Prue Piper

Love to eat, read, sleep and live.

[Prue Piper @Chinese101]

A quiet Saturday afternoon to myself. Happened to come across this interesting visual story on https://t.co/Pm8xL19Unu. Love the art and the writing!!

https://t.co/um4ZZy0yMw

#storyloom #readingforpleasure #weekendmood #short

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You can read for free on Storyloom (in beta) https://t.co/lH35bFZbbZ some great interactive fiction from New York Best Sellers.
I am attempted to write Chinese stories there!

#kindleunlimited
#horrorcommunity
#writingcommunity
#writinglife
#amwritingscifi
#amwriting

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@PokemonGOptBR really?

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Team #Mystic forever! It’s been an amazing 5 years with @PokemonGOApp, and I’m excited for the next 5 to come! #WayToGO #Sweepstakes @Verizon

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@aislingyngaio @TzoAnastt @Globalnet626 @Coliver1991 @SillyTheEnemy @Blizzard_Ent this is Chinese partner's response, not Blizzard's response. Blizzard's weibo only shares the post from the blogpost, nothing more.

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@Slasher To be clear, this is not Blizzard's weibo in China. This is owned and managed by the game publisher. Blizzard cannot publish its games directly as a foreign company.

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@Blizzard_Ent good to see that Blizzard acknowledges its mistake in harsh punishment while holding its ground on maintaining a fair/political free platform.

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going to China for a long term trip. expect my new update soon

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anyone tried @eardoc? does it work?

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This is the favorite one for many Chinese men : ) They wish they were the target of this stratagem.

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There is another famous pattern called "Beauty Stratagem", which is about how to use attractive women to distract leaders to win the war.

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So the Head of Zheng succeeded without bloodshed. This is called "borrow knife to kill people". I am sure you can see a lot of examples.

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the head believe that his people were not loyal. The head ended killing those critical supporters himself.

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The Head of Zheng Feudal State wanted to invade another feudal state. He did not do it directly. Rather he used some tricks to make...

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One of the famous pattern is called "Borrow Knife to Kill People" (translated literally). This came from a story in Warring States Period.

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I think it is more appropriate to call them patterns. These patterns also live across cultures.

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Each of the stratagem can be summarized in four Chinese words and they are still used today, even in different contexts.

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These stratagems came from real events in ancient Chinese history. They are so embedded in the Chinese culture.

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Many people heard about Art of War by Sun Tze. There is another famous book about ancient war strategy - Thirty-Six Stratagems.

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Guang Xi province for Zhuang Zu and Ning Xia province for Hui Zu. Preferred treatment for minority groups can cause animosity from Han.