1. “Obama to the UN in NY “I’d like to encourage you to do some shopping” China bought 8 banks, 2 car companies, and Wyoming. -Conan O’Brien 9:17 AM Sep 26th
2. @paulvharris RT @BobandKimber: “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” -Chinese Proverb 10:36 AM Sep 25th
3. Gotta Have Coffee: City Weekend Rounds Up 12 Must-tries for Shanghai’s Coffee Lovers http://is.gd/3DvWI Love this magazine. Love this coffee9:55 PM Sep 24th
4. Chinese Ask Foreigners Answer http://is.gd/3BBmV originally from ANGRY CHINESE BLOGGER. here. http://bit.ly/ZKL1B7:32 PM Sep 23rd from web
5. In China you’ve stood on a bus, a subway, but standing on a plane? Rumors of Flight http://bit.ly/ca1gH and AirlineBlog http://bit.ly/pT9o23:07 PM Sep 23rd
6. Woking your way around China is great fun if you’re a foodie http://bit.ly/Y7HOJ “there aren’t any snakes, puppies or rats for sale.”1:24 PM Sep 22nd
7. Museum of Chinese in America opening in NYC http://bit.ly/44bhhh Stories in the Making of USA: history of the Chinese American experience11:47 AM Sep 22nd
8. You’ve heard that Green Tea can help lose weight… but GREEN COFFEE??? http://bit.ly/oqq6Y What is this world coming to??10:40 AM Sep 22nd
9. USA TODAY: More of world’s talented workers opt to leave USA http://bit.ly/UMMC9 “China needs a lot of well-trained personnel” -Wang Baodong10:27 AM Sep 22nd
10. Palin to speak about China in debut speech in Asia http://is.gd/3wyMo 10:16 AM Sep 21st

From other Twits Studying Chinese across the Twitterverse:

1. RT @meimei11 I’m losing motivation in studying mandarin… i’m sorry10:38 AM Sep 24th
2. @lifeinshanghai .. there’s nothing like going back to your flat and knowing that you can always cook proper Western food even in China.10:22 AM Sep 24th
3. RT @pris_la Shanghainese is a scary language.10:21 AM Sep 24th
4. RT @thomas back from two weeks in china and my driving style already resembles a Shanghainese taxi driver.10:04 AM Sep 24th
5. RT @longnu “China is a civilization pretending to be a nation” -Michael Ledeen foreign policy specialist9:34 AM Sep 24th
6. RT @TaiwaneseJenny I have to study Chinese= = (It is super hard= =…)9:24 AM Sep 24th
7. RT @AcidicPlague skipping chinese to study chinese. this is the start of a self defeating prophecy.9:21 AM Sep 24th

Follow Friday Tweets and some great finds:

1. #FollowFriday @haomamablog @justanycmom Two great finds! HaoMaMa teaching Mandarin and English. and NYCmom has Mandarin Teaching company. 2:52 PM Sep 25th
2. #FF @uncoverMandarin Awesome post about the Great Wall of China http://short.to/rosl also great video of David Copperfield going through!10:41 AM Sep 25th

1. Jaeger101 http://yfrog.com/0hd9fj I think I ate bad Chinese food.(via @Travislemanski)1:41 AM Sep 26th Thank you for telling us.  Gross.
   
2. houstonrhines Just found my new place to get great chinese food. Its my secret!!!!!1:16 AM Sep 26th What is it called? Panda South?
   
3. trecomics Deeply disappointed with the Chinese food. The rice was really dry, the meat was like what you get in microwave food. =/1:12 AM Sep 26th Yeah. I can’t stand dry rice.
   
4. iKicKrOcKz 2 day old Chinese food that was sitting in the microwave Hmmmm…12:58 AM Sep 26th DON’T DO IT!  Don’t do it!
   
5. bernzieb had the best chinese food today in the ghettoest part of brampton today.12:57 AM Sep 26th Is GHETTOEST a word today?
   
6. letsmixitup Eating at a Chinese food place and listening to pink….don’t know how I feel about that.1:43 PM Sep 25th I know how I feel about that.  HORRIBLE. But they like PINK in China.
   
7. koalainscotland Home, and very very tired and sleepy. Time to put on comfy clothes and get chinese food…early bed for me!1:43 PM Sep 25th Sounds like a good night.
   
8. StaceyParadise I gorged on chinese food. Now I feel like crap. I never learn.1:40 PM Sep 25th It wasn’t the Chinese food.
   
9. joncorsiglia Chinese food for lunch. Back here shooting random strangers. Fun.1:37 PM Sep 25th Ummmmm.  Strange.  What kind of work do you do?
   
