8. Fiance: "I haven't the courage to tell your father of my debts." Fiancee: "What cowards you men are! Father hasn't the courage to tell you of his."

Yes, they are always built at the entrance of certain district of the city.

Hello pieter, Please let me answer the question instead of deepa, the Indian beauty. My English is not as good as deepa's, so if I make any mistake, please do not hesitate to correct it. Before 5 to 10 years, Chinese media industry was

Most traditional Paifangs are made of stone ans located at the entrance of villages. I think the Paifang which you seen in China town or center of the city are mostly made of wood and have beautiful color with them, am I right? They are now

deepa, If I tell you the cultural facts of Paifang, I think you might will no longer like them. The Paifang, a special architechture style in China, is just a symbol of a woman's Zhenjie. Thus, it's always called "Zhenjie Paifang" in

Wonderful summary, deepa. China is a huge developing country with a fast growing economy. However, there are still many many problems waiting for Premier Wen to solve. Most Chinese, including me, believe that he can strengthen the power of

Hi David, thank you for your post. I think the Bund could be the top proud of Shanghainese, and it's as beautiful as any other scenery of any famous cities. Wil you be Shanghai again? If you need some help here, maybe I can lend a hand.

7. Customer:" There is a button in my soup." Waiter:" Oh, thank you sir. I have been looking for that everywhere." :-D

Yes, Woodward. In major part of China, the written Chinese is the same except for some special wordings and slangs. However, as far as spoken Chinese is concerned, it is greatly different, even each separate village has its own pronunciation.

Hehe~~~~~~ Do not try to think about the potential meaning of Chinese greeting in most cases. The expressions like "have you eaten?" are just a very little part of Chinese, which origined from some northern language custom. They are paid so