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[Anonymous]

I am so appreciate to have this opportunity to learn the change of China from Professor Yan. Both my parents were moved from China to Taiwan after WWII. I remembered, when I was a kid they can’t write letter to their families who still in China. There are so many things I learn about China were from school, some of them were true and some were exaggerated.
My first experience to know Chinese from China was 1983 when I take my graduated study in University of San Francisco. Compared to Taiwanese students there were just a few Chinese from China. Those days, all Taiwanese call ourselves Chinese, so in the school our “ Chinese student Club” was including those students from China. I really experienced that they were different from us(Chinese from Taiwan), they more keep distance from us and study harder than us. Their English also worse than us, but they really more focused on learning and most of them plan to go back to China after the higher education. Those Chinese friends were so different with the Chinese students I met in these 10 years.
I only know the changes is because the Chinese have more changes to connect to western cultures, but never know the relationship changes modern china coming from when and what.
Leaning from Dr. Yan, I have more understanding how these 30 years change happened, when was the influence happened. How china society changed from strong Mao’s era to now. As a Chinese, I really appreciate to learn about this.
If my students like to put their interesting about China, I can help them to do a better research from Dr. Yan’s articals.
edited by ysun on 8/4/2016