English rendering of Chinese phrases for your kind reference: Shanghai Daily Feb.15, 2009 on page B16
1. "Bai jia nu"in Pin Yin: Shopholic woman.
2. "Qiao shi li" in Pin Yin: Smart Power. Hard and soft power in a winning strategy. Hillary Clinton used it frequently. She pledged to use "smart power" to renew the nation's international leadership and deal with troubled spots. My comment: Chinese expression: "Hong lian and Bai lian" in Pin Yin: i.e. Red and White faces in Peking Drama to imply hard and soft power to try to win such encounter.
3. "Jing fen" in Pin Yin: duplicitous self-promoter - Pop stars use false IDs to leave flattering comments in their own blog postings.
4. "Heng li yi zu" in Pin Yin: Henry - Folks in US who earn $250,000 a year, but due to high taxes and other debts,the value of their accumulated assets has not reach US 3 million yet.
5. "shi cha dang" in Pin Yin: Time-difference Party - Folks who live in a different time zone compared with their friends in China. They share their online game with persons in another time zone so they can play the same game in shifts.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao shares such info with readers on Monday,Feb.16,2009 at 8.55 a.m.
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