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  • January 16, 2008 at 11:12 am #5419
    Rob_Hugo@PortNW
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    Who knew that amazing art gallery was tucked away in Torrance? The Chen Art Gallery was incredible. I look forward to returning to spend more time reading captions and studying details. My favorite parts were the furniture and the jade pieces.
    I also enjoyed Professor Wills' presentation. I really do not know a lot about Taiwan's history, so I found the information about the Dutch and trade really interesting. His stories and descriptions of that "nation-state"/"country" made me want to hop on a plane and visit Taiwan. Even his brief mention of things like the Evergreen containers were tidbits of information that I did not know, so when I was driving by the harbor today I noticed all the Evergreen containers (along with Hyundai and Hanjing and others and even the big cargo ships with "China Shipping Company" on the sides). So now I look forward to our next meeting!
    Professor Wills' ending comments on recent things going on with Taiwan's government makes me wonder what things will change between China and Taiwan as a result.
    I thought this was a very good meeting and appreciate Miranda's efforts in arranging all of it.

    February 4, 2008 at 2:42 am #32527
    Anonymous
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    Beautiful tour of the Sunrider Museum. I have become inspired and I've been searching around for another museum trip- found a great exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art- "Everyday Luxury: Chinese Silks of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It runs through February 17. Check out; sbma.net. I'm going!

    February 4, 2008 at 3:14 am #32528
    Anonymous
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    Dr. Wills' presentation on the history of Taiwan was great. He made it so easy to understand and really sparked an interest. I loved his analogy to the wild west in America and I was surprised to learn that the Japanese occupation helped the infrastructure along more-so than when the Chinese controlled it. Tawian seems like an interesting and exciting place and will be interesting to watch in the future to see if it ever becomes an independent country.

    The Sunrider Museum was a complete and very pleasant surprise. It was amazing to see such an amazing collection of Chinese antiquities so close to home. I would love to share it with others. I would like to go back another day to see the garden and spend more time in the Museum. I will definetly remember it as a possible field trip destination for my 7th grade world history class.

    April 5, 2008 at 11:20 am #32529
    Anonymous
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    I enjoyed the museum thoroughly, but I also enjoyed Professor Wills. He covered so much in such a little time. He was concise and informative. He commented on "the heavenly kingdom" which I did not understand, so I took it upon myself to research it. I found a great website that describes in detail why the Chinese believe they are the heavenly kingdom on earth. I think it gives insight into the Chinese psyche.

    The website is: http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/REITAC.html

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