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1. News - China - YANGTZE BRIEFING

   Revered and reviled, Shanghai dialect is making a comeback among youth

   Posted Feb 09th 2013, 12:00am by Daniel Ren

   ... News China Shanghai dialect Putonghua local dialect Daniel Ren City's educated youths are rediscovering the linguistic heritage of their haughty local tongue Even as Shanghai strives to be a more international city, locals insist that its unique dialect must be saved to preserve its cultural identity. Pessimistic linguists and cultural experts have warned that Shanghainese, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1146286/revered-and-reviled-shanghai-dialect-making-comeback-among-youth
2. Fast track to 'ni hao' know-how

   Posted Feb 12th 2012, 12:00am

   ... that enrolling their children in local schools - where little or no English is spoken - would be the best way for them to learn Chinese. The youngsters were bewildered at first but quickly adapted. Nik, ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/992402/fast-track-ni-hao-know-how
3. Valuable lessons in Putonghua

   Posted May 30th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Justin Downes decided to move his 13-year-old daughter Hayley from the Beijing City International School to a local school, the prosaically named Beijing Number 55 Middle School. ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/969115/valuable-lessons-putonghua
4. Ex-librarian struggles to save Zhuji dialect from extinction

   Posted Apr 02nd 2006, 12:00am by Celine Sun

   ... Culture Standard Mandarin Chinese Dialects Linguistics Celine Sun Retired Zhejiang librarian Yang Shian has made a virtue of listening in on other people's conversations. The former ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/543090/ex-librarian-struggles-save-zhuji-dialect-extinction
5. News - China - TRANSPORT

   Guangzhou closer to ban on non-local cars in rush hours

   Posted Apr 20th 2013, 12:00am by He Huifeng

   ... News China Guangzhou non-local cars He Huifeng huifeng.he@scmp.com Officials agree to rush-hour curbs to ease jams and improve air quality, despite some opposition Guangzhou moved a step closer yesterday to banning non-local cars from entering the city in rush hours. Most citizen groups at a public hearing agreed to proposed restrictions, but some businesspeople in the Pearl ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1218689/guangzhou-closer-ban-non-local-cars-rush-hours
6. Our first year was tough: principal

   Posted Oct 31st 2007, 12:00am by Mimi Lau

   ... could be solved by using the right teaching methods. However, Ms Tong said she feared that language ability of local teachers was responsible for the slow pace of the territory-wide adoption ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/613703/our-first-year-was-tough-principal
7. A diversity of Chinese tongues and dialects stretching back 6,000 years

   Posted Oct 20th 2007, 12:00am by Will Clem

   ... Culture Chinese University Chinese Dialects Languages of Asia Will Clem The linguistic diversity of China's dialects and minority languages serve as a window on 6,000 years of development, according to a leading local researcher into language evolution. 'There are probably several hundred languages in China,' said William Wang Shi-yuan, head of Chinese ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/612234/diversity-chinese-tongues-and-dialects-stretching-back-6000-years
8. Zhejiang jails four Taiwanese for spying

   Posted Dec 29th 2004, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... from Taipei county, had been active in cities such as Ningbo, Hangzhou and Zhoushan and had recruited a local man - identified as Jin Shiyong - to work for him. Both Pei and Jin were arrested ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/483580/zhejiang-jails-four-taiwanese-spying
9. Shanghainese welcome bid to revive dialect

   Posted Jul 08th 2012, 12:00am

   ... understanding of local culture.' Wan believes his grasp of Shanghainese eases communication with native residents. 'But I should say in such an environment where the dialect ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/1006196/shanghainese-welcome-bid-revive-dialect
10. WORD PLAY

    Posted Aug 19th 2006, 12:00am by Helen Leavey

    ... Education Standard Mandarin Mandarin Chinese Chinese Dialects Journalist Helen Leavey takes Putonghua classes with farmers and housewives and discovers that learning the language ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/560813/word-play

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