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Why I Don't Have an English Name Jianshuo, I suggest you to use just WJS to avoid the notorious JS. Pure-letter indentity is also common in English (e.g. JFK). WJS is better than JSW as it is consistent with your domain www.wangjianshuo.com. BTW, do you konw IM Pei? He is a good example who has no English name but is still very famous, which is partialy helped by his Chinese name. I believe that WJS can also be a well-known brand. |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name WilliamW, thanks for your indication. It forced me to have a study on Japanese media. I found that Kanji is still the primary form. There are very rare cases of katakana only version for Chinese names(I never found so far). Some are mixed as you indicated. However, most media and offical sites use Kanjin only version. For example: Embbasy of Japan in China http://www.cn.emb-japan.go.jp/jp/2nd%20tier/05jckankei/j-c040611j.htm Mainchi-MSN http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/kokusai/asia/taiwan/news/20040803ddm007030066000c.html NiKKEI http://www.nikkei.co.jp/china/taiwan/20040525c575p014_25.html Asahi http://www.asahi.com/international/jinmin/TKY200408040272.html 胡錦濤 http://www.asahi.com/international/jinmin/TKY200408070216.html 王在希,陳水扁 Asahi is the site using katakana most frequently. I also found that katakana is used only once in one article(if the name appear for the second time, it is Kanji only). I guess that it is used to help pronunce in case the reader can not speak it out in Kanji pronunciation (as you know, more and more younger Japanese are unable to read Kanji). If I remember correctly, there was no such a katakana form for Chinese names on Japanese publications 20 years ago. |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name WilliamW, it seems your statement is wrong. In Japanese, Chinese names remain their original form, i.e. Kanji alone. It is same for Japanese names in Chinese language. It is easy to distinguish Chinese and Japanese names by surnames and number of characters. Most Chinese names are 2-3 characters while Japanese names are 4-6 characters. Please visit the Japanese site for detailed usage: www.asahi.com bigbro, your first post makes some point on explain why Chinese use English names more popular than others. Yes, maybe Chinese see names in a more flexible way than others. But I still think the argument is not very strong. Alternate naming is only an ancient heritage, which ancient Japanese also have (though not as much as Chinese). For modern people, I don't find much influence and link from it. Instead, I find that Chinese people has kept much less traditions than Japanese, Indians, Malays, Arabics etc. This may be the true reason! |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name Regarding reasons stated by Karina and Lance, I don't think they make point. There are pros and cons for English and Chinese names. I can list a lot of advantages of Chinese names as well. Would you please explain: 1. Why almost all Indians(including immigrants) do not use English names(the 'high language'), although India was British colony too and English was the official language(similar to Hong Kong)? 2. Why most Japanses including Akio Morita and younger generations do not care about his/her sex being mis-identified by western people? |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name My question is still unanswered. Actually it has been a question in my mind for many years. I met many Japanese and Indians and I was very surprised that NONE of them use English names. But most Chinese at similar age and similar position have. In China, it is very popular that Chinese call other's English names even in "pure Chinese" conversations and within China. In fact, you will find that usages of Chinese people's English names and usage of foreigner's Chinese name are very different. I never saw foreigners use Chinese names when they talk to their people in their language. Is it unique for Chinese (especially Taiwan and Hong Kong) to use English names in their own country and when use their own language? Any similar cases in other country? For immigrants, I fully understand the reasons as stated in some of above posts. But still no one answered why most Japanese/.../Indian immigrants insist to use their original names given by their parents(not like most Chinese). |
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Why I Don't Have an English Name I found that most Indian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic, African... people do not use English names. Why is it so popular among Chinese? It is a quite unique and interesting culture phenomenon. Any idea? |
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Exciting Shanghai Night Life Lance, most of local people do not go to above places does not mean they do not have their own nightlife. It depends on how nightlife is defined. In fact, they go to other places where Western people rarely go. For example: - KaraOK "Hall"s. There are some large halls such as the famous "Qian Gui". - Tea Houses (for example, the "Yuan Yuan Yuan"). Young people often spend their after-work hours there playing cards till very late. - "Grand Bathroom"s. As you can imagine, people go there not only for bath. Don't worry, they are even very suitable for children and families. The shopping mall-like "grand bathroom" is a unique place which has almost all facilities you want - bath, dinner, sleep, swiming and bowling, watching show etc. BUT, when you doing these, you have to leave all your clothes in the store box. - Internet Cafe. They are getting larger and more comfortable. Some Internet Cafes have hundreds of seats and each occupies a large space. Young people go there to play online games, chatting and surfing. You can also meet firends, drink or even sleep there. Unfortunately, Chinese government has banned after-midnight operations. |
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Wireless (WiFi) Hot Spots in Shanghai Shanghai free hotspots http://www.scitrixcn.com/wireless/freewifispots.html |
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Websites About Shanghai why you forget to mention danwashburn.com? |
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Micropayment with Mobile SMS in China hi im chen..i got friend at malaysia, she can receipt my sms but when she replied to me . i cannot get it , why? of course , she was succed to send it out. teach me how to do it, thanks! |