China's Super Girl, Shang Wenjie is being attacked by netizens.
Shang Wenjie, a Fudan University student majoring in French, is rated as one of the top five best Chinese-French simultaneous interpreters in Shanghai.
However, apparently after publishing a Chinese poem online, with some five basic errors in nine short lines that 'even elementary school pupils don't make'...Chinese bloggers think they may have found this supergirl's weakpoint....Chinese grammar.
Oh..."If she could be one of the top five simultaneous interpreters in Shanghai, how could the French hope to communicate with the Chinese?" asks another.
But, I thought poems didn't have to follow the rules, no?
And can anyone understand the French even when you can understand them?
What difference would it make in the long run...if the girl is, well, super girl? She could just insist she is right. And if her detractors didn't like it she could fling them north beyond her fortress of solitude.
Even celebs in China can't escape the microscope, eh?
What do you think?
Other posts about China's Super Girls
Friday, 31 August 2007
Chinese girl completes cross-country run amid health worries
BEIJING -- An eight-year-old girl has completed a nearly two-month trek across China, amid sharp criticism of the young prodigy's coach father for endangering her health, state media said Monday.
Zhang Huimei arrived in Beijing on Sunday after running 3,558 kilometers (2,210 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in a journey that began on July 3, the Beijing News said.
Zhang, who dreams of competing in the Beijing Olympic marathon next year, has earned headlines with strong performances in a series of long-distance races this year.
These included a full marathon in Hainan in January in which she finished second among all female contestants despite still being just seven-years-old.
Her cross-country run, which her father Zhang Jianmin said was aimed at showing her Olympic spirit, has triggered media reports expressing concern over her health and the dangers of parents pushing young athletes too hard.
"I make the training fun for her. I don't push her. She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," the 54-year-old Zhang said, according to the Beijing News.
The youngster avoided comment to reporters in the capital upon her arrival, which her father blamed for the negative reports and heckling during the run, the paper said.
Zhang, who admits his wife left him in anger for pushing the girl too hard, was questioned by reporters about a cough that has plagued the schoolgirl throughout much of her trek through six provinces.
He attributed it to some seafood she ate early in the run.
Zhang vowed to push ahead with his daughter's development as a marathoner, including a planned run early next year from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa to the eastern city of Shanghai, an even greater distance than the just-completed run.
"Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," he said.
Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games next August.
Zhang Huimei arrived in Beijing on Sunday after running 3,558 kilometers (2,210 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in a journey that began on July 3, the Beijing News said.
Zhang, who dreams of competing in the Beijing Olympic marathon next year, has earned headlines with strong performances in a series of long-distance races this year.
These included a full marathon in Hainan in January in which she finished second among all female contestants despite still being just seven-years-old.
Her cross-country run, which her father Zhang Jianmin said was aimed at showing her Olympic spirit, has triggered media reports expressing concern over her health and the dangers of parents pushing young athletes too hard.
"I make the training fun for her. I don't push her. She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," the 54-year-old Zhang said, according to the Beijing News.
The youngster avoided comment to reporters in the capital upon her arrival, which her father blamed for the negative reports and heckling during the run, the paper said.
Zhang, who admits his wife left him in anger for pushing the girl too hard, was questioned by reporters about a cough that has plagued the schoolgirl throughout much of her trek through six provinces.
He attributed it to some seafood she ate early in the run.
Zhang vowed to push ahead with his daughter's development as a marathoner, including a planned run early next year from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa to the eastern city of Shanghai, an even greater distance than the just-completed run.
"Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," he said.
Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games next August.
