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Link: New Blog from an Easterner in the West

January 25, 2010

Quick update – I added a link to a new site from a Chinese friend (and former teacher) working on her PhD in the US. Her blog was inspired by the fascinating Economist article entitles “The Others“. The blog is not even two weeks old, but the post so far have been really fun to [...]

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Politics: Sino-Sudanese Relations

January 14, 2010

China has been heavily criticized for its close ties with Sudan. Despite an ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region, China continues to trade and support the Khartoum regime. Furthermore, China has threatened to veto any United Nations Security Council resolution that would send an international force into Sudan[1]. Those searching for an international solution [...]

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Culture: Differences Between the East and the West in Pictures

October 16, 2009

Recently, my friend in Beijing posted some photos comparing the differences between the East and West. The artist was born in China, but has lived in Germany since 1990. I think this particular project is incredible because the pictures are so simple, but they say so much (west left, east right). **(see notes at the [...]

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Book Review: A New China (新的中国）

October 12, 2009

After a few years of studying with several different books, I have noticed that their is a pretty significant difference in the quality. I think part of the problem is that there are so many people trying to capitalize on the growing number of people that are trying to learn the language. I say this [...]

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History: China-Africa – How It All Started

September 10, 2009

China’s involvement in Africa has become a big deal over the past few years. I have personally been very interested in the issue, and have spent the past few years researching, writing, discussing, and thinking about this issue in hopes of understanding it better. In my last year of college, I wrote a couple of [...]

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Politics: Dalai Lama to Visit Taiwan

August 27, 2009

Hmm, not too sure how I feel about this story reported in the New York Times. My initial reaction is one of concern. Ma Ying-jeou has done a much better job dealing with cross-strait relations, and I hope that this does not jeopordize his efforts.
The last time the Dalai Lama visited Taiwan was in 2001 [...]

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Language: Eradicating Chinglish in Shanghai

August 25, 2009

Today the BBC reported that officials in Shanghai are trying to get rid of all the ‘Chinglish’ signs:

The authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai are starting a campaign to try to spot and correct badly phrased English on signs in public places.
Chinglish, as the inaccurate use of the language is known, has long been [...]

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Politics: Obama and Crew Using Mandarin

August 21, 2009

One thing I have always appreciated about Obama is the fact that he is open-minded, culturally sensitive, and willing to listen and adapt. If you look at the way he has dealt with people and foreign leaders, you’ll quickly notice a very strong contrast from the way the President Bush dealt with them.

A brilliant example [...]

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Language: Different Meanings for Mandarin Term ‘Xiao Jie’ in Singapore and China

May 9, 2009

I thought I would share this video from the Straits Times Razor TV. The hosts of this show are discussing a news story describing a woman from China yelling at a shop assistant for calling her ‘xiao jie’, which she interpreted as prostitute.
The term xiao jie is translated as ‘young lady’ or ‘miss’ , but [...]

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Life: Leaving Shanghai, Heading To Singapore

April 17, 2009

For the past 6 weeks, I have been in China co-leading an immersion program for40 Singaporean students. I cannot belive it is almost time to go back (Sunday) – times really does fly. A lot of people have been asking me if I am excited to go back, so I decided to write a quick [...]

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