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Shanghai’s Chinglish — Civilized?
This sign is just plain weird: First, it gives you this impression that not every park in Shanghai is civilized… (what these guys wanted to say, rather, is that this garden’s clean, neat, nice — and rocks! and stuff like … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinglish, civilized, ethics, park, Shanghai, spiritual civilization
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The “Huanopu”: Shanghai’s Very New Chinglish River
According to this map, that wide river in Shanghai that splits Puxi from Pudong isn’t called the Huangpu, but — the Huanopu. That’s not even supposed to be a Chinglish bug, by the way. This is wholesale, outright Hanyu Pinyin. It’s … Continue reading