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  • Marches and Protests in the U.S.

    As an outsider observer, it disturbs me a bit that protest marches are becoming more popular in the US. This reflects a wider disconnection between people and their government. In my Venezuelan case these kinds of marches have occurred nonstop since the...
  • A View from the Trenches, September 17th, 2009: "A run on the USD"

    Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com Let’s be upfront: Yesterday’s session was all about a run on the USD. In an emerging market or developed country whose currency lacks international weight, a run against...
    Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • Regulation

    A common complaint, certainly when a crises occurs, is that there was not enough regulation. What is meant by regulation, however, is never really clarified. We just need it. For those who think this, or for those who encounter such people, does the thought...
    Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Wed, Sep 16 2009
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  • Chinese Pinyin Tones

    Chinese Pinyin Tones There are four tones in Mandarin Chinese Pinyin, plus one neutral tone(or called “no tone”). 在汉语中有四个声调,加一轻声(或称为“无音”)音。 First tone in Chinese Pinyin The first tone is marked as a straight line like this¯...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • The Composition of the Chinese Characters

    The Composition of the Chinese Characters The composition of the main characters are in three ways: 汉 字 的 构 成 主 要 有 三 种 方 法: 1. Pictographic method This is the earliest form of Chinese characters method to create the most original characters, Example...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • How to stduy Chinese?

    How to stduy Chinese? I point out three key method :interest,input,practice. 有三个关键点:兴趣,积累,练习 l First,interest is the best teacher.If you want to be good at Chinese,you must bring up your interest of learning Chinese .Interest can help you fight against...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • How To Pronounce Chinese Phrases

    How To Pronounce Chinese Phrases On this page you will learn to pronounce a lot of different basic mandarin chinese phrases. Latest mandarin chinese phrases: How to pronounce 1, 10, 11, 100, 101, 110, 111 in chinese Pinyin : "yī, shí, shí...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • Chinese- Family introductions

    Chinese- Family introductions In China today, women do not change their surnames after they get married. They always keey their maiden names. People like to ask questions such as " 你结婚了吗 ?"(Nǐ jiéhūn le ma?), Are you married? e.g. 这是我...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • Chinese Grammar Basics

    Chinese Grammar Basics Grammar plays the key role in bringing chinese characters together. in compensation, chinese grammar is considerably easier than english. here are just some examples of difference between chinese and english for your reference....
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • HanYu Pinyin ABC

    HanYu Pinyin ABC why learn hanyu pinyin Hanyu pinyin ( 漢語拼音 ), often abbreviated as pinyin ( 拼音 ; "spelling sounds" literally), is the most wiy used mandarin romanization system: p. r. china and singapore, and many other countries as well. the...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • Chinese A B C

    Chinese A B C Chinese is a very interesting language, it write body now of art, pen mathematics which row an inside, and high simplification but lifelike shape, will let you feel, learn Chinese, be like is learn to make uniform a painting. It of pronunciation...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • About Chinese Phonetics

    About Chinese Phonetics Chinese is a graceful language whose four tones make speaking Chinese sound like singing songs. In standard Chinese, the pronunciation of one Chinese word is a syllable. For instance, “ 我的书 ” (my book) is written in...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • “不”的音变

    “不”的音变 "No" sound change Generally speaking, the word ’ No ’ would have no other pronunciation except the pronunciation b ù , that is, No ’ s basic tone is 去声 . Now look at the following cases: 1. When singly...
    Posted to sinocenter by sinocenter on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • It's Because I'm Black!

    My wife is a school teacher. She teaches physics and chemisty to kids a lot bigger than she. The school she works in is a bit different than a normal school. It is called a "Technology High School" and is open to any student in the city - if...
    Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Wed, Sep 16 2009
  • A View from the Trenches, September 16th, 2009: "We are getting there"

    Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com In the last 24 hours, I think the markets may have focused on two things: 1.-Stronger than expected retail sales and Producer Price Index (PPI) figures for August, released at 8:30am...
    Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Sep 15 2009