关意思的。 My all time favourite is this one, which I see every day on the door of the underground: 我最喜欢的是这个我每天在地铁的门上都能看到的这个： Is it a notice about trapping your hand in the door, [...]
The House of Barbie, at 550 Central Huaihai Road, opened in Shanghai last night – a six-floor Barbie themed megastore which sells clothes (based on Barbie designs), toys (dolls etc), jewelry (for you and your plastic friend), skin-care products (plastic surgery?) and also includes a café and spa…Check out my exclusive pictures of China’s newest [...]
…I’ve told you a thousand times…DON’T BE EDIBLE! 我已经跟你说了一千遍了……请勿食用! Courtesy of Boston!!! Boston的礼节!!! :D
1) http://www.djod.co.uk/2009/03/03/bbc-news-lies-about-chinese-news-media-bbc… 2) http://www.djod.co.uk/2009/03/04/bbcnews-lies-again-corrects-error-about-chinese-media-reporting-of-jork-concert 3) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7919299.stm
After pointing out the BBC’s misrepresentation of the facts yesterday, I am pleased to note that today they have changed their article about the reporting of Bjork’s pro-Tibet sentiments at a concert last year. 在指出BBC误说事实的事情以后，我很高兴今天看到他们已经更改了他们关于去年Bjork演唱会藏独的报道。 What once read: “Last year, Icelandic star Bjork shouted “Free Tibet!” after a song about independence performed during a Shanghai [...]
I’ve been in China nearly a year, and every day I read BBC news as well as a number of other sites through Google News. Today I noticed a story about China cancelling an Oasis gig (this news is actually around 5 days old, but still, I wondered what the reason was for the cancellation). [...]
I woke up this morning, having drunk half my weight in vodka last night, singing karaoke songs with my buddies. I started to reminisce about those brothers gone but not forgotten, and realised that it was me who had gone, not them. I used to sit for 6 hours a day with Falco, baseball game [...]
