I came across a few interesting examples of Chinese being used around Israel, usually to promote some products. Thing is, the Chinese usually shows up without any indication that it’s Chinese, so when I ask my friends and family what they think about the symbols they see they just respond with "We don’t know. What [...]

This Wednesday, a representative from the Chinese embassy came to talk to the students of the Hebrew University about Chinese studies in China. Mr. Li requested that all the Hebrew University students who studied in China come and talk to him. Although I’ve studied in Taiwan and not China, and even that wasn’t for very [...]

 
“Oh, this text you can not study in China…” they said.
 
Last week while in the university I met the Chinese students between classes for a quick lunch and showed them the text that we were studying. The text was very basic, considering the fact that we’re suppose to be second year level. They looked at [...]

Are the Chinese characters for Jews and Islam demeaning? An old article by the Taipei Times sent to me by a reader suggests that might be true. Published on Aug 23-2005 and titled “Chinese words for Jews and Islam are demeaning: group” the article has the following :
 

A peace group yesterday called on the public [...]

An important part of studying Chinese is listening to the language to learn new words and to get used to the sound flow for the words with their tones. One of the ways to help Chinese students do that is by listening to some Chinese Podcasts that can be found around the web. Since I've [...]

Reading Chinese for those not Chinese born is a difficult task. I've seen some good Chinese students stay away from reading Chinese material because they figured it's an impossible task.
So, here's my small guide on how a Chinese beginner, such as myself, can read through Chinese based websites using simple extensions provided for the Firefox [...]

The Chinese Garden, a community for Chinese-related students, has moved to a new home with a completely new redesign.
 
About the Chinese Garden :
It had all begun in one of the classes held by Lin, the university's Chinese teacher. It had been autumn 2001 in the first-year Chinese course, comprised of students who came to the [...]

Imagine seeing a westerner speaking fluent Chinese. How would that look to you?
Me? I would be utterly jealous, obviously, as it’s what I’m trying to study (and not doing too well on that). But, is that how most people feel?
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Spending some time in Taiwan studying Chinese I’ve met quite a lot of foreigners who were [...]