Each of the five playful characters created by the Chinese represents a character in the Chinese language that together spell out "Beijing welcomes you".

中国创造的五个顽皮的角色，每一个都代表一个汉字，拼出就是“北京欢迎你”。

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The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds.

汉语与西方语言的不同之处在于它使用的汉字会代表思想、物体或行为。

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"The combination of the sweep and scope of Melville's language, the beauty of the story, the depth of the characters all pushed me into a whole new realm of composing and thinking of what music is onstage."

VOA: special.2010.06.11

It was the first prime-time TV show to feature characters speaking in their native language with English subtitles.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

In a letter to the CIRA Board (I was a member of the board at the time), it delivered an official request for multilingual domains to allow for the use of French language characters.

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For example, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), which manages the dot-ca domain, should pass one million domain name registrations by early 2008, yet implementation of French language characters is only likely to take place in the next few years.

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Hey, they use a different language with characters and it is tough going for Chinese to hit those keys like we do in the West.

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