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Photos from an international flower show held in Kunming about a week after we left: https://www.producereport.com/article/photos-kunming-international-flower-expo

And an article on problems in Kunming with bike sharing: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2018-07-24/kunming-latest-city-to-pump-brakes-on-bike-sharing-101308072.html

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Anthony's idea for Journey to the West is excellent. He can use images, especially, from the Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, a place that was key in the transmission of Buddhism to East Asia. One could compare it to other fantasy literature and even to travel writing. I think it might be fun to compare it to Flowers in the Mirror, a satirical novel with a bit of feminism by Li Ruzhen from the 19th century.
About Flowers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Mirror
Read a sample at: https://books.google.com/books?id=XHhR-6OGubIC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Journey to the West is a popular subject for Chinese filmmakers. Even with much improved special effects, the tv series from the 1980s is popular. On YouTube:
1986 subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfhuN76mYTg
2013 Stephen Chow comedy version (trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh3m_WJJkmA
2017 series version (Chinese/English subtitles): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWnCdX6I1zs

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Hi Stephanie,
More on Mao badges:
click on the individual sections of the book to download the pdfs for free:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/research_publications_series/2008/chairman_mao_badges.aspx

Images of Mao badges:http://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/7%20-%20Plates.pdf

An essay by Bill Bishop about Mao badges: http://museums.cnd.org/CR/old/maobadge/

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Hi Barb,
Congrats on your presentation and one on one conversations with colleagues.

Photos should go to the Google Drive. Lesson plans should be posted to:
https://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/forums/lesson-plans

Please put your last name and then your lesson plan topic in the subject line. You can attach documents (pdf format - many word processors can save to pdf format, but you can also use the free online conversion tools) and images.
 

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Hi Stephanie,

Thanks - we hoped to get all these before the start of classes, when you'll all be so busy. Let's get them up before September 1. Please post them to the lesson plans forum: https://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/forums/lesson-plans .

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NY Times article on baseball in Taiwan: hot and noisy. Our 2018 study your included a fun visit to a game between the Brothers and the Lions.  

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/taiwan-baseball.html?emc=edit_th_180806&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=533918760806

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See my post in the Taipei thread for a link to a new article about baseball in Taiwan.

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A number of us had great fun at the Taipei game. Today the NY Times features an article about the sport in Taiwan. Please share your photos and ideas.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/world/asia/taiwan-baseball.html?emc=edit_th_180806&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=533918760806

 

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Zoey and others raise great ideas on using Xu Bing's and other works in a "look closely" activity .

Here are some useful links on Xu Bing. The first is a Washington Post profile.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/10/28/xu-story-an-artists-absurd-cast-of-characters/12c02f5d-0946-426f-a017-c0334eff73c4/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.13bb7c60117e

Asian Art Muse video https://youtu.be/mQ1mpKlIxhQ

Bloomberg TV  https://youtu.be/jxHWJjaUDQg

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Hi Folks,

Sorry for the sound trouble on the films. I highly recommend each of these films. Please note that you can ONLY use films made in Asia by Asians primarily for Asian audiences for your film review. This means that you CANNOT use The Last Samurai or The Last Emperor. You can use hundreds of other films, including:

Zhang Yimou, To Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB7HYhUpDz8

Zhang Yimou, Ju Dou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsThCePxGc

A new film by China's most successful director, Feng Xiaogang, is Youth, and is available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY0OK1tj-DU  (subtitles don't start until there is dialogue)

Other films by Feng that are worth watching: Cell Phone, Aftershock (about the 1976 and 2008 earthquakes).
By Zhang: The Road Home (1999)

A useful website to see if a film is available via streaming services (either for free or rent) is: http://www.canistream.it

According to can I stream it, I could rent Aftershock (2010) for $3 or purchase it for $8. Well worth it.

More recent romantic comedies from China include:

Sophie's Revenge (2009) 非常完美 (ebay $10-12)
Beijing Meets Seattle (2013) 北京遇上西雅图 (ebay $10-25)

Other films available on dvd from Netflix (dvd.com), all highly recommended.
The Blue Kite (1993) [cultural revolution]
Aftershock (2010)  [aftermath of the Tangshan quake which killed 240,000]
Farewell My Concubine (1993) [Beijing Opera, cultural revolution]
City of Life and Death (2009)  [Nanjing massacre]
 

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Hi Folks,
Here's a second photo, taken before the one posted above. Not everyone is as visible as we'd like, but please do post your comments about KCC and please do tell us where you are in this photo.
http://www.kccla.org/english/home.asp

 

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What a good-looking group! Please follow Carissa and add your thoughts about the KCC resources and ideas. Please begin your post, though, by helping everyone identify you. Please say "I'm third from the right in the back row" or whatever. I greatly regret not getting a group shot at USC. I guess we just need to gather together again for another workshop or seminar. 🙂

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