Latest Chinese language Stories
A new spin on a popular word game favorite, PinYinPal for iPad seeks to revolutionize how the Chinese language is taught. And it’s free too! Huntington Beach, California (PRWEB) January 17, 2013 Mandarin Chinese is spoken and understood by well over one billion people worldwide and is notorious for being the hardest language to learn. As business opportunities continue to arise in Asia, mastering Mandarin is becoming more and more important. Enter PinYinPal, a new app for the iPad that...
New Technology Changes the Field of Chinese Learning New York, NY (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 The independent and internationally recognized iF design awards, conferred annually by the iF International Forum Design, are announced at the end of each year. Since its introduction in 1953, each year the iF design awards reviews over thousands of entries from around the world and has become a sort of an Oscar award for excellent design. At the end of November, iF announced the winners of 2013...
BEIJING and CHANGGE, China, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Zhongpin Inc. ("Zhongpin", Nasdaq: HOGS), a leading meat and food processing company in the People's Republic of China, today announced that it will host its second quarter 2012 earnings conference call and live webcast at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (New York) on Thursday, August 9, 2012 (which is also 8:00 p.m. in China and Hong Kong on the same day). The dial-in details for the live conference call are:...
More than 10,000 students around the world have learnt Chinese language with the help of ChineseTime School since 2006. Shanghai (PRWEB) July 17, 2012 ChineseTime School (the leading online Chinese language school based in Shanghai, China), is celebrating its six-year anniversary. Since its launch in 2006, ChineseTime has helped more than 10,000 students from all over the world learning Chinese. "More and more people want to learn Chinese around the world every year, but not...
NANJING, China, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- A large PR firm writes an article about the need for accuracy and cultural sensitivity in translation and passes the finished text to their art department for the final rendering. The art department decides that it would look cool to have the English and Chinese versions of the words "Lost in Translation" as the graphic to accompany the article. They do a quick lookup using a popular online machine translator for the English to...
Flashback to Scandal Over Energy Industry's 2009 Phony Letters to Congress: Linguistic Analysis Shows Pro-Coal Group Submitted Bogus Petition to White House Opposing Coal Ash Rules. WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How few friends does toxic coal ash pollution have? It has so few supporters to call on that when a coal industry-backed group, "Citizens for Recycling First," submitted a petition to the White House last fall opposing tightened regulation of coal ash...
Discovering Chinese - iPad Edition is transforming language learning in classrooms and beyond. The first and only iPad app based on a proven Chinese language learning curriculum. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 Better Chinese, LLC launches Discovering Chinese – iPad Edition to help students conquer the challenges of learning Chinese. Targeted at middle school and high school students, Discovering Chinese combines a popular, state-adopted curriculum with the advantages of the iPad...
Transparent Language’s Chinese Twitter feed featured on Entreprenuer.com’s “Top 5 List for Doing Business in China”. (PRWEB) May 09, 2012 In a recent review of several top Chinese Twitter™ feeds, Entrepreneur.com via MSNBC.com commended Transparent Language's @ChineseLanguage as one that provides “invaluable insight for entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the opportunities available in this growing Asian economy.” With over 6,000 followers, Transparent Chinese is a...
LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The announcement last week that Molycorp is acquiring Canadian-based Neo Materials has raised strategic concerns in the U.S. since a significant portion of Neo Materials production is in China. In a reversal of the status quo, Molycorp will presumably be shipping U.S. mined rare earths to China. Some are asserting this is a danger to U.S. defense and commercial interests; particularly American permanent magnet producers.However, American...
MONS, Belgium, January 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Happy New Year from Lulu! To introduce herself to the Chinese community, Lulu is providing the voice for 'Little Dragon', a free greetings card designed to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Available on acapela.tv [http://acapela.tv ], the 'Little Dragon' talking e-card will offer Chinese speaking people around the world the possibility to exchange greetings and best wishes using Acapela text to speech. Text to speech...
