http://popupchinese.com Community Discussions on Popup Chinese en-us http://popupchinese.com/account/review ]]> http://popupchinese.com/account/review After this the popup tests will only quiz you on materials explicitly in your vocabulary list. If you run into words you already know, delete them from your list and you'll never see them again. Alternately, you can remove all absolute beginner lessons from your list of studied lessons. Then they won't be used as vocabulary sources.]]> Sinocism.com Topic 1 - South China Sea International Crisis Group report: Stirring up the South China Sea http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/asia/north-east-asia/china/223-stirring-up-the-south-china-sea-i.aspx Direct link to pdf: http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/north-east-asia/223-stirring-up-the-south-china-sea-i.pdf US attack submarine surfaces at Subic Bay, by Rouchelle R. Dingsalan for GMA News http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/258321/news/nation/as-shoal-tensions-rise-us-attack-sub-docks-at-subic-bay China dispute threatens Philippine industries, by Josephine CUENTA and James Hookway for The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577407730408858666.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Topic 2 - Rowdy laowai and anti-foreigner sentiment Foreigners face visa scrutiny, China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/15/content_15290739.htm Campaign to enforce visa rules, China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-05/16/content_15301898.htm Chinese Netizens Say Time To “Clean Up” Foreign “Trash”, by David Wertime at Tea Leaf Nation http://tealeafnation.com/2012/05/chinese-netizens-say-time-to-clean-up-foreign-trash/ RECOMMENDATIONS Jeremiah Jenne: Historical borders of Europe time lapse, 1000-2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQf-PZWFMzY Kaiser Kuo: Taylor Fravel - MIT professor and expert on international security, focusing on China and East Asia http://taylorfravel.com/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/fravel Misunderstanding China: Popular Western illusions debunked, by Andy Rothman for CLSA (direct link to pdf) https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5PLEfhDB5KxMjcwNTZaalFnc2c/edit?pli=1 Jeremy Goldkorn: Understanding China through Comics Volume 2, by Liu Jing http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-China-through-Comics-Volume/dp/0983830835/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337254333&sr=1-1 Zoo Caretaker Licks Monkey’s Butt To Help It Defecate, via chinaSMACK http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/stories/zoo-caretaker-licks-monkeys-butt-to-help-it-defecate.html Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt: China in 10 Words, by Yu Hua http://www.amazon.com/China-Ten-Words-Yu-Hua/dp/0307379353 ]]> here). In both of these cases, answering a question incorrectly will add it to your private vocabulary list if it does not already exist, and move the word to the top of your review queue. This means that launching your flashcards should result in that word appearing with the rest of the material scheduled for review. OK -- the bad news is it even if these words are in your vocabulary list, isn't very easy to find them if they aren't already organized by labels. This is somewhere we need to improve usability, whether it is letting people search for specific words or rank items by the number of times answered incorrectly, etc. In the meantime, if the word is totally new, you should be able to find it on the last page of your vocabulary list, since words are listed in sequential order by default at present. Sorry if the situation is confusing, but hopefully this explanation will help until we find a more intuitive way to handle all of this stuff. ]]>