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Beijing professor denies having called Hong Kong’ers “Dogs” on TV
It started with a subway brawl in Hong Kong. Despite signs and announcements prohibiting the consumption of food on the subway, a Chinese mainlander was enjoying a bowl of instant noodles in a subway car. One Hong Kong resident lost … Continue reading
The Crucial Question about China’s Rise to Power
For Americans: You have to pick between two scenarios. 1. America is no longer a world power, but the other countries are mostly democratic with stable legal systems that ensure the carrying out of each consitution’s human rights principals. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in China, Chinese characteristics, politics, scholarship, 中国特色
Tagged democracy, freedom, traditional China
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A Disheartening Statement Regarding the Yueyue Incident
Assuming the reader of this blog minimally follows China news, it would be redundant of me to summarize the Yueyue incident of late October. So I’ll get right to the part where a Chinese classmate said that this was an isolated incident that … Continue reading
Dai Mythology, Part One
Dai culture recently piqued my interest, and thus I have undertaken a small translation project. The Water-Splashing Festival is the annual must-see event for China travellers (though it may be noted that I went to Xishuangbanna a week prior, and … Continue reading
Posted in China, China travel, Chinese minorities, Western China
Tagged Chinese minorities, Dai, Dai mythology
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7.23 Wenzhou Train Crash: A Generation-Defining Event
Also read this post on Asia Society Northern California’s blog. The Western media wake trailing the Wenzhou train crash (7.23.11) has ranged from speculative and well-founded to insensitive and under-evidenced and in most scenarios tinged with latent political musings. Perhaps more … Continue reading
Posted in China, modernization, politics
Tagged Chinese media, corruption, politics, Wenzhou train crash
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Thinking about China: not a matter of content, but method
Professor Sam Crane of Williams College has recently posted an excellent blog entry about the phenomenon of “misunderstanding China” — and as laowai’s surely are aware, that is in quotations to express that it is a misunderstanding that foreigners have … Continue reading
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What is to be done [about China]?
Having survived death by a thousand cuts (finals week), a whirlwind week as a funemployed laowai in Andingmen, and 24 hours of travel, I finally am now tucked back into the cozy New England town called home. The overnight transformation … Continue reading
Pete’s Tex Mex and Chengdu!
There are too many good things to say about my recent experience travelling in Western China. Chengdu itself is a hot pot – full of mist, spice, and surprises. If you do go to Chengdu and crave some good American food, … Continue reading
Posted in China, China travel, illegal, travel, Western China
Tagged Chengdu, China, Pete's Tex Mex, working in China
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中国特色 and varying quality in Chinese scholarship
I am a Chinese graduate school student, but Chinese is not my native language. So what would take me ten minutes to read in English will take about an hour to read in Chinese. I am not at all complaining … Continue reading
Posted in China, Chinese characteristics, modernization, scholarship, 中国特色
Tagged Chinese media, Chinese scholarship
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First Post: My Blog’s Intention
I really dislike laowai blogs. Laowai is a Chinese term that means “foreigner” – a term not just used by Chinese, but by any self-respecting foreigner who lives in the PRC (People’s Republic of China). It is a term that, when I hear it … Continue reading
