We are very lucky. In the run up to the Beijing Olympics the powers that be decided that China (at least in the big cities) should have signs not only in Chinese but also in English, or in the case of road names, in Pinyin, the official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet so that the Foreign Devils could also find their way around. Not only are government signs translated, but private ones are too. Some more successfully than others. Translating from a language that has no pronouns or tenses and which is based to some extent on the pictorial representation of concepts can lead to some amusing and bemusing English, known to us all as Chinglish. So for your amusement:
I’m not sure that I do
An ATM
Who knows?
It says “No Striding Over”……
Always
If I told you once I’ve told you a thousand times…..
A Sign at a Metro Station
As opposed to the Math Class
Poor Maglev train – you must be kind to it
It says: Please claim your luggage according to your luggage-ing
We hand make coffee too
As opposed to the inconvenient truth
Why use one word (exit) when eight will do?
No Entrance
There’s a lot of swearing going on and laughing too and as for sampces, well….
This sign about the rubber carpet auto-walk usage was difficult to photograph as I was on the moving pavement at the time
The grass was very short
Can I eat a packed lunch here if I’m not Billy No Mates, then?
It says ” Please don’t throw bumpf in the closestool”
A case of misspelling and a little bit more. It has a Glaswegian hint to it don’t you think?
Pearls From The Orient 
Brilliant. Had me chuckling over my cornflakes!
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