Comments on: Tell me what you read, and I will tell you what you are. http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/ Chinese in English Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: lopa http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-1031 lopa Fri, 30 May 2008 11:11:31 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-1031 bla bla bla...............hahahahhaha bla bla bla...............hahahahhaha

]]> By: Greg http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-960 Greg Wed, 21 May 2008 18:03:25 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-960 Hey hey guys, you`re doing great spelling english, it`s so nice for me to understand you, and not to read something like Превед Медвед )) Hey hey guys, you`re doing great spelling english, it`s so nice for me to understand you, and not to read something like Превед Медвед ))

]]> By: Aw Guo http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-492 Aw Guo Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:04:58 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-492 The Americans really knows little about China. When I talked to a blogger in CA, he just told me that the only thing he knew about this country is tons of stuff are outsourcing to China. Somehow, we can tell the world a REAL life, a REAL China. The Americans really knows little about China. When I talked to a blogger in CA, he just told me that the only thing he knew about this country is tons of stuff are outsourcing to China.
Somehow, we can tell the world a REAL life, a REAL China.

]]> By: Cat Chen http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-491 Cat Chen Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:57:04 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-491 Cool! Finally we meet some guys with a different culture background. Cool! Finally we meet some guys with a different culture background.

]]> By: Elliott Ng http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-489 Elliott Ng Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:59:33 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-489 I have found ifgogo incredibly interesting. I am a Chinese-American born in the US. So I am ethnically Chinese but consider myself American. (In my experience, I have found that it is hard for some Chinese to understand, because the concept of nationality is a little different for Chinese people than for the US, where there are people from so many places and is truly a nation of immigrants. Some people are a little freaked out when they realize that this Chinese guy doesn't speak Chinese!) Just between you, me, the ifgogo community, and the entire Google index, my Chinese is not so great :), so ifgogo is a great place for me to connect with the Chinese blogosphere to learn more about this exciting generation of people born in the 70s and 80s, after the country opened up. Today, there is a one-way mirror between the US and the rest of the world. Everyone can see in--through movies, TV shows (Prison Break, Lost, 24, Friends, Desperate Housewives, etc.)--but no one in the US really can see out. Partly that is because most Americans don't know Chinese or other foreign languages, partly because Americans have no need to look outside. But I think that during this next 20 years, things will change dramatically. There will be exciting new things for all of us to learn from places all around the world. Ideas will spring forth from places least expected. As Aw said, "globalization rocks!" At least for those who embrace the world with humility, open-mindedness, and a sense of possibility. So Ifgogo can be a community that connects the world with China. Ifgogo can helps foreigners understand the hopes, dreams, fears, and concerns of Chinese people today. This greater global understanding can only be a good thing for all of us. As a foreigner, I see Ifgogo as representative of China today--full of energy, passion and potential; unsure about which course it will take; experimenting with different models; learning from the West but then carving out its own path; powered by a globally aware generation that seeks to connect with others around the world. As one social theorist once said, "the philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point is to change it." So count me in as a sympathetic fellow traveler on your journey to interpret and change the world! I have found ifgogo incredibly interesting. I am a Chinese-American born in the US. So I am ethnically Chinese but consider myself American. (In my experience, I have found that it is hard for some Chinese to understand, because the concept of nationality is a little different for Chinese people than for the US, where there are people from so many places and is truly a nation of immigrants. Some people are a little freaked out when they realize that this Chinese guy doesn't speak Chinese!) Just between you, me, the ifgogo community, and the entire Google index, my Chinese is not so great :), so ifgogo is a great place for me to connect with the Chinese blogosphere to learn more about this exciting generation of people born in the 70s and 80s, after the country opened up.

Today, there is a one-way mirror between the US and the rest of the world. Everyone can see in--through movies, TV shows (Prison Break, Lost, 24, Friends, Desperate Housewives, etc.)--but no one in the US really can see out. Partly that is because most Americans don't know Chinese or other foreign languages, partly because Americans have no need to look outside.

But I think that during this next 20 years, things will change dramatically. There will be exciting new things for all of us to learn from places all around the world. Ideas will spring forth from places least expected. As Aw said, "globalization rocks!" At least for those who embrace the world with humility, open-mindedness, and a sense of possibility.

So Ifgogo can be a community that connects the world with China. Ifgogo can helps foreigners understand the hopes, dreams, fears, and concerns of Chinese people today. This greater global understanding can only be a good thing for all of us.

As a foreigner, I see Ifgogo as representative of China today--full of energy, passion and potential; unsure about which course it will take; experimenting with different models; learning from the West but then carving out its own path; powered by a globally aware generation that seeks to connect with others around the world. As one social theorist once said, "the philosophers have only interpreted the world, the point is to change it." So count me in as a sympathetic fellow traveler on your journey to interpret and change the world!

]]> By: Cat Chen http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-253 Cat Chen Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:10:27 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-253 If you wanna get to know more about Chinese culture, you may: 1.Read some historical documents, like My Country and My People. 2.Go to places where Chinese culture has a higher survival rate, like Hong Kong or Taiwan. Just some personal suggestions. But I don't think you can find much Chinese culture in mainland, at least not as much as in Hong Kong or Taiwan, or as in documents. If you wanna get to know more about Chinese culture, you may:
1.Read some historical documents, like My Country and My People.
2.Go to places where Chinese culture has a higher survival rate, like Hong Kong or Taiwan.

Just some personal suggestions. But I don't think you can find much Chinese culture in mainland, at least not as much as in Hong Kong or Taiwan, or as in documents.

]]> By: Fan http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-252 Fan Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:19:31 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-252 What kind of a person a Chinese should be, seriously? I am Chinese, legally, but I was really confused when I tried to figure out the cultural characteristics of Chinese people, the so called traditional virtues are so vulnerable in reality, and what is Chinese culture after all ? What kind of a person a Chinese should be, seriously?

I am Chinese, legally, but I was really confused when I tried to figure out the cultural characteristics of Chinese people,

the so called traditional virtues are so vulnerable in reality, and what is Chinese culture after all ?

]]> By: realdodo http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-245 realdodo Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:17:21 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-245 Maybe you could try to block the comment including non-ascii words on server... :P However, it's up to you to choose whether to do it. :) Maybe you could try to block the comment including non-ascii words on server... :P

However, it's up to you to choose whether to do it. :)

]]> By: realdodo http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-244 realdodo Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:15:19 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-244 We could let foreigner know Chinese culture better. Huh, a great task, right? :) We could let foreigner know Chinese culture better. Huh, a great task, right? :)

]]> By: F http://www.ifgogo.com/23/tell-me-what-you-read-and-i-will-tell-you-what-you-are/#comment-241 F Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:23:51 +0000 http://www.ifgogo.com/23/catchen/#comment-241 I'm also expecting diversified answers:) I'm also expecting diversified answers:)

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