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Sat 26 Mar, 2005 08:52 am
hey
i am a new comer and want to promote my english
maybe you are my teacher .
ok ,
Iam form China. I am a law student .My dream is to be a lawyer for the nomocracy of China .
Good luck to all of you .
And good luck to you, too. It will probably help to follow and get into general discussions. You will not be the only person from China using the site like that.
You are using a word I'm not familar with to describe the government of China. Can you explain "nomocracy"?
Roger,"no mo" democracy are the cadres that oversee Tibet and Formosa
"Hundreds of thousands of people have marched through the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, protesting against China's anti-secession law.
The law, passed earlier this month allows China to use "non-peaceful" means to stop any move by the island towards independence.
Protesters sang and carried banners proclaiming peace and democracy at a rally outside the presidential palace.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province and claims territorial rights."
Beat me to it, Phoenix, I was going to say the same thing.
But it's interesting - or annoying - because promote is indeed a synonym for advance, and one of its definitions I found is "To contribute to the progress or growth of; further." So it's less a matter of "improper" word choice than it is just another ridiculous English subtlety that you can't really learn outside of being fluent.
Trying to learn German right now, and it's amazing to me how English is in fact harder than German; we just take for granted all the things (like the above) we've picked up along the way.
panzade wrote:Roger,"no mo" democracy are the cadres that oversee Tibet and Formosa
"Hundreds of thousands of people have marched through the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, protesting against China's anti-secession law.
The law, passed earlier this month allows China to use "non-peaceful" means to stop any move by the island towards independence.
Protesters sang and carried banners proclaiming peace and democracy at a rally outside the presidential palace.
Beijing sees Taiwan as a breakaway province and claims territorial rights."
I want to know your standpoint of the breakaway of Taiwan of China,and do you back up PRC or Taiwan?or being neutral?
The situation and the truth is that Taiwan is a part of China for many years and yet a part of China by now.If the government of Taiwan want to be independent neglecting the Chinese's feelings,it will become a war.
I hope that relations will not remain strained between the PRC and Taiwan.I would like to see a peaceful resolution.
Phoenix32890 and Nietzsche
Thanks four advices , maybe with your help, I can cure my mistake . But it will be taken a long time .
Nietzsche
I looked for the two words in my dictionary. I got o know the word “improve” is better ,in my opinion.
panzade
thank you too ,I try to join yours’ (can I use this sentence?)
panzade and maxbright
yeah ,your give a hardy question . Taiwan is a part of China . It is right . But,the chinese mainland is also a part of China. So , in my mind ,China is not only a country or a body politic, but aslo a people and the nation.
Aslo there are two governments in the land of china. But the people , who rules by different governments ,has the same ancestor and culture.
Yes , “against China's anti-secession law” is bad news for me ,not in polity but in legal theory. If some local government wanted to break away China , not only Taiwan, he should be punished. But the law just points to the Taiwan.
All thanks for you warm welcome .
Hi Js
Mates I think you shouldn't talk about this heavy topic here.

Thanks panzade for giving an end.
hi,JS.
hi,everyone.
Glad to meet you!
I am chinese new comer, too.
May we'll improve our english here!
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