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Anyone else intrigued by the upticked in posts using Asian Character sets?

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Posted 2012-June-11, 10:36

From my perspective, the number of posts in Chinese (???) seems to have increased dramatically in recent weeks.

Not sure whether this indicates

(1) An increase in the popularity of bridge overseas
(2) An increase in internet connectivity in China
(3) An uptick in BBO accounts in China
(4) A delusional belief on the part of yours truly
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Posted 2012-June-11, 10:40

How about the creation of a Chinese language international forum seemingly around mid-may?
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Posted 2012-June-11, 10:42

It is clearly not your imagination. It's also been mentioned in an "I'd like to be able to block certain fora/topics from View New Content" thread.
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Posted 2012-June-11, 11:25

I saw it and thought that a talkative Chinese guy had just noticed the existence of the forum.

 wyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


 rbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2012-June-11, 11:28

The Chinese Forum was created on May 17th. There was no Chinese forum before that, but as soon as it was created the Chinese speaking BBOers started posting there. Moderators for the Chinese Forum are Lycier and Aihua.

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Posted 2012-June-11, 11:50

It was something obviously needed, because of the apparent popularity. I haven't looked to see whether Lurp is upvoting there.
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Posted 2012-June-11, 13:47

I, for one, welcome our new Chinese character set overlords.
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Posted 2012-June-11, 23:14

HONG BO!
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Posted 2012-June-13, 19:39

View PostAntrax, on 2012-June-11, 23:14, said:

HONG BO!

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