My name is C.W.Zhang, i am living in a small city named YanTai of ShanDong province in China. Actually.I'm a Chinese.I really want discuss with you all to improve my poor English.

sorry ,first time coming here ,don't know how to say !
thanks for your help.

Welcome!

Your use of the English language seems fine to me.

C.W.Zhang, glad to have you aboard. I for one will be glad to have your perspective.

My knowlege of Chinese geography is not the best so I looked up a brief description of Shandong Province on This Website and at Wikipedia. Is there anything about your part of China that you would like to add?

Best of luck in the USA. I'm sure you'll be disappointed to learn that DVD's and software CD's cost a lot more in this country. But, you'll find the Chinese food a bit better here on average.

Best wishes,

LH

Hey CW, and welcome! I'm happily surprised and looking forward to your participation.

Welcome CW! I am also happily suprised and impressed. Americas Debate (henceforth seen as 'AD') in China, yay!
Cool that they let you read this stuff. Many topics, as well as censurship have been debated here about China. What is our role in China?

I wouldnt worry about your english, we're good a deciphering meaning if not perfectly written.

Ah, my fellow countryman. Welcome

I think you will find this place interesting and most of the people intelligent. But of course, like on forums in China, posts do get deleted from time-to-time and there is a three-strikes rule.

Enjoy.

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On a personal note, you are being too modest in stating that Yan Tai is a small city. I don't think anyone born in China would agree with you on that one, I, for one, especially like the apples there. I think I've visited the naval museum there on a trip when I was 15, I've also dipped myself in the oceans in Qing Dao (formerly known as Tsing-Tao) and found out that people from Qing Dao do not drink Tsing-Tao beer but Lao Shan beer , also climbed Mt. Tai Shan, but that's besides the point.

Anyway, welcome and have fun.


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Victoria Silverwolf,Thanks for your welcome!

my English proficiency is very bad,so I want people help me and learn from each other.
so ,I like chatting with you.



hi,TedN5,nice to meet you here!

and now I'm regret for my poor English ,can not description depict well,because I want give you more and more information of Shandong Province.

Shandong Province is a very nice area,have many many nice place for travel, Yellow River、Taishan Mountain、Seas,etc.The throughout year weather all is very good.SD's History is a long story, is considered one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.

I living in Yantai city of Shandong ,Yantai is a seaside city nearby Qingdao city,,she is a very beautiful city and I like here very much.

Welcome you visit our city ,and further i will give you reply about what you want to know for your question.




hi,lordhelmet,nice to see you !
maybe you made mistake ,I'm living in China now .



hello,AuthorMusician,

Thanks more of your welcome,
Actually,I came here is accidentally,and I'm hapily participate with you .



Hi,Artemise,I don't know other things ,I came here from Yahoo search and for learning English.





hi,j10pilot, nice to see you here!
Certainly，I will observe the forum limit;
I'm happily you have visited Yantai city and like the apples ,Yantai is noted of apple.
and QingDao is a nice city nearby Yantai.
The people drink LaoShan beer because is cheaper than QingDao beer.but I think QingDao beer is better than LaoShan beer.

thanks again for your welcome.

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I read something about your part of China on the web and would be interested in learning more but first, tell us more about yourself. Are you a student? If so, at what level? What is the field you are studying or would like to study?

Are you allowed to participate in our debate topics where negative views of the Chinese government are sometimes voiced? (Actually this doesn't happen nearly as often as criticism of our own government's policies). Can you discuss the environmental situation in China and within Shandong Province?

a good question .
for me ,I'm working in a company for produce handcraft production in China, and my subject topic is not English when i was a student.but i really like English language,so i want improve it and self-study now .
and then i found this forum from Yahoo search,and i think it's good for me to learn the local language.if my English is perfect, Actually i want connect the USA buyer from internet and show my production to them for business.
English language is so importmant for me.

For your debate topics ,i don't care of that ,i just want learning.
About political topic of our government ,i think they don't care about that ,Chinese person is getting more freedom in internet.

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I was born in Guangzhou but my ancestrial home is in Chong Qing, Sichuan. My uncle's wife is from Shan Dong though, which is why I went there with my cousin back when I was 15.

LOL, so LaoShan is cheaper than Tsing-Tao, no wonder my cousin's cousin insisted on LaoShan.

hehe,very interesting.

There is a pretty interesting discussion going on about Taiwan here. Some of the comments are hilarious. So feel free to comment. Drop me an email at j10_pilot@yahoo.com if you want.

Have fun

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Zhang, you are a brave man. English is probably a difficult language like Chinese. One time, I went to http://www.zhongwen.com and posted a few comments. The only things I could write were a few simple phrases like "Ni hao" and "Wo shi laoshi". Good luck with your English.

In fact ,I don't care about that topic ,I have said that ,I come here just for learn English.for myself I really like peace,and peace is importmant for everyone in the world.


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hi,skeeterses .
many thanks for your encouragement ,it's really important for me .

please just think that ,the people C.W.Zhang is really want learn English and like English language is very much.

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Hi C.W.Zhang. Welcome to the forum.

I have to ask that you only post in black text please. Thanks.

Mike

Alright, I've had to edit the heck out of this topic, and I'm going to explain why so everyone knows.

There were mangled [quote] tags that needed fixing. If anyone needs help on using the forum features, let me know.

There were posts entirely in red. Posts need to be in black please.

Lastly, there were inappropriate comments regarding the moderation of the forum made by a member who was, at the very time of his posts, being disciplined for continued use of inappropriate language on the forum.

Put simply, we would much prefer that new members get accurate information regarding the Rules. Members who have difficulty following the rules are obviously not a good source, and we would prefer that those members post their complaints to the appropriate place.

We have created a forum specifically for questions, comments, and suggestions (here), and also welcome members to contact the staff if any further clarification is needed.

Mike

I'm sorry about post in red color ,because I don't know about that in USA is different ,I just want show my reply clearly ,and then I will carefully.

It's no problem. Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to , CW! I look forward to seeing your contributions on our forums.