Tag: language

• (via Required Reading)

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  18/06/2014

  Work

  english, language, letter distribution

• China’s media watchdog has requested all TV and radio presenters to speak standard Putonghua without using any dialects, slang, or foreign languages in programs, except for some special concessions. The State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of China issued a notice, saying that presenters should take the lead in promoting the…

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  13/01/2014

  Work

  china, dialect, language, putonghua, television

• My response to Nick Bilton on “Hey, ‘Friend,’ Do You ‘Like’ My Sad Story?”

  Today, the NYT’s Nick Bilton writes: I recently “liked” a story about five people dying in an explosion in Connecticut. I didn’t actually “like” the fact that five people had died in a terrible accident. Technically, I didn’t even “like” the story — I found the reporting and writing informative and the narrative engrossing, but…

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  08/03/2010

  Human rights, Journalism, Technology, Work

  Hub, language, Nick Bilton, NYT, preferences, social media, web design, WITNESS