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  • March 9, 2011 at 11:22 am #27340
    Anonymous
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    I just loved reading the Placard posted in Guangshou (Canton) rallying the Chinese citizens to fight the English. The writing was wonderful! I loved the descriptions of English "barbarians" as having "hearts of wolves!" I also liked the consideration in warning the "good barbarians" of the upcoming plan to riot and telling them to flee or stay indoors and not to help the English Barbarians. I also enjoyed the soothing and syrupy references to their own "benevolent" and "generous" compassionate rulers. After reading the Treaty that the British devised, one could not blame them (the Chinese) for their outrage.

    March 10, 2011 at 4:12 am #27341
    clay dube
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    Hi Everyone,
    Please read this collection of materials (and the one labeled "war and revolution") prior to our 3/22 session at the UTLA building.

    This collection includes:
    1. Ebrey, "Placards Placed in Guangzhou," Chinese Civilization.
    2. "Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking)"
    3. deBary, et aI, "Taiping," Sources of Chinese Tradition.
    4. deBary, "Self-Strengthening," Sources of Chinese Tradition.
    S. deBary, "Kang Youwei," Sources of Chinese Tradition.
    6. Ebrey, "Liang Qichao on his Trip to America," Chinese Civilization.
    7. deBary, "Sun Yatsen," Sources of Chinese Tradition.

    You may find it useful to bring the readings with you to class on 3/22.

    We are distributing the readings for the 3/22 session as pdf downloads. The later readings will be provided to you in a reader that we will give you on 3/22.

    March 14, 2011 at 2:41 pm #27342
    Anonymous
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    The "19th Century China" reading was very interesting and informative. It brought to light the issues for the Opium War and the two sides involved. What I enjoyed most about this reading was that it offered a different perspective. I truly enjoyed reading of the nationalism that arose and how the Chinese united to keep the British out. I believe that this, along with a copy of the treaty, would be a good document for my students to anaylze. They would also be able to get a better understanding o of the Chinese experience and points of view outside of their textbooks.

    March 20, 2011 at 12:42 pm #27343
    Anonymous
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    The article about the "Placards Posted in Guangzhou" in the "19th Century China" readings was obviously reflective of a people who understood Great Britain's capacity to come into their country and take more than what they bargained for. I enjoyed reading about how the people of the town issued a "warning" to these "barbarians" and can certainly identify with (having the unfair advantage of knowing some of the history to come) their paranoia about these British merchants possibly being spies and/or having ulterior motives. As for the Treaty of Nanjing, it made me think of how it may be similar to the effects of the Treaty of Versailles with regards to how this British-devised treaty may have still left the Chinese dissatisfied, the same way the Treaty of Versailles left Germany bitter and unhappy after WWI. I agreed with "mgarcia" in that these primary source readings can provide my students with perspectives different or more in depth than those provided in their textbooks.
    edited by cbacon on 3/21/2011

    March 21, 2011 at 5:38 am #27344
    Anonymous
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    I agree with cbacon about the similarities between Versailles and Nanking. There seem to be many connections between some what we are reading to more modern events. I thought about the similarities between the Confucian readings and an assignment my students do looking at the nature of man from the point of Locke and Hobbes.

    March 26, 2011 at 7:16 am #4694
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    March 26, 2011 at 7:16 am #27345
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    The article “Liang Qichao on His Trip to America” was very interesting. Even though Liang traveled to North America a century ago, many of his observations are still present in Asian community in California. It was a great instructional tool of discipline and classroom rules. When I shared the part “When Westerners speak… The volume of their voices is adjusted appropriately. .. In China, if several people sit in a room to talk, they sound like thunder... If thousands are gathered in a lecture hall, the [speaker’s] voice is like a mosquito, (Qichao 340)” with my students, we couldn’t agree more. Another teachable moment!

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