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Chinese Characters 2007-08-14 08:57:15 About Chinese Characters A Chinese character is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. A complete writing system in Chinese characters appeared in China 3200 years ago during the Shang dynasty, making it what is believed to be the oldest “surviving� writing system. However, as the symbols used are predominantly pictographs, the linkages to the modern Chinese writing system would be decipherable only to linguistic archaeologists. The oracle bone inscriptions were discovered at what is now called the Yin Ruins near Anyang city in 1899. Sumerian cuneiform is currently regarded as being the oldest known writing system having originated about 3200 B.C. In a 2003 archeological dig at Jiahu in Henan province in western China, various Neolithic signs were found inscribed on tortoise shells which date back as early as the 7th millennium BC, and may represent possible precursors of the Chinese script, although there has been no link establis ...

Chinese Festivals -The Traditional Chinese holidays have been part of Chinese tradition for thousands of years 2007-08-14 08:51:10 The Traditional Chinese holidays have been part of Chinese tradition for thousands of years; they are an essential part of Chinese culture. Many holidays are associated with Chinese mythology and folklore tales, but more realistically, they probably originated from ancient farmer rituals for celebrating harvests or prayer offerings.The most important Chinese holiday is the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival); it is also celebrated in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, and other Asian countries. All traditional holidays are scheduled according to the Chinese calendar (except the Ching Ming and Winter Solstice days, falling on the respective Jie qi in the Agricultural calendar). The traditional holidays are also part of modern holidays in China. Date English Name Chinese Name Remarks Last day of 12th lunar month Chinese New Year Eve dodado ?????? Cleaning the house, putting up new posters of “door gods” on front doors, fireworks before the family union dinner, ...

Olympic families: ‘Good luck’, Qingdao! (photo attached) 2007-08-13 11:03:12 The African family member wrote wishes to Qingdao (Qingdao, August 12) — “Beijing, Hong Kong, and Qingdao!” The ten winning families arrived at their final destination of China Tour, Qindaodao of Shandong province on Sunday. Sailing, another distinctive Olympic sport competition has been here waiting for them. Known as the pre-Olympic sailing event, the “Good Luck Beijing 2007 Qingdao International Regatta” unveiled at the coastal city on Sunday night. The ten families were invited to attend the opening ceremoy. During the ceremony, family members wrote their best wishes to the city, and they are getting ready for anther fantastic tour here in Qindao. ...

07′ Beijing Forum on Translation Corpus and Education to be held 2007-08-13 11:00:43 The 07′ Beijing Forum on Translation Corpus and Education will be held in Beijing from Aug. 17 to Aug. 19, Beijing News reported here Monday.This forum, jointly held by the Training Center of China International Publishing Group (CIPG) and Monterey Institute of International Studies, is the first international summit on translation education in China. Participants will discuss topics including translation education, translator and interpreter training for the Olympic Game. According to early report by Beijing Daily, China has 300,000 professional translators and interpreters, of which over one-fourth are living in Beijing. It also said 10,000 sports translators and interpreters are needed for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Numerous famous translation experts from Monterey Institute, International Permanent Conference of University Institutes of Translators and Interpreters will attend the forum. ...

Making the Olympics more harmonious 2007-08-13 10:59:01 After two years of hard work and inspiration, composer Giorgio Moroder and his friend, Shanghainese pianist Kong Xiangdong, have completed the song “Forever Friends,” their offering for the theme song of the 2008 Olympic Games.Moroder, who composed the themes for the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games and the 1990 World Cup, will introduce the work at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday in a special Olympics program on CCTV. Chinese singers Wang Feng and Sun Yue with Hong Kong artists Eason Chan and Yoey Yung will combine later to perform “Forever Friends” at the Beijing Olympics one-year countdown at Tian’anmen Square on Wednesday. “You’ll find typical Chinese elements in this song,” said Kong who believes a successful Olympic song should be one that can be accepted and sung widely - like “Hand in Hand” the theme song of the 1988 Olympics. ...

