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My new favorite news source is a little paper called Beijing Today. Earlier this week I wrote about the article that turned me on to it, but the more I dig, the better it gets. (And yes, this will be the last post on these guys, although I strongly encourage you to read the paper [...]

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I have been a big defender of Chinglish, but I came across a bizarre column in Beijing Today that talks about the perils of incorrectly using English. However, the story refers to a supposedly embarrassing phrase, which seems perfectly normal.
The newspaper, which despite its name is actually a weekly, has a regular feature that talks [...]

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We can only revert to the rarely seen future perfect tense to describe how elated we will have been during after the Games. The Beijing Olympic Committee has even posted a poll of what the top ten stories from the Olympics will have been. This is perfect to me. They are trying to script things [...]

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Dear Mayor Bloomberg,
Recently I noticed that you were in China, for what, I am not entirely clear. It looks like you will not be running for president, what with you getting chummy with Mr. Obama and all. So clearly you do not need to burnish your foreign affairs credentials. It’s nice and all that you [...]

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There’s something a little weird about your last day of work. When I woke up this morning my first thought was “Don’t get shot—not today.” Then I remembered that I’m a desk jockey, not a policeman. Besides, it’s not like I’m retiring to go fishing or something. I guess I’ve seen too many cop movies. [...]

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