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Tag Archives: China
Olympics
So, it’s the Olympic Opening Ceremony this friday, on the 8/8/08 – an auspicious day as the Chinese consider 8 to be a lucky number.
The opening ceremony should be spectacular; so how odd to find that the games have already started? Without fanfare, without pomp and ceremony, the women’s football has kicked off, with the [...]
Monkey: The Opera
People of ‘a certain age’ will remember ‘Monkey’, a Japanese import of a Chinese fable.
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett (of Gorillaz) are involved in making Monkey, the Opera. Along with Chen Shi-Zheng, the director, they’re going back to the Chinese source material to produce a spectacle which premier’s in Manchester.
The show contains talented, and very [...]
Disturbing Parallels
In an astounding piece of research, this site brings forth some interesting and disturbing parallels between the US today and the early days of communism in the USSR and China.
Common Languages
I’ve just found a list at this site which lists the most common languages in the world by native speaker.
The top 10 are:
rank
native speakers
code
name
country of origin
continent
1
885000000
CHN
CHINESE, MANDARIN
China
Asia
2
450000000
ENG
ENGLISH
United Kingdom
Europe
3
266000000
SPN
SPANISH
Spain
Europe
4
182000000
HND
HINDI
India
Asia
5
175000000
POR
PORTUGUESE
Portugal
Europe
6
168000000
BNG
BENGALI
Bangladesh (and West Bengal, India)
Asia
7
160000000
RUS
RUSSIAN
Russia
Europe/Asia
8
126000000
JPN
JAPANESE
Japan
Asia
9
122000000
FRN
FRENCH
France
Eur
10
118000000
GER
GERMAN, STANDARD
Germany
Eur
It is quite surprising to me that Dutch fairs as badly as it does (45th on this list), given Dutch maritime history and [...]
Formula One 2009 – Chinese Grand Prix
This post is part of a series of 7 posts which begins with Formula One 2009 - Australia GP, the latest post in the series is Formula One 2009 - Monaco Grand Prix.