Session II - 11/10/09

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  • January 9, 2010 at 4:19 am #29523
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    The dinnner was wonderful, and it makes me proud to know that my alma matter, USC has always done things with such a high standard. Thank you for your excellent taste and your quality considerations. I believe that this lecture had a great effect on me as I did not realize that China had so many dynasties, and that they each represented such dramatic changes that each of these time periods introduced. The Chinese people are truly a dynamic group, and able to withstand such dramatic changes. I appreciated the immeasurable knowledge of our professor, Clayton Dube as he compunds the history of China with what is actually going on there today. Connecting the past with the present seems to be a fact of this exciting culture. The visuals are nicely compounded with auditory input, and make it easy to follow the course content which has so much information. I was surprised to realize that foot binding was actually an expression of love, as I have always felt that it was a disciplinary action against women in China. It seemed a part of the discrimination process, but I was wrong, and gladly so. Even with a country that is this large, it is surprising that they have so much trouble with their natural resources, especially water. The pollution must gobble up a great deal of this natural resource, as industry waste is less controlled there than here in the United States.

    January 23, 2010 at 9:14 am #29524
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    From this session, I am better able to understand the Chinese government's positions when dealing with the United States and other Western powers, as well as its concerns about internal conflicts within and around its borders. Of particular note, I would like to express my appreciation of Clay Dube's use of primary source documents, most notably, The Treaty of Nanjing, which highlighted the arrogance that Western powers exhibited towards China. I thought that analyzing the text in the Treaty was powerful in seeing how China was treated during this time, and should be necessary reading for those who want to understand the rationale of Chinese policies presently.

    February 2, 2010 at 10:05 am #29525
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    Not only was dinner great but the lecture and the readings where very interesting!

    February 2, 2010 at 1:10 pm #29526
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    Chinese Dynasties are so fascinating. To think, we only did a small portion of the dynasties China has had... amazing. I looked it up, and one of the first dynasties recorded was from 2953-2357 B.C.! All the way to the last one that ended in 1911. That's more than 4000 years worth. And there were all kinds of dynasties. Wow. And then there are the emperors... it's just all so interesting. I had heard of them, but never did I think they were so impressive.

    I agree with Patricia, Clay's knowledge is equally as impressive as what he lectures! Thank you.

    February 21, 2010 at 5:25 am #29527
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    This is one of the sessions which will be of great blessing to me. Finally having a grasp of the different Chinese dynasties will definitely be helpful in my class. I am going to be making a poster with the various dynasties, with little bits of information, so the students can keep them straight as well.

    February 27, 2010 at 8:37 am #29528
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    Clayon does a wonderful job in helpin to make sense of the readings, history and relating it to current events for us to understand the unfamiliar...
    It took taking the seminar the second time around for me to finally grasp a clearer understanding of the development of the Chinese Dynasty...
    Perhaps I will be ready for seminar 3?

    February 27, 2010 at 2:33 pm #29529
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    As always a very wonderful session with Clay...
    One would believe that living in the country side, where life is simple with the beautiful sceneries, people are happier. I learned it to be ironic that in the rural areas in China they experienced the highest number of divorce, as well as women were in unhappy marriages leading many to commit suicide...When you think of 55 million women dying as they were not able to leave their marriage, you would think that would be a big concern of the government.

    Bringing forth this information to students about relationships and the protection women have today being in an abused relationship to what these women experienced.
    Students always are complaining about how much laws we have today, but they do not realize how protected we are because of these laws.

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