Today's Links: Chinese profanity, pandas return to Sichuan, and Tibetan monks attacked a police station

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  • Mandarin Chinese profanity [Wikipedia] "While many offensive words and expletives involve insulting someone's mother, it is also common to show contempt by scorning another person's ancestors. Other Mandarin insults accuse people of not being human. Unlike English, Mandarin words for excrement or feces are less commonly used in slang and insults. Also, there are few parallels to English's blasphemous phrases, such as 'God damn it'."
  • NKorea premier ends China visit [AFP] North Korean Premier Kim Yong-Il Saturday wrapped up his first visit to China, which came two weeks before Pyongyang's planned launch of a satellite, the Xinhua news agency reported. Kim's visit, which began Tuesday, was his first since taking office in 2007 and was officially to mark the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
  • Earthquake Pandas Go Home (with video!) [BBC] "Eight young pandas have returned to their native Sichuan province, after being relocated to Beijing, following last year's earthquake. Large crowds turned out to visit the pandas on their last weekend in Beijing before they are flown back to Sichuan province. The pandas will have a new home in Sichuan province with indoor air conditioning and outdoor swimming pools."
  • Shanghai Expo official: US would regret absence [IHT] "The United States would regret missing the Shanghai 2010 World Expo if it fails to raise funds needed for an American exhibit in time, one of the organizers said Friday, though he also said he believed a USA pavilion would be built."
  • China arrests Tibetan monks for attacking police [AP] "Nearly 100 Tibetan monks were arrested or turned themselves in Sunday after hundreds of protesters attacked a police station in a Tibetan area in northwest China, state media reported. The protest appeared to be in retaliation for the disappearance of a man who was in police custody in Qinghai province, the official Xinhua News Agency reported."
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By Elaine Chow in on March 22, 2009 9:00 PM Comments 0 Likes Likes

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