Shanghaiist: Beijing student hauled to court for threatening bookstore with bomb

Micah Sittig

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:06:00 +0800

And if I hadn't been to that particular Xinhua several times I probably wouldn't have been able to pick it out either :)

guest

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:05:27 +0800

Don't worry about it Kenneth - pretty much everyone's Chinese sucks - there are probably less than 50 laowai in China who speak literally perfect/native Chinese in China ... the rest range from the 95% who can talk to waiters/taxi drivers/girls and feel cool about spilling out a few sentences, and the 5% like Micah who are actually studying the language.

Kenneth T

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:50:42 +0800

Oops Micah you're right! Thanks for pointing that out. Changes have been made! I guess my Chinese still sucks.

Micah Sittig

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:43:01 +0800

I'm pretty sure that the 图书大厦 mentioned is the big Xinhua bookstore at Xidan, not a library. That would make the "only sell Japanese animation products" a bit more logical.

guest

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:08:48 +0800

I don't suppose he might get off with threatening state property with a shabby food product? BTW, this is great chance for the CCP to have a dig at Japan about the corrupting influence of their culture. nanheyangrouchuan