10. ClaireMichelle Panda pants, Chinese food, coffee & an afternoon with my beautiful Claire Bear = goooooood times :):):)1:35 PM Sep 25th I’m sorry, PANDA PANTS??
    
11. oldredcons Right, time for a takeaway. Chinese tonight. Why is it that you always feel hungry an hour after eating Chinese food..??1:35 PM Sep 25th Because Chinese food is so healthy!
12. baddswagg on the computer at school…libary aide!! Haha just got done eating some chinese food..VERY SLEEPY1:30 PM Sep 25th Careful, seems like somebody slipped something into your Chinese food.
13. SuiteW On the hunt for fake Chinese. Food that is.1:28 PM Sep 25th Aaaah.  Yes.  Fake Chinese food.  That’ll be anywhere.
14. OakPark New BlackBerry, new Twitter client, new lease on life. Eating Chinese food with @cubreporter at Szechuan Beijing in Oak Park.1:27 PM Sep 25th “Szechuan Beijing”…ha ha ha ha that’s funny.  It’s like saying “Cajun New York City”
15. melissacalderon I dont crave chinese food often, but i want some today. I was sad that theres not a Panda Express near me, then i saw one!1:24 PM Sep 25th How lucky you are.
    
16. Regun @kpaul Dude you just made my day. Soon I shall eat some Chinese food, then I shall kick some zombie a$$!1:14 PM Sep 25th And what kind of work do YOU do ???
17. kylienmatilyn Thinking about moving to China.. Love Chinese food!1:25 PM Sep 24th  Careful. The food in China is different than the food in the West.
    
18. JDitmore RT @ben_mayer “Mmmm. Nothin’ burps like bacon … Your water looks tasty.” Chinese food burps are the worst. #2 is costco polish dogs1:44 AM Sep 26th That is NOT something I really wanted to know.  GROSS.
    
19. zombiesatyour6 give me chinese food or give me death! … http://lnk.ms/0byf21:34 PM Sep 24th Somehow I don’t think PATRICK HENRY said this.
    

1. BrownTink OK, so these contractions need to stop because NOTHING will come between me and my Chinese Food! Not even your child??
2. sparrowstarz21 Chinese food for lunch… Highlight of my day so far!!!  Wow. You live a very sad life.
3. sharnad Chinese food, the west wing and cuddles with my love wonderful night planned.  I agree with everything except… WEST WING?
4. saverte I wish I could get Chinese food delivered for under $12. Go to China.  You can get food delivered for nothing!
5. lilicbabyy Mmm chinese food for breakfast!   Wow.  That is an all time low.
6. do0by23 um in my room and my mom down stairs blastin temptations lol .. uma bout to head out to eat no mc donalds today.. just chinese food.  Interesting English.
7. caligynephobic Where would i be without chinese food? Special Fried Rice, extra chicken and gravy here i come.  You might be healthier?
8. ScenicSouvenirs I will never eat chinese food. Never!   Wow.  Had a few bad chicken fingers?
9. Joez_ Wow, cant wait to eat chinese food tonight, hope i dont die!! Why?  You have a killer commute?
10. TaquitoRasta I smell like Chinese food.  Is that the new Calvin Klein Perfume? General Tso’s?
    
11. aammyy_x @tommcfly some kind of chinese food? dont think its low carb or high protein, but its veeery yummy!   Yeah.  Check the nutrition facts.
12. iluvjosh4ever Eating Chinese food & watching Friends is therapeutic. The fortune cookies were lame-o though. Yes, Chinese food is therapeutic.  But Friends?
    
13. TheChaseRyan Wow mental note – no chinese food+action movies before bed.   Hmmmm.  How about Action food and a Chinese movie?
14. Illness614 ooooh this chinese food tickled my life……this so great right now…soooo hungry!!   Tickled my life?  That’s a first.
15. john_q I need cheap, not exactly quality Chinese food in #CoMo. I’m eating quality today and it’s not cheap. I want LSL’s Great Wall.   Cheap not exactly quality? Go to China!
16. supastarfreakz Bout tu go dwn tu my ol skool tu get sum of that bangin chinese food http://myloc.me/Qjua Again interesting English.  “Bangin” Chinese food?
17. belleflor old chinese food is the best stomach ache you`ll ever have. AGREED!

