characters

www.chengduliving.com — Ever wanted to read Chinese without actually taking the time to learn it? This is the tool for you. Hope you have or are planning on getting an iPhone.

www.sinosplice.com — John comes up with another great post about creative art using Chinese characters. I'm not sure who has the free time to create these, but I think they're pretty cool.

www.lostlaowai.com — If you ask me for a “beizi” and there is a cup 杯子 bēizi and a blanket 被子 bèizi on the table, I won’t know which one to give you. When I’m sick, I ask my friends to bring me soup 汤 tāng, but they always bring me candy 糖 táng instead and then tell me I should eat something healthier.

blog.friday-nite.com — He’s been called 赵C (Zhao C) ever since he was born 23 years ago, but now Mr Zhao has been ordered to change his name by authorities. The reason given is that “C” is not a Chinese character and is causing problems for the new Chinese identity card system which can only deal with Chinese characters.

washingtonbureau.typepad.com — It happens all the time to dumb people who get tattoos of Chinese characters without doing research, but when a leading science and technology journal prints Chinese strip club ads instead of beautiful poetry you have to wonder how long the editor will be keeping his job.