After spending six years in China studying Mandarin and working, I took a several-year haitus and returned to my native country. It was alarming how quickly my language skills began distinegrating. I searched online for daily reading practice, and though I found plenty of dictionaries and flash card sources, I had a very difficult time finding something that was both at an appropriate reading level, was different than the ususal "ni hao, ni hao" type of basic conversational reading, was presented in a way that was easy to read, and that I was sure I could get through. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.

As someone who organizes her thoughts into a series of domain names, it was inevitable I'd eventually start a website about it, and here you are. This site is not an "official" anything - it's my personal blog, and I post here whenever I have a few minutes to practice a bit of reading, or enter something interesting I've picked up.

This site doesn't exist to teach you Chinese from scratch - there are plenty of sites and programs that do that. But this collection might help you keep your skills fresh, or pick up the occasional new vocabulary word.
<h4>About the Translations</h4>
Many of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don't post anything unless I've checked it several times, but that doesn't mean I haven't missed something. Do feel free to comment if you see anything that ought to have a better translation - it won't be taken amiss. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks or hardcopy magazines I picked up overseas, or were sent in by a third party.

I post whatever I'm reading whenever I can - I hope it helps you along.

Enjoy, and good luck with your studies.