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Q: Anything interesting happen today? Yesterday? Ever?
I've got something....
Michelle Wie was being interviewed after today's 3rd round of the US Open and asked many questions.
CCTV 107 allowed this interview to go to air in English, with only minimal Chinese translation. That is until the last question when she was asked how she felt to be going into the last round of the US Open tied for the lead and she replied she felt fantastic, and so so proud to be an American.
At that juncture the Chinese overtalk went into overdrive and there was no reference to at all to 'Mei Guo'. I can't understand Chinese but it was obvious they'd changed the subject so that hopefully, from their points of view, no Chinese watching in China would digest the fact Michelle Wie was proud to be an American.
For me it was laugh out loud funny.
So, anything interesting where you hang out? How are your Chinese contacts reacting to the new 'bullish' China?
I've actually had a friend remark on the problem for academia that Google Translate has been blocked.
Your TV thing. Funny, but also sad.
I was just reading about Chinese food scandals after my dried chicken dog treats were banned. There isn't any shortages of scandals and people do go to jail, but how do they come up with these things,, soya sauce made from hair? Walmart was selling 5 spice donkey meat that was really ground fox meat. What surprised me was that people will eat things that taste like ass.
Yes, Chinese have hard time to understand that just because someone look Chinese or has Chinese roots doesn't mean that they consider themselves as Zhongguoren. Someone whose family emigrated to America decades ago, who never lived in China and can't speak Chinese has no reason to feel Chinese or to be proud of China. I guess it's because Chinese don't live in a multi-ethnic society and still think that race is linked to nationality.
Michelle Wie is from Korean descent.
jetfire9000:
I noticed the same thing, that she's Korean American. Anyway, still, they chose not to translate the American pride thing. That remains true. Is there an issue with translating that? Lots of pride being shown in the World Cup, in an international context. Is there something about American pride that the Chinese find infuriating? :P
I found out Wal-mart doesn't sell network cable.
Scandinavian:
there is a dude in a shed nearby that has really awesome network cable (this is true for any 3rd tier or up city)
ironman510:
I feel I see the cable guy everyday at work, Wallstreet English has a boss like that. lol