BEIJING 2008: Rogge in Hong Kong 2007-08-13 10:56:56 IOC President Jacques Rogge with Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, FEI President. Credit : Ian Jones The IOC President, Jacques Rogge, was in Hong Kong this weekend and took the opportunity to get a first-hand look at the Beas River Cross Country Course, where the cross country portion of the Good Luck Beijing HKSAR 10th Anniversary Celebration Invitation Cup Eventing Competition was taking place, and where the cross country events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games will also be held. During his stay, the IOC President also met with members of the Hong Kong Sports Community, with a High Official of the HKSAR Government and with a group of local sports media. Good Luck Beijing The Good Luck Beijing HKSAR 10th Anniversary Celebration Invitation Cup Eventing Competition ran from 11 to 13 August 2007 and gave the Organisers of the Beijing Olympic Games the opportunity to test the new equestrian venues in Hong Kong and some operational aspects of their planning with the Games just under one ye ...

Rogge joins ethnic Chinese dancers (photos attached) 2007-08-13 10:54:51 Photo credit: China Foto Press (BEIJING, August 12) — Jacques Rogge, president of International Olympic Committee spent a happy moment on Saturday with a group of people from a national minority in Yunnan Province. The hospitable Sani, a branch of the Yi Nationality, treated Rogge and his wife to a musical performance at the Stone Forest, a famous tourist attraction, which is a three-hour drive from Kunming, the capital of the province. The Sani people not only played a three-stringed plucked instrument called Sanxian, but also danced. Replying to a question from Mr. Rogge, a man in his fifties said they danced to do physical exercise and to express their warm feelings towards their distinguished guest. Touched by his words, Rogge and his party stepped forward to join them and said “It’s wonderful!” Photo credit: China Foto Press Photo credit: China Foto Press Photo credit: China Foto Press Photo credit: China Foto Press ...

Michael Vesper: The final 360 days will be very successful (photos attached) 2007-08-13 10:52:30 Michael Vesper, Director General of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (BEIJING, August 13) — Dr. Michael Vesper, Director General of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), recently in Beijing to attend a conference of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Delegation leaders, took time out of his busy schedule to speak with the official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. On this visit, Dr. Vesper, who is Germany’s Chef de Mission for the upcoming Games, toured most of the Olympic venues and reviewed the situation with the traffic, environment, etc. During the interview, Dr. Vesper wished BOCOG and the Olympics Games in Beijing in 2008 much success and expressed confidence that “the 360 days up to the opening ceremony will be very successful.” A bigger challenge than the World Cup Germany hosted the FIFA World Cup in 2006 with all-around commendations from the participating countries. While the World Cup and Olympic Games are both major international sp ...

Yahoo president snaps up $1.1M in stock 2007-08-13 07:13:04  Yahoo Inc. President Susan Decker purchased about $1.1 million of the Internet company’s shares this week just after the stock hit a three-year low.In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week, Decker revealed she had purchased about 47,000 shares of the company on Aug. 7 and Aug. 8. The buy was Decker’s first ever open-market stock purchase, according to filing tracker InsiderScore.com, and came one-day after the stock fell to $22.44 - its lowest level since March 2004. Decker’s buy was “just the fourth by any Yahoo insider in more than four years; and, the largest by any Yahoo insider in more than four years,” InsiderScore analysts wrote in a research note Friday. “The buy also bucks a trend in the technology sector, where insiders have been sitting out the recent buying binge.” Most of Decker’s holdings in the company have been acquired through restricted stock awards. She now holds about 424,700 shares of the compan ... President  Yahoo

How to get an international job 2007-08-13 07:09:04 (Fortune) — Dear Annie: I’ve always loved to travel - my dad is British and my mom is Israeli, so I grew up traveling extensively in Europe and Africa. I also speak 3 languages. I’ll be graduating from college in January and, since “global” is the big buzzword in business these days, I want to find some kind of international job. But where do I start? Should I go through a job-search agency? -Ari Dear Ari: Your love of travel may serve you well in your job hunt — or then again, it may not matter. Katharine Brooks, director of liberal arts career services at the University of Texas at Austin, has spent the past 20 years researching the international job market and advising hopefuls such as yourself. “It surprises lots of people to learn that about 80% of international jobs — that is, jobs with American employers that require you to deal extensively with other countries — are located in the U.S.,” she notes. Banks, import-export ...

