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gato -

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I was surprised to see writing techniques that seemed almost childish, things a proper journalist
in the U.S. would never write, like frequent use of onomatopoeias. I often encounter things like
"The water was plip-plip-plopping" etc. I also often find articles framed in highly emotional,
soap opera-esque language, i.e. "The people cried out their adoration one after another," instead
of something like "All were pleased by the idea." Anyone else find this strange?

That's actually something common to writing in mainland. It's partly tradition, but Communism may
have something to do with it. What was Eastern Bloc writing like?
See this post:
http://www. From Beijing Chinese School/showth...361#post111361
Chinese style vs. English style

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lilongyue -

Thanks for the link, had a good laugh reading that one. I really identify with a lot of what was
said about long sentences, etc. Many times I have marveled at the length of Chinese sentences.

wushijiao -

The editorials of Hong Kong newspapers and magazines tend to be similar to what you would find in
the English language press.

randall_flagg -

I recommended the 南方周末 earlier, but you also might find your local papers interesting. i
don't read the Dalian papers as often as i should, but they do have very INTERESTING articles. i
remember one stating that in 2006, 3 of the "public cleaning employees" were killed while scraping
chewing gum of the streets. (not funny in itself, but the way they wrote it up into a big
headline was so terrible that it was funny!)

this style of writing might be a good contrast to the somewhat more serious 南方周末。

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