29 Oct, 2007 in Taiwan by Fili

Touring Taiwan : Tainan, Lugang and Taipei

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National Cheng Kung University’s Chinese Language Center (NCKU’s CLC) prepared a special treat for the Chinese students this week with a 3 day weekend tour.
First day we went off to the places I’m already well familiar with - Confucius Temple, the Taiwanese Literature Museum and a series of old temples next to the Chikan towers.
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25 Jan, 2007 in Asian Studies, China by Fili

China’s academic education problem and related social concerns

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The essay is about a subject discussed in the “Modern Society in Urban China” course: class subject - “Market economy – the poor, the rich and what’s in between; widening the class gap and the growing middle class in China”.
Xinhua - China’s university tuition 25 times higher than in 1989
www.chinaview.cn 2007-01-12 15:11:20
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-01/12/content_5598419.htm

BEIJING, Jan. [...]

13 Oct, 2006 in Chinese Studies by Fili

Study Chinese Podcasts List

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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 [...]