Non-specialists may find the following study to be delightfully confusing. Here’s the citation, and a snippet from the whole thing. (Click on the image to see an enlargement of it. Click on the title link to obtain a copy of the entire article.): “A Study of Chinese-English Code-switching in Chinese Sports News Reports,” Chun-xuan Shen, […]
Tag: Chinese
A multi-level documentary about Melbourne
The documentary film “This is Melbourne… Wow!“, by Cameron Cairns, presents information about a city called Melbourne, which is in Australia. The information is presented on two levels. [vimeo]14757932[/vimeo] (HT Carl Pilber) BONUS: “Away From It All“
Irrational Torque Technique of Hammer Throwers
This study explains that the technique of certain hammer throwers is irrational. Below the citation, you can see a video about the comparatively rational techniques of Soviet hammer throwers. “Kinematical Research on the Whole Pace and the Features of the Kip and Knee of the Throwing Technique of Chinese Elite Female Hammer Throwers,” Zhang Jinyi, […]
Problems and Solutions in Chinese Pickles
Today: Part 2 in our Problems with Chinese Pickles Series (click here to revisit part 1). Chinese pickles are, as the title of this series strongly implies, not always without problems. The situation is far from intractable, as one sees in this study: “Problems Existing in Sichuan Pickles and Solving Measures” Tai-jian Hu, Guo-bing Li, […]