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Sunday, 20th May 2012

Irish Born Chinese

Chinese may make it to Leaving Cert, but no plans yet

I saw this a couple of days ago: 

Still no sign of plans to have it for the Leaving though. At least it's going to be part of Junior Cert and transition year programme. Let's hope we don't fall behind other countries though.

I'm attending beginner's Mandarin class with my husband. And for your information, I'm Irish born Chinese and my husband's Irish. And it was interesting to hear the reasons why the other people are learning Mandarin. The main reason is to improve their job prospects, hoping this would a start to do business in China. 

The New Irish on RTÉ

Has anyone seen this? Only saw it in the listings just now.It's about a Chinese family in the south of Dublin. It's the 2nd programme, ...

Eligibility date to claim HK$6,000 is end of March

Be sure to check out "Scheme HK$6,000" website for more information if you are a Hong Kong citizen, especially those citizens overseas. There's a form ...

No more Chinglish menus in Beijing restaurants

Chinglish is being removed from Chinese menus in Beijing. There are some really funny examples in that article though. Do we have to go elsewhere ...

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An Irish school girl's experience learning Mandarin This is so nice to see that even if schools are not providing Mandarin as a foreign language to teach at school (mainly because it's ...
An important day for the Chinese Gardaí I wonder if the Chinese Gardaí met the Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping? They were stationed at Dublin castle during the visit.
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Lemonade, HSBC and a bit of Cantonese to boot A HSBC commercial and was surprised Cantonese was spoken.
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Should Dublin have a Chinatown? Part II I’ve been asked to extend my thoughts on the article about the debate about setting up a Chinatown in Dublin.
[Chinese New Year] Ken Hom cooking Chicken and Black Bean Noodles This was on TV3's website, it's the early morning show. And it's Ken Hom showing you how to make chicken and black bean noodles.
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