Americans are fond of referring to their country as "the greatest nation on earth". Until recently, I didn't believe any country deserved that description. But today I think there is a strong contender for the title.

China is the world's oldest living civilisation. It has recovered from over a century of colonial oppression and lifted its citizens out of poverty. As its growth continues, China is poised to become the world's largest economy and a technology leader that is second to none. By 2030, I believe it will be an indisputable fact that China is the greatest nation on earth.

I need to understand China, from a Chinese perspective. This is my journey.

Tuesday 7 September 2021

A Dr Seuss Wordplay That Loses Nothing In The Translation!

Duolingo does have a sense of humour. One of the sentences it showed me had a pun on the words 猫 māo ("cat") and 帽子 màozi ("hat").

I realised with amusement that Dr Seuss could easily have had his work translated into Chinese without having his wordplay lost in the translation.

帽子 里 的 猫 màozi lǐ de māo ("The cat in the hat", literally "hat in 's cat").

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