Wednesday, October 22, 2014

A hundred flowers

From ChinaSMACK:


We Must Sternly Repress Counter-Revolutionaries (1951)

前三十年毛把中国弄成了人间地狱,后三十年拔乱返正,逐步走上正轨和理性!
The first 30 years turned China into hell on earth, the later 30 years has brought order to disorder, and now we are gradually getting on the right track with reason/rationality!

这里让评论吗,好害怕
Is commenting allowed here, I’m so scared.

查水表
"Here to check your water meter." ("Often used in responses to posts or comments that may be considered subversive or “inharmonious” by the government, suggesting that the police or authorities will be coming to the original poster’s home to arrest them under the guise of “checking their water meter”.)"

Ha, ha. And yet...



"Careers for linguists at GCHQ"
 
From The Guardian, 21 October 2014
 

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