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China Online Additional Reviews: « I recommend it to everyone who would like to discover what is to me the most interesting facet of contemporary China: the impact of its digitalization and societal levels on its human relations…Michel offers the reader a voyage to the heart of the real contemporary China! This book is the chance for all to discover China 2.0, the China of Generation 2000. It also allows all students of Chinese to discover the richness of this language via the inventiveness of the counterculture’s verbal codes. » — MarketingToChina.com « For anyone in the international business, marketing and communication industries, China Online is an essential resource for ‘demystifying’ China. » — China Insight magazine « China has a population of over 1.3 billion with 50 percent being urban residents. This evolution, coupled with other factors such as the One Child Policy, an emerging middle class claiming its identity, an aging population, and the introduction of the internet in the 90s, have transformed the society. » — ChinaSmack.com « This book is a very interesting, easy, and informative read. China Online can be read by anyone, even people with no knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. She always translates any Chinese that she uses, and transcribes it to Pinyin. I personally learned quite a lot about Chinese culture and the Chinese language by reading this book. At times reading parts of the book was fascinating, while at other times reading parts was hilarious. » — Mandarin Portal blog « With the largest Internet population in the world, China has a unique online culture. China Online, a new book by translator and multilingual netizen Veronique Michel, offers an exploration into China’s rapidly changing society and its flourishing Internet environment, where new expressions emerge every day. » — What’s On Weibo blog « The author has focused on commonly used internet terms and IM slang that will turn the realms of Chinese social media from a web of confusion into crystal clear definition—well, perhaps not quite that far but close enough. Hundreds of vocabulary items and phrases are introduced in its pages and as I read the book, I was taken aback by the fact that while I recognized a good deal of them, I had never actually been able to pin down their definition until now. » — Exploring the Orient blog « This book challenges the obsolete image of China and its people that may come to mind, an image that doesn’t correspond at all to the reality; China Online helps us discover the customs of today’s Chinese. » — Linternaute.com Dive into China’s new internet subculture of tech-savvy, creative digital citizens with China Online!Using Baidu, China’s version of Google, young Chinese internet users have invented their own form of digital language. With this book, you can get an insider’s view of how the new generation of Chinese youth communicates in code. Author and translator Veronique Michel acts as your guide on a tour of the lifestyles of modern-day Internet groups, or « tribes, » including:

• The « Moonlight » or « Starlight » Tribe

• The « Low Carbon Footprint » Tribe

• The « Ants »

• The « Corporate Insects »

• The « Diamond Bachelor »

China Online describes a youth culture in transition—using humor and creativity to survive in a hugely competitive environment. Michel describes how users enjoy puns, mix languages, and use ingenious « talking numbers » to say more things with fewer keystrokes and characters. There is a great deal that lies under the surface. Learn the secret lingo used by over half a billion young people in China, and be in the know! LangueenVersionBrochéDate de sortie initiale10 mars 2015Nombre de pages159IllustrationsNon

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Veronique Michel

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Claude Muller

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Claude Muller

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Tuttle Publishing

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