{"id":591,"date":"2011-06-11T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-11T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?page_id=591"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:42:32","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Added by Post\/Page Specific Custom Code plugin, thank you for using! -->\n<style>h4 {\r\n    font-size: 1.4em; \r\n    line-height: 1.6;\r\n   font-weight: bold;\r\n   margin-top: 0px;\r\n   padding-top: 0px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.signature {\r\n   margin: 0px !important; \r\n   padding: 0px !important; \r\n}<\/style>\n<div class=\"form-section\">\n<div class=\"form-image\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/hacking-chinese-crash-course-683x1024.png\" alt=\"Course Image\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"form-iframe\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n      src=\"https:\/\/711be60c.sibforms.com\/serve\/MUIFAJMjjzWRtXOCTxvrHMoJ_ZXSnuTSTLV3ijXJMKAnYgE9pnDbo8ggAvhgS37FVkTfarKswCq3c9sIh5SXCh-Z0_eJ6IcNiSl5iRlWl4dV74YmKhwT-hvbJEdLxk1C6ZsoEarfzMto1GpCOPnkIQ8S1xYJJO846uj0DtCPC5zdJQaUpCvs5sZ0a5g53-Z7aQQpi1uBDemrb0Le\"\n      width=\"100%\" height=\"680\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n    <\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/about\/#aboutme\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/olle-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/olle-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/olle.png 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Welcome to Hacking Chinese!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Hi! 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