KyiMayKaung

Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.

Saturday, May 25, 2024

How to remember a Chinese name--

Chu--clan name or family name

Teh-Chun first or given name--

so in Chinese I would be

Kong Qi Mei.

Look up the meanings of each name online.

Differentiate Wade-Giles spelling/transliteration fromnew Pinyin spelling--

e.g--Mao Zedong from old spelling-

5-25-2024

KyiMayKaung

Saturday, May 25, 2024

How to remember a Chinese name--

Much to read from the Atlantic--incld--Friday Night Massacre.

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