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SpectatorThe "late marry" refers to family planning. By promoting later marriages, they hoped to reduce the birth rate.
October 23, 2017 at 4:48 pm in reply to: session #11 10/23 (dube) china after the cultural revolution #38451SpectatorJane's right that the translation on the card isn't complete. The 各国 refers to the reactionaries of various / any countries/country. Jane's also captured the holy trinity - workers, peasants, soldiers, who appear on many of the cards.
October 23, 2017 at 4:45 pm in reply to: session #11 10/23 (dube) china after the cultural revolution #38450SpectatorValerie - great job, stern defense. The translator used fatherland, but although China's a patriarchical society, most of the time 祖国 gets translated as motherland, though a literal translation would be ancestral land. Why do you think different translators use different translations?
October 23, 2017 at 4:42 pm in reply to: session #11 10/23 (dube) china after the cultural revolution #38449SpectatorGreat work retelling the story of Yang the martyr!
October 23, 2017 at 4:41 pm in reply to: session #11 10/23 (dube) china after the cultural revolution #38448SpectatorWell done - China developed the atomic bomb in 1964. China alleged that the US used biological weapons against it during the Korean War. A couple of Americans who reported Chinese claims were charged with sedition, though the charges were eventually dismissed.
More at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Powell
Chemical weapons: http://www.nti.org/learn/countries/china/chemical/SpectatorI love the discussion here among several of you. Here's a series of posts that touch on the theme of "what's beautiful?" As we know standards vary over time and place. I love the points Tanish and Christine have shared. Please take a look at these posts: http://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/asia-my-classroom/whats-beautiful
Also - don't hesitate to browse the Asia in My Classroom and other forum posts and to use the search tool if you're after something specific. You can use it to search across the public forums.
Let's keep the discussion going.
SpectatorHi Kimberly -- close, but not quite. Here's a hint: http://countrystudies.us/albania/39.htm
SpectatorSpectatorRequired articles: Su, Yang on killings and Clarke on family planning.
Optional articles: Chan, Hukou System at 50 -- together with the one child family policy the most penetrating policy enacted by the Chinese Communist Party.
Chinese government white paper on the family planning program, 1995
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You must be logged in to view attached files.SpectatorMatthew - The SCMP is an essential resource for those interested in China. Thanks for highlighting it. I use the SCMP app on my phone, which is frequently updated and works well. There are other English language newspaper sites for China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, but SCMP is probably the best for general readers. Another good site is Hong Kong Free Press.
Please put website reviews in the "Web Resources" forum: http://china.usc.edu/k12/forums/forums/web-resources
SpectatorMy East Asia geography and demography presentation is attached as a pdf file. It's quite large (>12 mb), but will print and display well.
You are welcome to use this presentation with your own students. Please DO NOT share the presentation and DO NOT post it to the web. Thank you.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.SpectatorNira makes a great point about the gap between the English and the Chinese titles of this film. Many Chinese films opt for English titles that are not real translations. One example is "Quitting" which is 昨天 Zuotian or "Yesterday," but there are many others. Perhaps you know of other non-English language films with names that differ from their original language versions. What do you think drives such choices? It's possible to ask both Han Dongfang and the film's director, Huang Wenhai 黄文海, about this.
You'll be here at USC for a full day Saturday session, but if you know people in NY, the full version of the film will be screened on 10/21 at the Guggenheim Museum. https://www.guggenheim.org/event/turn-it-on-we-the-workers
If you'd like to comment on the film's Facebook page, please be sure to note that you saw the abridged version at USC: https://www.facebook.com/WeTheWorkersCNHK/
SpectatorOur three lead roles are:
Li Hongzhang -- Lesly Gonzalez
Kang Youwei -- Carlos Oyarbide
Qiu Jin -- Jasmine WangWe need people to lay claim to the supporting roles listed in my initial post. For Kang Youwei and Qiu Jin, a great resource is Jonathan Spence's The Gate of Heavenly Peace, but there's quite a lot about all of these figures online and in Sources of Chinese Tradition.
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