Strangely now that I’m in Japan, anytime I try to view a youku clip from here in Tokyo, I get a youku error telling me that it’s blocked in my region. Hotspotsheild provides a good workaround, however, as for some reason it seems that a US IP is preferable to a Japanese one to the youku brass…

Cool, cool…

I’m not going to speculate as to why that might be the case, but let me say that no country should be denied the joy of an uber-slow speed Chinese police chase! Awesome… Read the rest of this entry »

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Ok. So I’ve been here a little over two weeks now, and all is well.

Some people have asked if I’ll be continuing my PandaPassport China Blog, as I haven’t updated it since I left. I should clarify, that I haven’t blogged mostly because I don’t have an internet connection at home yet. When I finally get that straightened up, I’ll certainly be doing something with PandaPassport.

Whether it remains in it’s current form, or morphs into something like 2jpn.com — I haven’t really decided yet.

Any suggestions?

I’m still quite interested in all things China, and hope to keep a close eye on things while I’m in Japan. But for more frequent updates, be sure to check out my new CNet Japan blog, Tokyo Shift. Or you can always follow me on twitter.

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If you’re in Dalian and you’re studying Chinese, you might want to give this lady a call. She’s an awesome teacher, and me and Rika have studied with her for a while. Drop her a line via email (nuoyan.gu[at]163.com), or get in touch on facebook:

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I came across these lists on tanos.co.uk, and I tweaked ‘em a little so you can import them to Anki flash card software (i.e. I inserted a shitload of semi-colons). There’s only a month left before the test, and if you’re anything like me you’re scrambling for review. I this is of use to someone out there.

Anyway, here are the files. (**Note: If you view them in your browser, be sure to change to UTF-8 encoding)

JLPT 3 Vocab List (txt file)
JLPT 4 Vocab List (txt file)

On a bit of a side note, I’ll be shifting my CNet China blog to give it a Japan focus (Ryan’s taking over the China beat). It will now be called Tokyo Shift. I’ve also been working on another Japan-related website recently, and it’s now online. Check out 2JPN.com, and let me know what you think. See neato logo below:

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