It’s really a very small and tenuous link to our current cover star but ‘Chinglish’ and Ai Weiwei do both originate from China. With so many English-speaking tourists and businessmen now traveling to China, the Chinese are translating their signs to help visitors. Sometimes though the message gets lost and the results can be amusing and often utterly baffling. Enjoy some examples of ‘an English dictionary meeting Chinese grammar’ to give you a Sunday smile.
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