aristotle1990 Posted April 14, 2011 at 07:04 PM Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 at 07:04 PM 王 and 刘 work fine in the US on both google.com and google.com.hk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted April 14, 2011 at 07:49 PM Report Share Posted April 14, 2011 at 07:49 PM Well that's a relief to know that the US hasn't been taken over by the Chinese government yet. Thanks. I can sleep happily now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexL Posted August 10, 2011 at 01:40 AM Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 at 01:40 AM Sorry to bring this old thread back up, but I saw a link to this site today on the New York Times website in article about Ai Weiwei: http://freewanglihong.blogspot.com/2011/07/biography-of-wang-lihong.html Turns out the name Wang Lihong belongs not only to a singer but also to an imprisoned human rights activist (different characters for the given name, but not the surname). Maybe this is the 王 China doesn't want us to see? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted May 31, 2012 at 05:58 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 at 05:58 AM Searching for 王 on Google is still blocked from within China. We should find a Chinese renegade and get him to nick-name himself "The", this way the Chinese government would effectively shut down Google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yaokong Posted May 31, 2012 at 06:42 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 at 06:42 AM Searching for 王 on Google is still blocked from within China. We should find a Chinese renegade and get him to nick-name himself "The", this way the Chinese government would effectively shut down Google. If you manage to introduce a character with the meaning "the" to the Chinese language and make the people actively use this newly invented character, I don't see any further problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted May 31, 2012 at 07:22 AM Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 at 07:22 AM LOL I meant "The" as an English name. I know it sounds ridiculous but I own a wanky-looking bicycle helmet manufactured by The Indutiries : http://www.the-industries.com/, so I don't see why someone wouldn't want to call him/herself the. I once met a Chinese student whose English name was "Banana"... anything is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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