Posted in Joke, In English on Mar 1st, 2008 No Comments »
“Higher education, in contrast to the foundation sector, is a highly competitive industry, even though most universities are nonprofit. ”
– Judge Posner
Posted in in Chinese, Joke, In English, 中文, China on Feb 8th, 2008 No Comments »
In China as anywhere else, when a politician apologises, he is usually saying “it is not my fault.”
-Economist article, Megaphone apology.
无论中外，政客若是道歉，意思总是说“这可不能赖我”。
-英国《经济学家》杂志文章: 《大喇叭里说道歉》。
Posted in in Chinese, Joke, In English, 中文, news on Jan 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Posted in Joke, in Chinese, In English, 中文, China, news on Jan 15th, 2008 1 Comment »
Posted in Joke, In English on Jan 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Judge Evans:
If a 42-year-old man wants to change his identity and fly through the remainder of his life under the radar screen with a fake name, what kind of name would he be likely to select? Certainly he would want a common name, like Walker, Washington, White, or Williams,* to name just a few that […]
Posted in in Chinese, Joke, 中文 on Dec 24th, 2007 No Comments »
（摘自傅国涌《胡适眼中的毛泽东》）
1959年3月11日，胡适读到大陆出版的毛泽东诗词，他在当天的日记中写道：
“看见大陆上所谓’文物出版社’刻印的毛泽东《诗词十九首》，共九叶。真有点肉麻！其中最末一首即是’全国文人’大捧的’蝶恋花’词，没有一句通的！抄在这里；
Posted in Joke, In English, news on Dec 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
Flat Cat: Act II
Tiger tracked to this 2002 poster. CREDIT: WWW.YWXINLONG.COM
Suspicions about purported photographs of a presumed-extinct South China tiger (Science, 9 November, p. 893) were confirmed last month when a netizen found the apparent source of the image: a 2002 Chinese lunar New Year poster. But China’s obsession with the issue has […]
Posted in Joke, In English, China on Nov 22nd, 2007 1 Comment »
Flat Cat Controversy in China Ends
( Please note there is a new post on this topic: Flat Cat Continues to Live on Paper, and Face has been lost )
Science on its Nov 2007 issue published a photo named “flat cat?” and a column article RARE-TIGER PHOTO FLAP MAKES FUR FLY IN CHINA. They were […]
Posted in Joke, In English, comments on news, Comments on Aug 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
The Religious Bureau of China recently issued a Regulation on the Reincarnation of Buddha. Here is a digest of it.
Article 4. A Buddha can not reincarnate when any of the following conditions is met: …
(2) the local city government does not permit such reincarnation.
and
Article 10. Before a candidate assumes Buddha’s position, an official […]
Posted in Joke, in Chinese, In English, 中文, China, news on Jul 21st, 2007 No Comments »
“Let’s live happily, and continue to construct our harmonious society every day while eating fried bread made of recycled oil, dumplings made of paper paste, meat from sick pigs and cattle, and vegetables with residual farm chemical. “
Original Text:
“让我们每天吃着地沟油条，纸箱包子，有病猪牛，农药蔬菜，快乐的活着继续建设和谐世界吧。”
From: http://www1.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/EntDigest/Life/2007_7_20_20_52_47_954.html