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You'd be surprised at the level of English the Chinese kids are at. It kind of shames the Taiwanese kids who have been exposed to English for much longer. Of course Hong Kongers will always be the top English speakers of the Chinese world (apart from foreign born Chinese). Read more

Mandarin is spoken - When it's written it's just Chinese. Very odd no? Read more

I recommend just coming to China and enrolling in language school. It works better than Rosetta Stone, and you get to experience China. More bang for your buck. Read more

Can't say that I have, would love to go. I hear good things and bad things but mostly good. Read more

One thing to note is that companies in China are subject to the Chinese government's every whim. Whereas back home in the States, the companies maybe subject to US laws and regulations but they have rights that they can use to protect themselves. Read more

Unfortunately this post was mostly a translation but you hit the nail on the head. One of the things I've noticed is indeed just that. The industry has begun moving towards safe rather than innovative and that can said as a problem for all of China. Read more

I'm looking for that story too!! great minds think alike no? Read more

Oop! It looks like I clicked the wrong poster to reply to! I meant to reply to KingHippo's comment =]. Read more

We didn't make the images above! Those were provided by the company. We also have the picture Engadget used. I called the guy in Shenzhen and talked with him for about an hour, he sent us an XLS with all the games and their descriptions with screen shots, some of it really does look like Kinect shots. When I asked, he Read more

Hmmm. good point, you can't really rule anything out in China, but yeah FYI loads of Chinese that don't look like Chinese running around =] Read more

China's got loads of "ethnic minorities". There are Chinese who are part of the Kzakh and Uyghur minority groups that look like you're average Caucasian American or European. Read more

They were phased out of Beijing around 2010, the last one I saw was down by Fengtai about a year ago =[. They're still about in some cities like Kunming, though I haven't been down there yet. Read more

While porn is illegal, and porn sites have been blocked by the great firewall, recent events have lead to porn sites being accessible from within China! Read more

hey no worries, I loved that game myself. What did you think of the post? Read more

save the stupid PvZ machine didn't have tickets... there was a ticket slot where supposed tickets could come out, but none came. Read more

The angry birds was odd. You shot at the birds >_> Read more

See, I actually really liked the G1, there was something "wow" about the push-up screen factor! Read more