Message from vgairola

[Anonymous]

As recommendd by one of the participants, I made it a point to see 'Hero' starring Jet Li. I liked the movie but I think the theme in the movie of putting forward different analysis of how to assasinate the first emperor of China would be too much for MS students to keep track or comprehend. Clips can definitely be shown to possibly strengthen the point that there were other empires that had established in Asia before the Roman Empire around the Mediterranean.
I happened to record 'The First Emperor' (Qin) broadcast by the History Channel. It is 2 hours long and very informative. However, it does show a lot of fights and other incidents that took place during the formation of the empire, including the strangling of the grand kids on orders of the emperor and the tearing apart of one of the opponents by tying him to four horses pulling in four different directions. This might be somewhat too dramatic for MS students. From this broadcast, I think, only some clips can be shown as an introduction to China.