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Eat Drink Man Woman Opening Scene

Such a classic, everyone interested in Mandarin and Chinese culture should watch.

Language & Chinese Rap

對面的女孩看過來(KTV)

Counterstrike Online Chinese ad

An advert from China for Counterstrike Online, not really any Chinese in it so here’s the translation of the Chinese name for Counterstrike: 反恐精英 （fǎnkǒng jīngyīng）：anti-terror elite

Online Gaming show on Taiwanese TV

This was recorded at about 3am in the morning. The presenter has quite a heavy Taiwanese accent so it’ll be interesting to see what people who learned Chinese outside of Taiwan make of it.

Hot Air Balloon Crash in China

Computex Photographers

The photographers at Computex go mad for the booth girls

光華電子廣場

Video shot in the computer district in Taipei, Taiwan.

大囍門 Feat. 豬哥亮 – 帥哥

Music video about the mistakes we make learning Chinese

A great music video by the British band Transition, any non-American foreigners in Taiwan will also get a kick out of the start, since all a lot of Taiwanese assume all foreigners are from the states.