Coming Soon…one of China’s best reality TV game show the Amazing Race – China Rush !
20 foreigners (10 teams of 2) will be followed across 12 cities in China until the beginning of June for a prize yet to be revealed…but does the award really matter when you just travel for free across China and have the best time with your buddy?
The show produced by Flyfilms will be aired on SMG’s International Channel Shanghai (ICS) this summer, but I can’t wait to already tell you that the starting city is Shanghai and that the hottest team is Rae & Charlie – see their applying video below (on Youtube)
France is surfing on its langman (romantic) wave with its World Expo 6000 square meters pavilion named The Sensual City.
Surrounded by water, with a French garden inside, the Sensual City designed by Jacques Ferrier Architect will introduce France through the 7 Chinese senses..Orsay Museum will also lend 7 master pieces to the pavilion.
The coming of World Expo in Shanghai is not only bringing joys such as the multiplication of construction sites. It is also a time where the government takes serious decisions : lately, Chinese authorities decided to kill Chinglish. For those who don’t know what that is, well the answer is in the name itself : Chinglish = Chinese + English, a mysterious mixed child that was born in China with the apparition of English names in an attempt to translate signalization and restaurant menus. So, is Chinglish really threatened?
I do not fear for its death, because this beautiful and unique “english words meet chinese grammar” phenomenon could not be cleaned out even if every single misspelled roadsigns were to be replaced – which would take a long time and be very expensive too.Who would do it anyway and how?
Even if it was to disappear off the streets of China it has a already a virtual life of its own, 8000+ members group on Facebook, thousands of pictures witnessing its existence on Flickr and now a real buzz on the net.
Why is Chinglish so popular? Well, maybe because we all make mistakes and there is something incredibly cute in this awkwardness. It is not about mockery even though there must be something satisfying as a Foreigner living in China to face the reversed situation : being able to spot incorrect spelling in a country where you are reminded constantly how far you from speaking correctly Chinese. People who really speak Chinese dedicated a LOT of time to learn it and know what I’m talking about.
As for myself, Chinglish really makes me smile, often when least expected. Lately, in a very stressful situation in which I was inquiring if my last love-at-the-first-sight-dress was ready to be picked up at my favorite shop, I received a text message from the store owner “No porbom”.
Who can make you smile and laugh like that everyday ?
