QQ, The Most Popular IM in China

QQ is a instant messager software just the same as ICQ in the USA or some other countries. We can register a QQ number, and chat with other people in QQ. Maybe ICQ or MSN are the most popular IM softwares in the world, but QQ is more popular in China. Most Chinese people seldom use ICQ for chat, and only some white-collar use MSN, but nearly everybody who plays computer has one or more QQ account. Jetorz have two QQ account, one for family or friends I know in the real world, and one for e-friend in the internet. QQ is especially popular in the young people.

With the growth of internet in China, QQ is more and more powerful. It is not only an online chat software. You can also call video phone, transform file from peer to peer , share files with other QQ users, get online hard drive, get QQ mail and so on with a single QQ account, and all of them are for free! But of course, only limited function for free users, if you want better service, you will have to pay for it.

If you are from countries other than China, and want to get friends with Chinese by internet, QQ may just be your choice.

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About IME go with Windows

We have talked about IME for some time, like "Google Pinyin, Way to Learn Chinese", "New Version of Google Pinyin". The reason why we talk so much about IME is that it is very important to choose a good IME software in inputting Chinese character.

There are also some IME softwares go along with Windows, like ZhiNeng ABC and Microsoft Pinyin and so on. If you do not like to find and install softwares, maybe Microsoft Pinyin is your choice. The latest version of MS Pinyin is 2007, but I suggest using 2003, which is installed automatically when you install Microsoft Office 2003. The interface of MS Pinyin is going with the system language you use. If your Windows is English, interface of MS Pinyin is English. This is good to someone who just start learning Chinese. ZhiNeng ABC may be good long time ago, but It is not so good recently, because there's no progress during these years, while other softwares are trying their best to develop themselves.

I am so sad

I used to use Wordpress.com as my blog, but I just find that it is unable to access Wordpress any more. I know the reason, well, the famous GFW, known as a matter of fact"Great Fire Wall".

China is a great country. It is old, it is mysterious, and it's economic condition astonished the whole world. But China is really not so democratic. At least, we Chinese people can not access the internet world freely. We can not enjoy Flickr, Google Group, Wikipedia...which I do not like very much.

I tried many ways to access blogspot, because I like writing something, and I want to write something in English to practice my English. I am so sad that I will have to try very hard to do so.