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 couldn't find any good reading materials. I ended up spending more time looking for something that was suitable than actually doing any reading.

Being a technophile, it was inevitable that'd I'd eventually start a website about the process, and here you are. 

Many of the translations on this site are done by me, and I don't post anything unless I'm sure it's correct. Do feel free to comment with corrections if you see anything that ought to have a better translation. Quite a few of the translations, however, are done by others, are taken from old Chinese textbooks I picked up overseas, or we're 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.