Hong Xing
I have split your post off and placed it in the Administration forum as it was addressed to them.
Hong Xing wrote:
posted 5th November 2003 13:54
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To:
PPRuNe Towers Adminstrators
If there is one thing I have learned from my request to allow Chinese to be used on Fragrant Harbour it is a better understanding of why the French so vigourously protect their language.
As I am not privy to the collective thinking of your decision making may I offer you one final morsel to dwell on. It is a Chinese metaphor that has been around for a thousand years and it goes like this: GUO ZU BU QIAN . This translates as " binding your feet to prevent your own progress " or " non-advancement due to self imposed restraint. "
Hong Xing