This is modern (simplified characters) written Chinese. While it was originally based on the dialect of Beijing it is the national standard that can be understood by all educated people living in Mainland China. Older Hong Kong residents would have problems with some of the simplified characters but could understand the majority of it. Google translate in regards to passages about science and medicine is accurate. It fails for highly idiomatic topics such as the je ne sais quoi of tube vs, solid state amplification, the essence of expensive teas, liquor, and food.
Yes, but to express themselves more idiomatically there are a number of characters that are only used for Cantonese. Even my wife's dialect ( a Mandarin variant of the noble Sichuan mountain-top distillers of Firewater) has expressions that have no written equivalent.Pretty much, simply put, they now also consider those exhibit syptoms clinically as confirmed case, no need to wait for test results.
Fyi, Chinese is the written language. Cantonese and Mandarin are the dialects
Can't disprove it so it must be true!
I researched vitamin D intake because I live in a northern climate, we have long winters and I mostly stay indoors. It is easy to intake enough to store in the liver I think it is and it is also easy to overdose. Large dosage is not required and for most Caucasians 20 minutes in the direct overhead sunlight is enough to store lots of vitamin D. Over the period of summer a Caucasian should be able to store enough for the winter. For dark skinned people they need to supplement their intake with vitamin D.
I have been living in Beijing since 2003 (a few months after SARS) and your comment is spot on.
Agreed, just wanted to point that out in case some people assume that it does.
