<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Easy Ways to Learn Chinese  : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Easy Ways to Learn Chinese  : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-30T18:20:27+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Easy Ways to Learn Chinese ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57368/1/" /><id>57368</id><summary><![CDATA[Easy Ways to Learn Chinese ]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T05:23:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T05:23:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No matter which language it is you have decided to learn, you will need to be committed to putting a lot of time and effort into your studies.  This is even truer of Chinese as there are a lot of differences between the native language, and what is considered to be the official language of the country.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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One goal, he added, was &quot;to advance America's interests around the world, and defeat this notion about our - you know our bullying concept of freedom by letting people see what we're about.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/72281/1/" /><id>72281</id><summary><![CDATA[Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn]]></summary><issued>2008-08-13T18:14:50+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-13T18:14:50+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Norwegian (here I'm talking about bokm&#229;l, the most often-used variety of Norwegian) is a language spoken by about 5 million people in Norway, and is extremely similar to the languages Swedish and Danish.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese Astrology ~ Red Dog Year 2006 ~  4703rd Chinese Year]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/2947/1/" /><id>2947</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese Astrology ~ Red Dog Year 2006 ~  4703rd Chinese Year]]></summary><issued>2006-10-13T05:22:54+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-13T05:22:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The foundation of Chinese Astrology is from Ying-Yang and Five Elements, which are Metal, Water, Wood, Fire and Earth. 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And in an odd way, it is kind of catchy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&quot;No lanterns&quot;, Italian city tells Chinese community]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19327/1/" /><id>19327</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;No lanterns&quot;, Italian city tells Chinese community]]></summary><issued>2007-05-07T05:58:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-07T05:58:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The local government in Treviso has ordered the northern Italian city's Chinese restaurants to remove red lanterns from their windows because they look too &quot;oriental&quot;.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/41073/1/" /><id>41073</id><summary><![CDATA[How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour ]]></summary><issued>2007-11-08T14:41:43+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-08T14:41:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Someone try this and tell me if it works.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Chinese Ghost Story]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/38002/1/" /><id>38002</id><summary><![CDATA[A Chinese Ghost Story]]></summary><issued>2007-10-11T12:24:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-11T12:24:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[This 1987 Hong Kong horror <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Chinese_Ghost_Story" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">movie</a> was a huge hit and has been a big influence on Sam Raimi. Now you can watch it right here.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Chinese motorist pulled over by police for driving with no arms]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83099/1/" /><id>83099</id><summary><![CDATA[The Chinese motorist pulled over by police for driving with no arms]]></summary><issued>2008-11-29T10:00:53+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-29T10:00:53+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chinese police got a surprise when they pulled over a brand new 4x4 for a routine check - the driver had no arms.<br/><br/>Zing Shen, 42, was steering the vehicle with his feet and was amazed when officers  decided issue him with a public safety summons.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rascist Chinese? No... just a bad case of &quot;Engrish&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/17237/1/" /><id>17237</id><summary><![CDATA[Rascist Chinese? No... just a bad case of &quot;Engrish&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-04-20T17:50:18+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-20T17:50:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Doris Moore was shocked when her new (Chinese Made)couch was delivered to her home with a label that described the upholstery color as &quot;N*gger Brown&quot;. The manufacturer says he got the definition from a Chinese-English dictionary that he'd been using for 10 years.-- Time to buy a new book!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[We Learn Our Language in the Womb]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135482/1/" /><id>135482</id><summary><![CDATA[We Learn Our Language in the Womb]]></summary><issued>2009-11-07T16:46:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-11-07T16:46:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get.  We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.<br/>It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother&#8217;s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages.  By the time we are born, our dialect is determined.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[ Trapped Chinese miners survive on coal and urine diet]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33409/1/" /><id>33409</id><summary><![CDATA[ Trapped Chinese miners survive on coal and urine diet]]></summary><issued>2007-08-28T08:51:46+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-28T08:51:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two Chinese brothers who tunnelled their way out of a coal mine collapse after being trapped for nearly six days survived by eating coal and drinking urine.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10,000 Chinese are converting to Christianity every day]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/30548/1/" /><id>30548</id><summary><![CDATA[10,000 Chinese are converting to Christianity every day]]></summary><issued>2007-08-07T14:10:28+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-07T14:10:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[It is estimated that there will be 200 million Chinese Christians by 2050.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese Transformers fan gets hooked on gasoline]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/128445/1/" /><id>128445</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese Transformers fan gets hooked on gasoline]]></summary><issued>2009-07-20T14:32:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-20T14:32:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 14-year-old Chinese fan of the Transformer movies has been drinking gasoline for five years in an attempt to &quot;become a valiant fighter&quot; like his hero Optimus Prime, Chinese media said on Monday.<br/><br/>*WTF?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[107-Year-Old Chinese Woman Looking for Husband]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/88991/1/" /><id>88991</id><summary><![CDATA[107-Year-Old Chinese Woman Looking for Husband]]></summary><issued>2009-01-12T10:40:19+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-12T10:40:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Chinese woman who was afraid to get married when she was young, is now 107 and looking for a first-time husband.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese Food: Jiaozi]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/47182/1/" /><id>47182</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese Food: Jiaozi]]></summary><issued>2008-01-14T08:45:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-14T08:45:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Jiaozi (Chinese transliteration) or gy&#333;za (Japanese transliteration) and also known as mandu (Korean transliteration), is a Chinese dumpling, widely popular in China, Japan, Korea, as well as outside of East Asia particularly in the United States...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chinese entrepreneurs launch Barack Obama noodles]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/81319/1/" /><id>81319</id><summary><![CDATA[Chinese entrepreneurs launch Barack Obama noodles]]></summary><issued>2008-11-07T11:46:30+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-07T11:46:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chinese businesses have welcomed the arrival of President-Elect Barack Obama by registering to use his name as a trademark on everything from instant noodles to children's clothes.]]></content></entry></feed>