How to address a person with their correct and proper title may be one of the most complicated aspects of Chinese culture.
Chinese Language
Google’s Lost in Name Translation
Google announced its official Chinese name to be Gu Ge (pronounced “goo guh”) in April, and the announcement prompted an immediate backlash. At an online petition site called NoGuGe, 14,000 people asked Google to change its Chinese name. Only 700 people weighed in at the same site to say that they like the name.
Alternative Names of China
1. Chixian Shenzhou (the Sacred Earth and Divine Land )
Cool Chinese symbols - The taste of the orient
Chinese and Japanese symbols are much more popular in the West than any other non-Latin script. People want tattoo them on to their body, hang them on the wall in their living room, set them up as screensavers on their computer etc. Why are these symbols so popular among people who cannot even read them? Why aren't the Arabic or Ethiopian script treated with equal amount of attention?
Chinese symbols and the Chinese alphabet
There are so many people on the Internet looking for the Chinese alphabet, one starts to wonder what is going on.