Chinese farmer, Russian girl's wedding ceremony
The newly-weds in Chinese traditional wedding dress pose during their wedding ceremony in Laiyang, east China's Shandong Province, August 18, 2007. Chinese farmer Dong Fei and his Russian bride held a special wedding ceremony combining Chinese and Russian traditions on Saturday. They wore Chinese traditional wedding dress to attend the greeting ceremony and changed for western style full dress to the wedding banquet. (Xinhua/Chu Yang)
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Prof Yu Dan (于丹), 38, now with cleavage
Prof Yu Dan (于丹), 38, now with cleavage
Probably the most popular exponent of Confucius ever, Yu Dan, has found her way back into the media spotlight -- this time in an IHT article which places her at the centre of the current rage for China's ancient philosophies. Her book has sold 4.2 million legal copies and about 6 million pirated versions. But wait a minute, Yu is not even a Confucian academic. She is a media professor at the Beijing Normal University, certainly one who understands that a bit of cleavage will do your popularity good, as this latest picture of her shows. We too ended up buying her DVD's and found her sounding shockingly similar to our pastor back home, except that she was preaching Confucius and quoting Hegel at the same time, and basically anything else that fit her message. Her feel-good version of Confucius has won her flak frompeople who are jealous of her success classical Confucian scholars, as well as the suicide of her student.
Probably the most popular exponent of Confucius ever, Yu Dan, has found her way back into the media spotlight -- this time in an IHT article which places her at the centre of the current rage for China's ancient philosophies. Her book has sold 4.2 million legal copies and about 6 million pirated versions. But wait a minute, Yu is not even a Confucian academic. She is a media professor at the Beijing Normal University, certainly one who understands that a bit of cleavage will do your popularity good, as this latest picture of her shows. We too ended up buying her DVD's and found her sounding shockingly similar to our pastor back home, except that she was preaching Confucius and quoting Hegel at the same time, and basically anything else that fit her message. Her feel-good version of Confucius has won her flak from
Zhang Huimin, 8, runs her way to the Olympics 2016
Zhang Huimin, 8, runs her way to the Olympics 2016
Little Zhang Huimin, who stands at just 1.25 meters tall and weighs a mere 20kg, has run from Sanya, Hainan all the way to Beijing, wearing out 20 pairs of shoes and covering a staggering 3,560 km in 55 days. That's an average of 1.5 marathons per day! Her goal is to win the marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games (and only God knows for now where that will be held). See that man next to her on the motorbike? That's her father, and her trainer who has made her wake up everyday at 3am for training since the day little girl could run. Starting with 3 km a day since she was three, Zhang was hitting 23 km daily by the time she was seven. Experts have lambasted the father for putting the girl through such a gruelling training programme which they say is not only difficult for most adults but will undoubtedly do the little girl's body great harm
Little Zhang Huimin, who stands at just 1.25 meters tall and weighs a mere 20kg, has run from Sanya, Hainan all the way to Beijing, wearing out 20 pairs of shoes and covering a staggering 3,560 km in 55 days. That's an average of 1.5 marathons per day! Her goal is to win the marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games (and only God knows for now where that will be held). See that man next to her on the motorbike? That's her father, and her trainer who has made her wake up everyday at 3am for training since the day little girl could run. Starting with 3 km a day since she was three, Zhang was hitting 23 km daily by the time she was seven. Experts have lambasted the father for putting the girl through such a gruelling training programme which they say is not only difficult for most adults but will undoubtedly do the little girl's body great harm
FIFA Women’s World Cup China 2007
Football is the world's most popular sport and China is the world's most populous country, home to 20 per cent of the world's women and girls. The FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 promises to be one of the biggest sporting events of the year.
At the September 2007 matches in China, UNICEF and its partner FIFA � the world governing body of professional football � are taking advantage of the sport's global appeal to talk about gender equality and women's empowerment. And girls' education, especially in child-friendly schools that address the needs of the whole child, is key to achieving these goals.
The FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 is more than simply fun and games. Football really can help build a world that is fairer and more equitable for girls and can help ensure their right to play. UNICEF has found that the game is an excellent way to provide girls with role models, as well as opportunities to enjoy the sense of achievement that comes with success in sport and challenge gender stereotypes.
Those messages are being conveyed through various joint communication activities by UNICEF and FIFA. Notably, a series of multilingual public service announcements called 'Goals for Girls!' shows the links between girls playing in their own communities and the stars who make it to the top.