1. ThomasJoji Joanne is complaining about too much to study. Poor thing has to study Chinese also now.  Yes, Poor thing.
2. mankenaudio (study Chinese newsletter) today’s sentence: “That homeless man is very dirty.” Haha, oh the things I’m learning.  Wow.  What textbook are you using?
3. dwinchester90 I wanna learn Mandarin. But I can’t even begin to understand how can they even read those chinese writing/symbols stuff. haha  Yes, How can they?
4. BOBO_96 OMG!!! my chinese teacher is such a b#@!*% no wonder no1 wants to study chinese  That makes class stink huh?
5. aleximariz I’ll study Chinese laterrrr:) No STUDY CHINESE NOW!

6. unlikeanyotherr Okay, time to study Chinese. Bye tweeps. *sigh Good.  Self control.  Go study.

7. Shikohimura I love my Mandarin Chinese class.  GREAT.  STUDY MORE!

8. EricFungFunTime Damit. Cant express myself in mandarin properly. Many of us can’t.
9. EricFungFunTime Omg. My mandarin sucks.  Yes, Yes it does.
10. biancawinata studying mandarin :S  Good. Study well.

11. spongebob54321 Just finished studying AP and English! Tried so hard to keep myself awake. Then I realized… I still have to study Chinese. HARHAR.  Oh the life of a high school student!
    
12. trixtia Ugh, I don’t wanna study chinese anymore:(   Most of us don’t!

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We’ve tweeted a lot over the time of the Shanghai Expo and we’ve come up with our TOP 19 Tweets having to do with the Shanghai Expo.

1.  开心网中国中央电视台的新闻: 有关部门经过历时一年半的研究，发现女性上厕所的时间比男性长，所以有针对性地调整了世博会的厕所配置。 CCTV: women take longer in the bathroom than men! Expo changed accordingly. 3:50 PM Apr 24th

2.  Shanghai Expo Spanish Pavilion has a huge creepy baby. http://ht.ly/1EFhO I can almost see the baby picking people up and eating them. 10:52 AM Apr 29th

3.  RT @shanghaidaily: Good morning! Today is a big day. Expo is going to open in about 9 hours! I HOPE YOU ARE READY!? 12:01 AM Apr 30th

4.  Shanghai Expo visitors had better bring a good book next time they line up outside pavilions, waiting times 2 and 4 hours. -China Daily 8:49 AM May 1st

5.  We’re going to start #Shanghai #Expo 2010 comics every Monday till this whole darn expo thing is over. We’ve got some good ones coming up! 12:54 AM May 2nd

6.  #Shanghai Expo can’t get these big occasions right http://ht.ly/1GbMs Chinese aren’t very good at queueing but do the traditional mêlée, 9:06 AM May 3rd

7.  Crowds endure waits as Shanghai’s Expo opens http://ht.ly/1GzIW “People still lining up at midnight to visit pavilions.” 11:28 PM May 3rd

8.  FORBES #Shanghai Expo USA Pavilion http://ht.ly/1GzRi “‘In 1994 Congress passed a law that State Department couldn’t spend money on expos” 11:39 PM May 3rd

9.  Today our 2 year old said that he likes to eat 海宝 hǎibǎo. He was supposed to say 汉堡 hànbǎo. 海宝 hǎibǎo is the #Shanghai Expo mascot! 啊呀！ 1:50 PM May 5th

10.  Great Title: #Shanghai Expo: Squat Toilets and Touch screens http://ht.ly/1JwYo “Locals have an astounding capacity to nap in public.” 9:20 AM May 11th

11.  WOW you thought #Shanghai Expo HAIBAO 海宝 was bad? London Olympics mascots are worse! http://ht.ly/1Nqy4 They call it “Patronizing Rubbish.” 1:05 AM May 20th

12.  Ahmadinejad will be attending Expo #Shanghai 2010 http://ht.ly/1V7dy “Clinton said Iran would pull some stunt in the next couple of days” 12:30 PM Jun 7th

13.  Unbelievable video on YouKu http://ht.ly/1Wwx7 Shanghai Expo at the Chinese Pavilion when the door opens after the security check. MUST SEE! 1:05 AM Jun 10th

14.  VIDEO: China Pavilion – marching of the lemmings http://ht.ly/27zzU 2 hours from the gate of the Expo to the belly of the China Pavilion. 2:00 PM Jul 6th

15.  Kobe Bryant in Beijing. Chery Cars denies spying on General Motors. Yao Ming at the EXPO. I wonder if he can get to the front of the line? 9:35 AM Jul 27th

16.  “Shanghai demonstrated that when you host the World Expo, the world comes to you and I want the world to come to CA.” -Governator, CA 9:43 AM Sep 13th

17.  One more month of the Shanghai EXPO. Tibet has the plague. Japan and China aren’t apologizing. And China buying more… horses? 10:47 AM Sep 26th

18.  Great article on @ChinaGeeks about beating up on the Shanghai Expo http://ht.ly/2Lsi6 “empty buildings, and videos are waiting for you.” 12:20 AM Sep 29th

19.  人山人海 rénshānrénhǎi A sea of people. Example: 10/03/10 Forbidden City Beijing http://ht.ly/2NOOu 10/03/10 Shanghai Expo http://ht.ly/2NOON 12:05 AM Oct 4th

You can easily follow us in two ways: @MandMx is our personal Twitter account and @MandMxRSS is our site updates and some personal stuff account.

