A relatively long article on people using the language of Shanghai in various forms: 海外年轻人玩转上海方言 (Hǎiwài niánqīngrén wán zhuǎn Shànghǎi fāngyán)
The article mentions a number of Web sites, including:
* wu-chinese.org
* shanghaining.com
* Sinolect.org
To these, I would add
* zanhe.com
An AFP article, “Close encounters on rise as UFOs seize imagination of Chinese”, tells of Sun Shili, a 67-year-old retired Beijing professor who was once a Spanish translator for Mao Zedong during high-level state visits. Sun is looking forward to meeting extra-terrestrials.
Sun says language will not be a problem. “We expect to communicate using telepathy,” he says.
