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China's e-commerce sales will surpass US in 2015.

"Building an Ecommerce Strategy in China" - Thoughtful China www.thoughtfulchina.com Online shopping in China is flourishing, with revenue likely to overtake the US by 2015. Tens of millions of Chinese bargain-hunters ...

New word of the day: nu4-Pissed 怒！
What's the other words that you know?

BBC Wild China-Tibet 《美丽中国-西藏》 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnaOFNK7PPI

BBC - Wild China - 3of6 - Tibet An in-depth look at some of China's most impressive natural sites such as the ancient Han kingdom, the Mongol steppes, the Silk Road and the Tibetan Plateau.

I am a cat who wears rabbit skin!
New words: tuzi-Rabbit 兔子
Mao- Cat 猫

Asia's next revolution-countries across the countinent are building welfare states-with a chance to learn from the West's mistakes. Insight from The Economist. http://www.economist.com/node/21562195

Do you know Chinese 12 animals signs? Qingdao Beer (青岛啤酒) teaches us what they are in its new year animation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPRvpYYhwak

Tsingtao Chinese New Year Animation 2009 HD Animation created to celebrate the year of the Ox

We finally found a really good online pinyin practicing tool. http://chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation If you know a good please share with us.

Pinyin and Chinese pronunciation · ChinesePod Hanyu pinyin is the official system of transcribing Chinese language sounds and pronunciations into latin script. The pinyin or pin yin system is recognized globally as the standard for transcribing and learning Chinese pronunciation in speech. ChinesePod provides a comprehensive explanation of piny...