Frontmatter -- Preserving and developing language resources Foreword to The Language Situation in China: English Version, Vol. 2 (2008-2009) -- Contents -- I. Language Work -- 1. An update on the use and management of standard spoken and written Chinese -- 2. Information management of spoken and written languages in China: An update on the latest efforts and development -- 3. An overview of ethnic language affairs -- 4. A survey of sci-tech terminology work -- 5. Status quo of sign language -- II. Special Research -- 6. The international dissemination of Chinese language -- 7. Language use in civil aviation -- 8. Language situation on the Qinghai-Tibet railway -- 9. Language standardization in criminal courts -- 10. Language of psychological assistance in post-earthquake services -- 11. The improvement of the language environment for the Shanghai Expo 2010 -- 12. Language situation of the Three Gorges immigrants of the Changjiang River -- 13. A survey of the language use at the migrant schools in Shanghai -- 14. A survey on parents' attitudes towards maids' use of dialects -- 15. The language situation at foreign companies: A case study of Shanghai -- 16. An overview of languages used in Beijing markets catering to foreign customers: A case study of Silk Street -- 17. Language situation of Zhejiang's Yiwu Small Commodity Market -- 18. Bilingual education in Altay Prefecture of Xinjiang -- 19. A survey of languages used by immigrants in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Group -- 20. The English translation of Chinese menus -- 21. Short message language use report -- 22. Buzzwords vis-á-vis social change in China from 1978 to 2008 -- III. Language Focuses -- 23. Chinese elements in the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics -- 24. Language issues in advertising -- 25. The case of Zhao C -- 26. The Internet language craze -- 27. The three buzzwords: 山寨(Shanzhai), 雷(Lei), and 囧(Jiong) -- 28. Chinese catchwords of the year (2007-2008) -- 29. Chinese neologisms of the year (2007-2008) -- IV. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan -- 30. New shifts in the medium of instruction policy of Hong Kong -- 31. Language policy and language education for ethnic minorities in Hong Kong -- 32. Legal language of Macao -- 33. Language situation in Taiwan -- Appendix 1. A record of major Chinese language events (2007) -- Appendix 2. A record of major Chinese language events (2008) -- Contents (Chinese version 2007, Volume I) -- Contents (Chinese version 2008, Volume I) -- Postscript -- Editorial Teams of the English Edition -- Index