Did you tweet about the Expo?  What were some of your classic tweets?

1. Today we went to a play area and our 2.9 y/o proudly climbed on a frog for the 1st time. He said in Chinese, “爸爸,拍照！ Daddy, take a picture!“ 1 Nov

2. I voted. Proud of it. Ballot Question 12. Should more Chinese dumplings restaurants come to the US? I voted Yes. #election 2 Nov

3. Wow. Big changes in US politics and on the other side of the world a Chinese peasant shrugs his shoulders and waters the small plot of land. 3 Nov

4. Our 2.9 y/o pointed to his old highchair and said in Chinese, “我小的时候用这个. 现在我是大男孩. When I was young I used this. Now I’m a big boy.” 4 Nov

5. Abbot & Costello: Hu is more powerful than Obama? I don’t know. Forbes reports Hu is more powerful than Obama. Hu? The Chinese president. Hu 4 Nov

6. “I think in America, we’ve got to stop blaming the #Chinese and blaming everybody else and take a look at ourselves.” -Michael Bloomberg 6 Nov

7. “He came into office on the back of a promise of change, but US voters have changed the game for Obama.” -劉世忠 Liu Shih-chung Taipei Times 7 Nov

8. MX：两岁的儿子爬到桌子上，他爸爸看到了说：“你当心别摔下来，摔下来我才不会安徽，安徽你呢。“ 我寻思他说什么呢。哦，根据整个情景，他想说我才不会来安慰安慰你。真是搞笑。老公，再接再励啊！ 7 Nov

Translation thanks to Google Translate: MX: Year-old son climbed on the table, saw his father said: “You took care not to fall off, I will not fall off of Anhui, Anhui you.” I wondered did he say. Well, according to the scenario, he would like to say I did not come to comfort you. Really funny. Her husband, persistent efforts ah!

This week Mx made her twitter debut and unfortuneatly it was about me. ARG!

A note to those who didn’t understand the Chinese or for that matter the Google Translation. In Chinese 安慰 ānwèi is a verb meaning to comfort a person. I always mix this word up so instead I said, 安徽 ānhuī which is the name of Anhui Province near Shanghai. I’LL NEVER GET THIS LANGUAGE!

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1. What’s with President Hu hugging some Portuguese guy!? He fell off his horse so what? Does he hug his fellow Chinese? Anyone? Anyone? 8 Nov

2. “Generally if you’re driving like an asshole in #Beijing people will get out of the way.” -Jeremy Goldkorn from the Sinica Podcast 9 Nov

The Sinica Podcast is a great source of what’s going on in China right now. The hosts and numerous guests are all knowledgeable about life in China and life dealing with China. Great shows every week. I learn something every time I listen!

3. I think the yuan pegged to the dollar is a win win for China and the rest of the world. -David Bourdeaux EconTalk podcast 52 min 11/8/2010 10 Nov

EconTalk is one of the internet’s best sources for economic thought and theory presented in a very easy to understand conversation style podcast. Every time I listen I feel like I’m a fly on the wall listening to two economists chat about what drives them. The host is a diehard Hayek fan so you know where he’s coming from is solid free market economics. Highly recommended! The quote comes from this specific podcast.

4. China News: Inflation is UP, diesel supply is DOWN, food activists get put away, 19 Chinese are home after pirate scare and it’s single day! 11 Nov

5. “President Obama was in India recently visiting our jobs. Soon he goes to China to visit our money.” -Jay Leno 12 Nov

6. Research paper on Taiwan and SARS. If spell checker was right: “the SEARS epidemic hit in 2003.” Worse than the Macy’s Syndrome of 2004! 13 Nov

7. What America can learn from #China http://ht.ly/39oDC Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels visiting Mr. Lu Guanqiu electric Battery manufacturer. 14 Nov

