Weather of today:- Day: Warm and raining- Night 25 degrees Sentence of today:Thank you for your hospitality. 感谢你们的好客。 感谢你们的招待。 Today's - Good to know:In common parlance, Nǐ 你 ('you') singular) can have he polite form Nín 您. This polite form is particular common in Beijing. You'll encounter it as a part of some common greetings. Today's tip:Be in good time in Beijing airport when you travel out the country, because immigr...

Weather of today:- Day: Raining and thunder. Cloudy.- Night 22 degrees Sentence of today:How much do you earn? 你挣多少钱？ Nǐ zhèng duōshǎo qián？ Today's - Good to know:Expect curious Chinese people ask: 'How much do you earn'? - as its one of the top ten questions asked of foreigners. This curiosity is probably explained by the rise of the free market and free-market jobs in China - a new and exiting phenomenon. Today's tip:Try not to be too r...

Weather of today:- Day: 27 degrees and cloudy- Night 22 degrees Sentence of today:Cheers! Skål!乾杯. Gānbēi. Today's - Good to know:Business hours:China officially has a five-day working week. Banks, offices and government departments are normally open Monday to Friday, roughly from 9am until 5pm or 6pm (some closing two hours in the middle of the day.) Some banks have branches that are open at weekends as well. Saturday and Sunday are both public holida...

Weather of today:- Day: 29 degrees, cloudy and sunny.- Night 22 degrees Sentence of today:That's my seat: 那是我的坐。Nà shì wǒde zuò?How long to we stop here? 在这里停多久？Zài zhèlǐ tíng duōjiǔ? Today's - Good to know:Following the Communist Revolution, the officially sanctioned term of address for both men and women was 'comrade' (tóngzhì 同志). In today's China this word isn't commonly used as a term of address and has undergone...

Weather of today:- Day: 28 degrees and cloudy- Night 22 degrees Sentence of today:Can foreigners stay here? 外国人能住这里吗？Do you have a single room? 有没有单人房？I'll take it. 我订这间 Today's - Good to know:The standard English-language newspaper is the China Daily (www.chinadaily.com.cn). China's largest circulation Chinese-language daily is the People's Daily (Rénmín Rìbào). It has an English-language edition on www.english.peo...