“How to Order a Jiānbing in Mandarin,” The Beijinger
A basic primer on how to use Mandarin to order the apex breakfast street food: The humble Jianbing. [Read More...]
Chinese Language
“Chuan, Chuanr, Chuan’r, Chuan’er? How to Correctly Transliterate Beijing’s Favorite Street Snack,” The Beijinger
In the interest of getting this right, we asked several experts from the field of Chinese language and linguistics to help us settle the debate. [Read More...]
Barbarians at the Gate Podcast: A couple of characters talking about Chinese characters
David Moser (Beijing Capital Normal University, Sinica Podcast) and Brendan O'Kane (Paper Republic, University of Pennsylvania) join Jeremiah to discuss David's new book, A Billion Voices, the history of language reform and national unity in China, the best way to learn Chinese, and the debate over whether it's okay to hate on Chinese characters. [Read More...]
独立宣言–The Declaration of Independence in Chinese
Today is July 4, American Independence Day. On [Read More...]
Barbarians and Lao Wai: Trans-lingual negotiation and the clash of empires
What are the perils of trans-lingual negotiation? [Read More...]
The foolish old man who wanted to move mountains
Dave asked recently where the name [Read More...]