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.
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
Chinese Internet Slang
5555 (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): yes, that is.
42 (是): 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.