Stocks ready to rebound 2007-08-13 07:05:40 Stocks ready to rebound U.S. markets poised to open higher as investors gingerly step back in after last week’s selloff. August 13 2007: 7:32 AM EDT NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — U.S. stocks are likely to open higher Monday after credit fears caused global markets to swoon last week. At 7:28 a.m. ET, Nasdaq and S&P futures were off their highs, but still pointing to gains at the start of trading. Video More video Christine Romans reports on the mortgage market concerns that are roiling the credit and stock markets and what it means Play video Growing alarm over tightening credit sent Wall Street in a tailspin at the end of last week, and overseas markets followed in step. But some calm appears to have returned after central banks injected money into cash markets last week. In Asia, markets rose, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index up 0.2 percent (correct). Major European markets also advanced in morning trading. Troubles in the credit market, initially triggered by bad ho ...

Survey: Gas prices drop a dimev 2007-08-13 07:01:38 Survey: Gas prices drop a dime Average price for self-serve regular slips to $2.78 per gallon, but decline may be over as wholesale prices are on the rise. Gas prices fell 10.72 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.78 per gallon of self-serve regular, according to a national survey. That brings the total decrease to more than 28 cents per gallon over the four weeks ending Friday, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey, which tallies prices at about 5,000 gas stations. Video More video Biodiesel is all the rage today. Two companies in New York City turn used cooking oil into fuel and give underprivileged men an opportunity to work. Play video Gas prices have slid more than 40 cents since May 18, when they peaked at $3.18 per gallon. Why oil won’t hit $100 In the latest survey, St. Louis drivers paid the least, at $2.52 per gallon of self-serve regular, and Chicago drivers paid the most, at $3.15 per gallon. Lundberg attributed recent price cuts to increased produ ...

The Olympic Flag 2007-08-12 05:32:22 The Olympic Flag ?On the Olympic flag, the rings appear on a white background. The flag reinforces the idea of the Olympic Movement’s universality, as it brings together all the countries of the world. Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, explains the meaning of the flag: “The Olympic flag […] has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red […] This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.” (1931) Textes choisis II, p.470. Combined in this way, the six colours of the flag (including the white of the background) represent all nations. It is wrong, therefore, to believe that each of the colours cor-responds to a certain continent ! At the Olympic Games, the flag is brought into the stadium during the opening ceremony. Since th ...

Get up close to the Olympics (photo attached) 2007-08-12 05:30:46 (BEIJING, August 10) — 700 pieces of rare Olympic treasures are now being displayed in the China International Exhibition Center, arousing huge interest in the capital’s citizens. With actual pieces, pictures, and videos, the exhibition vividly presents the extraordinary history of the Olympic movement in China and its hundred years of development. Duplicates of the torches, medals and other objects once used in the Games attract the biggest crowds, with many admirers holding up a torch or touching a medal, and pulling out their cameras to record the precious and exciting moment. The organizers have also arranged a special interactive section for visitors. By pressing the multi-media terminal, your electronic handprint will immediately be sent to a computer. Then, “You are the X person to make a commitment to the Olympics” will appear on the screen. Visitors who use this terminal will leave their handprints to express their good wishes and blessings for the Ol ...

Beijing to test traffic’s impact on air quality 2007-08-12 05:29:36 (BEIJING, August 10) — Beijing plans to cut the number of vehicles on the roads by 1.3 million in a four-day test to ease traffic congestion and see how much the air quality changes, officials announced on Friday. From 17-20 August, in the midst of the Good Luck Beijing sports events, the municipal government will take restrictive measures and collect data on the interrelation between the emission cut and air quality improvement, thus accumulating experience to ensure a favorable environment for next summer’s Olympic Games, Du Shaozhong, spokesman for the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureasu told a press conference at Beijing Olympic Media Center. During the period, 70 percent of government and enterprise-owned vehicles will be ordered off the roads, and personal vehicles must follow the license plate system: on August 17 and 19 (Friday and Sunday) only vehicles with a licensed plate number ending with an odd numeral will be allowed on the roads, and on August 18 and ...