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• Thanksgiving In China:http://bit.ly/h7SmXe ChineseComicsOnline #
• Tuesday is “Chinese TV Day” in Russia! I would love to see how some Babushka (Russian Grandma) enjoys watching great coverage on CCTV. ugh. #
• “What do garlic and the Federal Reserve have in common? The Fed is making food more expensive for Chinese consumers.” -Gail MarksJarvis #
• “One of the things that President Obama needs to do is press China to act in a responsible manner (about North Korea).” -Bruce Klingner #
• The new movie MEGAMIND in theaters now, in Chinese is translated as 超级大坏蛋 Super Scoundrel or Super Bastard! #
• No idea what the movie EASY A was all about. Then I looked up the name in Chinese: 绯闻计划 “Sex Scandal Plan”. Well, that explains it. #
• The movie “Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World” in Chinese is 歪小子斯科特对抗全世界 which translated is “Devious Young Fellow Confronts the Entire World.” #
• Our 2.9 y/o by mistake ripped out one page from his book. He told me in Chinglish: “爷爷 can fix it. Grandpa can fix it” #
• Happy Thanksgiving from M and Mx.com!!: All three of us at MandMx.com (Magnus, MingXing a… http://bit.ly/gy6Tzw #Chinesecomics #
• Here we go. Russia and China quit the US dollar. http://ht.ly/3eXH3 “The modernization of China will not affect other countries” impossible #
• We were eating old dumplings and MX didn’t want to eat them. Our 2.9 y/o yelled out copying us in Chinese: “吃！！EAT!” oh my. #
• Our 2.9 y/o told us Thanksgiving morning in Chinese: “火鸡的腿很好吃！ The Turkey leg is delicious!” #thanksgiving #
• 10-foot alligator went into an Orlando mall. Police call it a close call. Panda Express calls it “Combo Meal No. 4.” -Jimmy Fallon #
• Expat Tweets From Beijing @sarahplusone: original tweet. http://bit.ly/hQ6SSS #Chinesecomics #
• We stopped at a gas station tonight and our 2.9 y/o said in Chinese: “爸爸加肉！ Daddy’s adding meat.” We corrected him. “加油不是加肉.” Gas not meat. #
• WHICH STORY IS MORE IMPORTANT? Obama needs 12 stitches from basketball game. OR Son of Taiwan VP shot in the head at pre-election rally. #
• WSJ article about a food fight in a school in Guizhou China. Dumplings would be the best in a Chinese food fight. Noodles the messiest. #
• “China is having a much harder time in defending its policy, but they only have themselves to blame.” -Michael Green, Asian Policy for Bush #
• Ooops. I turned around and the Asian games are over. Oops. Missed that! #
• Khrushchev Quote: http://bit.ly/eY0hJ8 #Chinesecomics #
• Chinese believe that through policemen + demolition teams they can maintain social stability + economic growth. -Ye Hailin, People’s Daily #
• If the US gov’t can’t do anything about Mr. #Wikileaks leaking all over then I’m sure the Chinese gov’t will be smacking him down soon. #
• “I used to think Obama was nice. Then intelligent. Now shrewd, like Hu Jintao. Obama is a strategist.” -senior leader SOE in China, HUFFPO #
• Jeff Danziger: political cartoons http://ht.ly/3gCly Kid sits on Santa’s lap and asks: “So how are things in China?” #
• Chinese Movie Plot: Middle-aged chef Er Bao hasn’t figured out the secret recipe for steamed stuffed buns. All downhill from there. 大玩家 #
• Reagan said go to France, Japan and it’s hard to be French, Japanese. But come to USA and you become American. -Paul Hsu USA born in Taiwan. #
• Vancouver neighborhoods with 18%+ Chinese population address with 4 were 2.1% discount. Ending with 8 got a 2.5 % bonus. http://ht.ly/3gVET #
• Leslie Neilson passed away. Hmmm. So much humor that Chinese understand and then so much that they wouldn’t find funny. #
• RT @raykwong: Jobless Lindsay Lohan considering TEFL work in China. http://twurl.nl/qsdhb6 Lesson Plan Ideas: Hangovers can be fun! #
• I need to learn more Chinese characters like a chinchilla needs to use chopsticks for its dinner. #
• “Nancy Pelosi had the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) scared to death on the eve of her visit.” -Ambassador Cheng Guoping #
• “Is it just me or is Hillary Clinton looking more and more like Mao Zedong?” -Rush Limbaugh 11/29/2010 #
• Youku: Chinese rip off of Youtube. Kaixinwang: #Chinese rip off of Facebook. But Chinese Wikileaks? They don’t even want to alter the name? #
• First, Cambodia had a stampede. Then Black Friday everyone in the US stampeded to find a toy. Now in Xinjiang a stampede of school children. #