Recent Posts Tagged With 'education'

• Top 10 Reasons to Learn Cantonese

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 21:19 in education, society, learning, cantonese

  Source: Due-EastA friend of mine just sent me a link to a New York Times article about how Cantonese is slowly dying out in New York’s Chinatown. I couldn’t help but get a little sad reading it. Sure, it’s a ridiculously difficult language to l...

• DNA tests for Chinese children

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 13:22 in education, Culture, kids, china

  Embedded video from CNN VideoThere's good and bad in this. This would put alot of pressure on kids at a young age to be either sporty, musical,or a brain. That's what China needs, more 8 year old gymnasts in the Olympics :)On the good side it does gi...

• Animated Short: Water Brain

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 13:19 in education, school, china, society, anime

  A Cartoon produced by students of Guangzhou (Canton) Academy of Art, about how Chinese middle school students suffer from the work load. In our six years of middle school studies, we study Chinese, maths, English, geography, physics, politics, histor...

• Chinese universities faking employment rates to boost ratings

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 19:53 in education, china, Government, lying, asinine

  Source: Canada.comSome Chinese universities appear to be faking employment rates among their graduates in an effort to keep their own ratings high in these economic hard times.On Tuesday, the official China Daily confirmed the Internet buzz that some...

• Chinese Parents Caught Cheating For Their Kids

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 21:56 in education, china, cheating

  Source: UPI AsiaCheating has become a prevalent feature of Chinese society, ranging from fake foods and medicines; fake identity cards, bank cards and credit cards; imitation products in violation of copyrights; scams sent via mobile phone text messa...

• 57% of 20-Somethings Ignorant of Korean War

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 14:18 in politics, education, Culture, Korea, history

  Source: Korea TimesFifty-nine years after the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, nearly four in 10 South Koreans aren't familiar with the tragic fratricidal war, according to a recent survey.A survey of 1,000 adults over 19, conducted by the Ministr...

• Sake Education Show

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 22:16 in education, Culture, health, japan, Wine

  Source: Wine Library TVHere is a show about the most underappreciated wine of them all. SAKE!Alot of background in the first part, taste testing and details in the second part.Youtube LinkYoutube LinkLove Gary's stuff always bring so much energy and ...

• China detains 40 over exam cheating: state media

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 13:31 in education, china, cheating, crime

  Source: Yahoo!Chinese police have detained 40 people in multiple cases of alleged high-tech cheating on the country's make-or-break university entrance exams, state media reported.In north Shanxi province, six people were detained for allegedly selli...

• Man, 96, graduates on same day as grandson

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 12:37 in education, china, society, acheivement

  Source: AnanovaA 96-year-old Taiwanese man who enrolled for university to set an example for his grandson has graduated with a master's degree. Chao Muhe, 96, and grandson Zhao Shuangzhan, 32, graduated on the same day, reports IC Media.Chao, a retir...

• Internet is Evil: We shock you into therapy!

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 22:40 in education, china, Government, asinine

  Source: China.orgElectroshock therapy is being administered to youngsters at a controversial Internet addiction clinic where patients are "reborn".More than 3,000 youths have been tricked or forced in to a four-month program run by Dr Yang Yongxin at...