May 2012
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China, Chinglish and some shopping tips →
Chinglish in the oral work of non-English majors →
Untangling Chinglish
The development and manufacturing of many of the hardware products I document have been outsourced to Chinese companies. They work closely with our in-house engineers and product managers to develop customised products for our global customers. We release dozens of such products a year. The technology of these products is changing so quickly that it would be difficult for us to develop so many...
Chinglish accents from different parts of China →
No hablos Chinglish
In the Two articles (From English to Chinglish and How English is Evolving into a Language We May Not Understand) the idea of Western English fusing and evolving other languages into a new hybrid language is becoming apparent in international societies. This hybrid is already among other languages, a most notable example is Spanglish (the hybrid of English and Spanish), however one interesting...
Chinglish Food →
What's your opinion on Chinglish? →
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Language Imperialism-Democracy in China
By THORSTEN PATTBERG
If you are an American or European citizen, chances are you’ve never heard about shengren, minzhu and wenming. If one day you promote them, you might even be accused of cultural treason.
That’s because these are Chinese concepts. They are often conveniently translated as “philosopher,” “democracy” and “civilization.” In fact,...