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I've just came back from a holiday to Beijing. Do you like living in China?
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Have you ever been to Hong Kong? What do you think of it?


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I've just came back from a holiday to Beijing. Do you like living in China?


It's okay for me really. Chinese people are rather friendly and supportive (I have succeeded in borrowing mobile phones for a call in street from strangers for more than once, true story - but I was younger then), although sometimes we do care too much about other people's affairs.. :smile: There are things that I'm not satisfied with, like the politicians and the pollution, but for the first point I guess this is the same everywhere to some extent and for the second point I live in a seaside city so I don't really suffer from this.
I hope you enjoyed your holiday :biggrin:


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how do keyboards in china work?
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how do keyboards in china work?


There are specially designed softwares. All we have to do is to type by either pronunciation or structure of the characters... And the characters pops up and then we just choose the right one. Easy! :biggrin:


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There are specially designed softwares. All we have to do is to type by either pronunciation or structure of the characters... And the characters pops up and then we just choose the right one. Easy! :biggrin:


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eh, could you tell me a bit more in detail? i mean do you have like english keyboards and phonetically pronounce it or something?
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It's okay for me really. Chinese people are rather friendly and supportive (I have succeeded in borrowing mobile phones for a call in street from strangers for more than once, true story - but I was younger then), although sometimes we do care too much about other people's affairs.. :smile: There are things that I'm not satisfied with, like the politicians and the pollution, but for the first point I guess this is the same everywhere to some extent and for the second point I live in a seaside city so I don't really suffer from this.
I hope you enjoyed your holiday :biggrin:


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Yeah I agree, people are very friendly, but when there's a line or a crowd, it is quite insane :P. I got stuck in a crowd for 25 minutes to cross the damn road! Luckily the air was really good when we went... APEC was being hosted in my hotel, and obviously in the city, so I think that may have had something to do with how strangely good the air was :P. Who knows.

I've had a strong, academic interest in China for a few years now, and I'd deffo love to go back. I think next time in Southern China. Beijing I think, is somewhere you want to go once and then perhaps never again :biggrin:.
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Oops sorry I thought you were Chinese :frown:


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Haha that's the only phrase in Chinese I know
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Hello! I'm doing Mandarin Pre-U this year for AS! I love China, I went last year on a school exchange to Beijing! It was fabulous!


Aww I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :smile: I am ready to help if you have any problem with mandarin.


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Yeah I agree, people are very friendly, but when there's a line or a crowd, it is quite insane :P. I got stuck in a crowd for 25 minutes to cross the damn road! Luckily the air was really good when we went... APEC was being hosted in my hotel, and obviously in the city, so I think that may have had something to do with how strangely good the air was :P. Who knows.

I've had a strong, academic interest in China for a few years now, and I'd deffo love to go back. I think next time in Southern China. Beijing I think, is somewhere you want to go once and then perhaps never again :biggrin:.


Went to Beijing twice and never on purpose. Nothing special except for the buildings and the accent :smile: oh and roast duck.
About crossing the road, the tip is just ignore the traffic light and cross the road when you have to.
I haven't said anything :biggrin: follow the traffic light when you can.
Oh and the cities near Yangtze River like Hangzhou and Suzhou are nice, just saying :smile:


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Haha that's the only phrase in Chinese I know


Still it's brilliant. :biggrin:


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What language do you think in?
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What language do you think in?


Chinese when I read or hear Chinese, and English when I come across English, like when answering your question.
And Chinese when I look at sceneries or people.


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Chinese when I read or hear Chinese, and English when I come across English, like when answering your question.
And Chinese when I look at sceneries or people.


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What about when you think to yourself on your own?
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What about when you think to yourself on your own?


A mixture of Chinese and English I guess. But mostly Chinese.


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A mixture of Chinese and English I guess. But mostly Chinese.


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How randomly do you switch thinking languages? Why wouldn't you just think in your BETTER language?
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How randomly do you switch thinking languages? Why wouldn't you just think in your BETTER language?


There're things that I know better in English, for example, the periodic table. Because I first learned it in English. So when I think of elements, I think in English.


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Went to Beijing twice and never on purpose. Nothing special except for the buildings and the accent :smile: oh and roast duck.
About crossing the road, the tip is just ignore the traffic light and cross the road when you have to.
I haven't said anything :biggrin: follow the traffic light when you can.
Oh and the cities near Yangtze River like Hangzhou and Suzhou are nice, just saying :smile:
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Haha, well I have a particular interest in the Qing Dynasty (I don't support it, or anything weird like that, I just have an interest.) so given that it was always their capital, it's kinda necessary to go :P. Yeah the buildings are amazing, I think the Summer Palace is the best manmade structure, well area on the planet. Absolutely beautiful, but shocking to think that it was made for one person (and with funds which were supposed to be spent on the navy, damn Cixi haha).

LOL, that's alright to say for a local! It's **** scary coming from a small village in England. The crossings are like friggen cricket pitches, and the time the lights stay red are sometimes pretty short in duration. Eee it was an experience.

Yeah, I love the look of Suzhou, there's so many beautiful places in China.
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