Ni hao! I used to study in Beijing and loved it. I have forgotten a lot of my Chinese now and haven't been to Beijing since 2004 but it's a fabulous city (apart from the pollution!). I'd love to see what it's like since the Olympics. I hear it's completely different now. Hope you're enjoying Switzerland. I'm about to move to Zurich.

Yes I know your city.

欢迎瑞士.

六个月前，我和我的女友前往北京和成都.

对不起，我仲文是不好的。我可以发言，但不会读写汉语好.

我是美国人，我的女友是瑞士的女人。1999年，我曾在上海外国大学。现在住在St. Gallen Canton。

It hasn't changed as much as I thought it would.

Prices went up (in real terms, and against sterling as the exchange rate was 15:1 in 2006 and now it's 10:1), more hutongs were chai'd (demolished) and public transport got much better.

Buses are cheaper (0.4y with a "yikatong" pass), more metro lines, and a train from the new airport which (almost) connects well with the metro.

Some areas became bland (looking at you, Nanluoguxiang) but new areas popped up to take their place (Wudaoying).

I love Beijing. Apart from a rise in prices and increase in traffic, it's just as cool and "different" and exciting as it was before the Olympics. In my opinion.

This forum mandates English language only, unless a translation is given. Some of your characters are wrong (I know it's not your fault; it's the MS pinyin thing) and maybe your grammar is off, but then I'm not fluent so it could be me ...

(apologies for the indulgence! I just fancied the impromptu practice ...)

Excellent pasting into Babelfish! Clearly you are a natural at it.

Cheers,
Nick

Yao Ming = Beijing

你好, your chinese is good enough.
Coincidentally, I also stayed in Chengdu for 7 years, studying in a university there.
I watched once a tv program in China about a couple, the husband from America and wife from Switzerland, they opened a shop in Beijing selling T shirts designed by themselves. What is more, the husband also stayed in Shanghai for some time before he moved to Beijing. Is that you two?

Actually, he is from Shanghai which I haven't been to.

Is that why rough women from Beijing are known as "Yao Mingers".

Cheers,
Nick

Hi there,
Welcome to EF and Switzerland. What do u do in Switzerland?I'm chinese born and grow up in Malaysia.

Really? I've never heard of it? Where do people say that?

I'm doing some research in a lab here temporarily.

Cool! At the University Hospital of Zürich?

Kind of Yes
How do you know that?

only a guess...
I work at the USZ and know some other asian reseacher too.

I got a scholarship, but time is a little too short. Time passes really fast!

Enjoy your time and wish you all the best. How long you'll be here?

Thanks, I still have almost half a year here. I hope I can make the best use of it.

Good luck and have fun!

Cool, so you are a doctor?