Category Archives: Shanghai

Shanghai’s Chinglish — Civilized?

Posted on 10 January 2012 by David Feng

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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The “Huanopu”: Shanghai’s Very New Chinglish River

Posted on 31 October 2011 by David Feng

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 →

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