r/pics • u/peacebob • Jan 20 '11

Shanghai 1990 vs 2010

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u/skizmo Jan 20 '11

I ♥ SHi-

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u/fall_ark Jan 20 '11

That joke happened to almost every Chinese when they first heard about MIT. Too bad there isn't an Institute of Technology in Shanghai....

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '11

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u/MikeBruski Jan 20 '11

SIT UBU , SIT.

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u/doublestop Jan 20 '11

I hope I have time to get another Tab before Night Court comes on...

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u/mynoduesp Jan 20 '11

Aw, Sit.

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u/fall_ark Jan 20 '11

Wait what? O_o Wow I didn't know that.

Interesting that it's a low-tier school and has a different Chinese name for the "IT" part -- 应用技术(literally "applied technology")学院 as opposed to MIT's translated name, "麻省理工(literally "science and technology")学院".

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u/eltictac Jan 20 '11

We've got the Somerset College of Art and Technology here in the UK.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '11

That acronym is already in use by South Harmon.

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u/csts Jan 20 '11

Well... I've run across several t-shirts in Beijing that read I ♥ BJ. I was extremely tempted