China
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Business in China
Interesting fact for those who want to do business in China: Chinese companies with online companies do not accept international credit cards because of the high rate of credit card fraud. Don't bother. Give up now. Or take a boat to China, then they'll talk.
Chinese language resources
- nciku - my favourite chinese-english dictionary
- dict.cn - popular chinese-english dictionary
- Google Language Tools
- 百度知道 - Baidu Answers
Chinese IT terms
- 虚拟主机服务: Virtual Server
- 虚拟主机空间: Webhosting space
- 博客: Blog
Chinese Internet Slang
- 5555 (五五五五 wǔ wǔ wǔ wǔ): crying noises
- PF (佩服 pei fu): respect
- TMD (他妈的 ta ma de): swear word
- 3Q (三Q san kew): thank you!
- 94 (就是 jiu shi): yes, that is.
- 42 (是 shi): yes!
- PMP (拍马屁 pai ma pi): bootlick.
Optimising websites for Chinese content
Meta tags
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=gb2312" /> // thats the charset for simplified chinese <meta name="Keywords" content="CHINESE KEYWORDS HERE"> <meta name="Description" content="CHINESE DESCRIPTION HERE">
Alt tags
Alt tags need to be translated as well.