The PSAs carry the central message that through sport � and education � any girl can achieve what those stars have achieved.
About the campaign
'Nu' is a single Chinese character that represents 'female', the heart of UNICEF-FIFA's joint global communication campaign for the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007.
The design of the logo characterizes a female figure in motion, running, dancing, moving forward.
While 'Goals for Girls!' is the campaign's global title, the title in China will be 'Equality Creates Opportunities', a slogan that has greater resonance with local audiences.
The UNICEF Goals for Girls! campaign at the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 is independent of the Goals for Girls programme of DC Soccer, which aims to help girls achieve their full potential through the medium of soccer. You are invited to learn more about that programme by visiting
Chinese girl's run raises eyebrows
BEIJING -- By most accounts, the wispy 8-year-old girl who sprinted around Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Tuesday after reportedly running 2,200 miles from southern China has become a national symbol. But is it of Olympic fervor -- or parental ambition gone wild?
Little Zhang Huimin reportedly spent nearly two months running the equivalent of a marathon and a half each day to reach the Chinese capital. She wore out 20 pairs of shoes.
Spurred on by her father, the 46-pound runner says she hopes one day to compete in the 2016 Olympic Games, the earliest ones she'll qualify for because of her age.
Local newspapers splashed her arrival in Beijing on Monday, and television camera operators have swarmed around her since, recording her as she pounded the pavement at Beijing's most famous square at 5 a.m. Tuesday. She wore red shorts, an orange singlet and pink shoes. Pinned to her chest was a sign that read: "Strong body, defy limitations, honor for the nation, Olympic spirit."
But her reported feat has generated equal doses of admiration and outrage. Some say she symbolizes the fortitude and grit that Chinese athletes need to garner a basket of medals at next summer's Beijing Olympic Games.
Others say that her father, who failed in his own dreams of becoming a star athlete, has been abusive to Little Zhang, as she's known, egging her on not out of Olympic spirit and determination but out of ambition and a desire to harness her fame for profit. They say he may be ruining her slight body.
Zhang Jianmin, 54, dismissed the criticism, saying his daughter was in good spirits and that her health hadn't suffered on the marathon odyssey.
"It's like a summer camp for my daughter, and we are just helping her have some fun," he said.
Little Zhang's summer of reported daily marathons began July 3 on the southern tip of the resort island province of Hainan. Every day, father and daughter awoke at 2:30 a.m. and headed off, escaping daytime tropical heat, according to Zhang Jianmin. He reportedly coasted along on a motorized bicycle while Little Zhang ran an average of 43 or 44 miles.
Through wind and rain, smog and extreme heat, the two wended their way north. A Guangdong province sportswear marketer paid their expenses.
The state Xinhua news agency quoted experts at a Hainan sports institute in early July as saying Little Zhang's body showed signs of fatigue. They said that her bones, heart and nervous system could sustain damage from such intensive running.
The China Daily newspaper on Tuesday also quoted an expert criticizing the run.
"It is an extremely hard running process even for an adult," Liu Hong, the director of the China School Sports Federation, told the newspaper. "The running will certainly harm her."
Zhang Jianmin disagrees. "The girl arrived in Beijing in healthy condition. And the journey is finished," he said.
This marks the second time this month that the tale of a child running a marathon has gripped Asia.
On Aug. 13, the coach of a 6-year-old Indian boy who became famous for running marathons was arrested and charged with torturing the child. The slum-dwelling boy, Budhia Singh, became a celebrity in India last year when, at age 4, he ran 40 miles in seven hours.
Doctors later found him to be undernourished, and police officers who accused the coach said they found scars on the boy's body, signs of beatings.
If Little Zhang's father has his way, her run to Beijing will pale beside his plan for next year, when he intends to have her run from Lhasa, 12,500 feet high in the Tibetan plateau, to Shanghai, the coastal metropolis, a distance of more than 3,100 miles.
"If conditions are right, then we will do it," he
Tuesday, 28 August 2007
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