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Chinese ‘languages’ still at each others’ throats
Chinese “languages“? No. It’s actually, Chinese dialects. But to the outside observer, it may as well be complete different languages, as the sounds, intonations and even colloquialisms are so far and different from one another. Cantonese v/s Mandarin v/s Toishanese v/s other dialects. It seems that the Cantonese are perhaps, a bit more stubborn than are some other...
My Trip to the Shanghai Expo
first published: West Canada Weekly 31.7.2010 by Gabriel Yiu The exterior design of the Canada Pavilion looks great and unique, but the exhibit inside is… I traveled to Shanghai earlier to see the World Expo and my biggest disappointments came from the pavilions that have a close relationship with me. Hong Kong is my birthplace where...
Is there more to the Richmond racist graffiti?
Yesterday, we received an email from Adrian MacNair, a blogger colleague, whom we had communicated with a few years earlier. Adrian writes the blog Unambiguously Ambidextrous. Back in 2007, Adrian had shared some thoughts on another blogger colleague’s site “Chinese in Vancouver“. Mr MacNair had written about what bothered him regarding the insular nature of the Chinese...
[humour] another spill by BP
![[humour] another spill by BP](http://www.uglychinesecanadian.com/wp-content/themes/parallelus-unite/includes/timthumb.php?src=/wp-content/themes/parallelus-unite/images/content/placeholder-(556x133).gif&w=566&h=133&zc=1)
This youtube spoof of BP on a coffee spill reminds us of the einsteins at Vancouver’s city hall: arf arf
Memo to cute ass Mascot
old garage building facing Chinatown’s Pender Street The UGLY Chinese Canadian blog received a number of comments regarding Chinatown’s mascot. The mascot, suggested by their BIA (Business Improvement Association), is their latest brain child in their long and unsuccessful series of efforts to save Chinatown. A number of the comments received, can not be published. Not only...
101 ways to Wok your Mascot
We received an interesting comment forwarded to us, regarding the Chinatown BIA (Business Implosion Association)’s new Panda mascot . According to a talking head at the BIA, the mascot concept will “save” Vancouver’s ailing Chinatown. How? Apparently, through attracting a younger audience to visit this historic community. We’ve appended our fellow citizens’ thoughts (from the Vancouver Courier...
have no fear, Panda bear is here…
Last year, we heard a rumour that Vancouver’s Chinatown was toying with the idea of having a mascot. Yes, a mascot. We had thought it was someone’s cruel practical joke at discrediting certain individuals when we had first received a copy of a proposal to an RFP (request for proposal) by the city. Nice to learn that...
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Chinese ‘languages’ still at each others’ throats
Chinese "languages"?
No. It's actually, Chinese dialects.
But to the outside observer, ...
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