china Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/china/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png china Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/china/ 32 32 Jackie Chan’s Big Sign Language Hit At Chinese New Year Festival https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/ https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:53:51 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9801 Jackie Chan, the actor, sang in Chinese Sign Language this year on China’s largest broadcasting network, CCTV’s Gala special celebrating the Chinese New Year. The song is nationalistic, Chan sings about his love for China and pride in being a citizen. This was not the only song sung at the gala; there were several famous […]

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]]> https://deafniche.com/jackie-chan-signs-chinese-new-year-festival/feed/ 5 Rate of Deafness Among Children Is At An All-Time High in China https://deafniche.com/rate-deafness-among-children-time-high-china/ Tue, 29 Nov 2016 06:59:09 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9561 Chinese children are becoming deaf at an alarming rate of 30,000 per year since 2008. The reason may surprise you: improper use of antibiotics. Imagine that it’s winter time and you are the parent of sick children who have missed a week of school already and they need something stronger than the usual home remedies […]

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]]> Chinese Airline Has Sign Language https://deafniche.com/chinese-airline-sign-language/ Sat, 19 Mar 2016 07:25:43 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=8976 Air China was one of the first airlines to provide Sign Language to their Deaf customers Sign Language on a Chinese Plane. Posted by Deaf Civilization on Friday, November 21, 2014 Chinese airlines have provided safety videos in their national Sign Language for many years; they are one of the first countries to do so. The […]

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]]> Native Americans and Sign Language https://deafniche.com/did-you-know-native-american/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:34:46 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=8841 Native Americans needed it for communication back then! Originally the Native Americans developed sign language to use with other tribes because they each spoke a different language. The sign language system became very useful for communicating with the new European settlers. Communication was important for trading and survival, they developed a sign language that was […]

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