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In the Chinese tradition, the dragon represents the emperor and the phoenix represents the empress. Mythical beasts of immense power. Of course, the dragon has become a symbol of China. Can you attach or provide links to examples of this?

Please ask me Tuesday to say something more about such symbols.

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Several folks noted the Michael Jackson Pepsi can (someone please post a photo!), so I thought you might like this Pepsi ad:

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I think the tourist brochures are a great idea. Please add the photos as attachments rather than copying them into the message area. That makes it easier for viewers to scroll through and open the ones they want.

You attach files by clicking on the "attach files" link below the add new post screen (see the picture I've attached, just click on it to open it).

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Thanks to Tiffany for mentioning the standards. You can find them here:
http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=2073 -- for those emphasizing East Asia

CA Dept of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

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Thanks to Tiffany for mentioning the standards. You can find them here:
http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=2073 -- for those emphasizing East Asia

CA Dept of Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/

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David makes a vital point about stressing the importance and value of all work. I agree with him on the need to walk that fine line. We want children to appreciate all those who labor. At the same time, we also need to help them understand that opportunities vary and it's great to keep one's options open. One can find masonry and many other jobs highly satisfying (and skilled labor such as that is well paid!), but one should choose one's occupation rather than being locked out of opportunities.

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David makes a vital point about stressing the importance and value of all work. I agree with him on the need to walk that fine line. We want children to appreciate all those who labor. At the same time, we also need to help them understand that opportunities vary and it's great to keep one's options open. One can find masonry and many other jobs highly satisfying (and skilled labor such as that is well paid!), but one should choose one's occupation rather than being locked out of opportunities.

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Thanks for the book reference. There's a lot happening between the south and China today. Chinese oil companies are linking up with Texas firms. Haier is making appliances in South Carolina for a number of years.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2006/04/haier_invests_i.html

http://www.haieramerica.com/camdenfactory

But what China connections can you find for the area where you teach? Palm Springs, for example, has an international film festival. A couple of years ago, there was a China-related controversy associated with it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/movies/09film.html. I wrote something about that as well: http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=1944.

A Chinese band, New Pants, performed at a Coachella festival: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/videos/new-pants-at-coachella or http://www.chinamusicradar.com/?p=2784. Game creator Feng Mengbo was there too: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/creators/feng-mengbo .

Can you come up with some links between your community and China, Japan, or Korea? What are your sister cities?

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Thanks for the book reference. There's a lot happening between the south and China today. Chinese oil companies are linking up with Texas firms. Haier is making appliances in South Carolina for a number of years.

http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/eyeonasia/archives/2006/04/haier_invests_i.html

http://www.haieramerica.com/camdenfactory

But what China connections can you find for the area where you teach? Palm Springs, for example, has an international film festival. A couple of years ago, there was a China-related controversy associated with it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/movies/09film.html. I wrote something about that as well: http://china.usc.edu/ShowArticle.aspx?articleID=1944.

A Chinese band, New Pants, performed at a Coachella festival: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/videos/new-pants-at-coachella or http://www.chinamusicradar.com/?p=2784. Game creator Feng Mengbo was there too: http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/creators/feng-mengbo .

Can you come up with some links between your community and China, Japan, or Korea? What are your sister cities?

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Jillian's got a great idea to compare two remarkable women, Wu Zetian, who ruled in her own name during the Tang Dynasty, and Ci Xi, who dominated China during the last part of the 19th century.

Ci Xi is getting better treatment these days, at least in a recent soap opera she's depicted as wise and open-minded.

Here is a website offering a summary of opinions about her rule.
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/48H6545H12214.html

Here's a 2008 article confirming that the Guangxu emperor was poisoned in 1908, something long suspected. Most assume that the dying Ci Xi ordered him killed.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/21/content_7226663.htm

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Jillian's got a great idea to compare two remarkable women, Wu Zetian, who ruled in her own name during the Tang Dynasty, and Ci Xi, who dominated China during the last part of the 19th century.

Ci Xi is getting better treatment these days, at least in a recent soap opera she's depicted as wise and open-minded.

Here is a website offering a summary of opinions about her rule.
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/48H6545H12214.html

Here's a 2008 article confirming that the Guangxu emperor was poisoned in 1908, something long suspected. Most assume that the dying Ci Xi ordered him killed.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-11/21/content_7226663.htm

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Hi Folks,
I think Toni makes a great point distinguishing footbinding from the sorts of things that adults or older teens might do to themselves. The young girls didn't choose to have their feet bound. But this wasn't the only matter where parents decided things for kids. Marriage was another. Marriage in pre-modern East Asia was the joining of two families, not two individuals.

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Hi Folks,
I think Toni makes a great point distinguishing footbinding from the sorts of things that adults or older teens might do to themselves. The young girls didn't choose to have their feet bound. But this wasn't the only matter where parents decided things for kids. Marriage was another. Marriage in pre-modern East Asia was the joining of two families, not two individuals.

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Hi Folks,
Thanks for all your cooperation on today's visits. I hope you found them interesting and useful. I'm curious if you noted California "adjustments" to Chinese building norms. Our docent noted one in telling us that steel bars extend down from one of the rocks deep into the ground. Did you observe any others? Think safety and access.

Was there a particular piece at the museum that you found interesting? Was there a theme or idea that you might be able to apply to one or more of your classes?

Daisy - thanks for noting that the hotel does have some food available.

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Hi Folks,
Thanks for all your cooperation on today's visits. I hope you found them interesting and useful. I'm curious if you noted California "adjustments" to Chinese building norms. Our docent noted one in telling us that steel bars extend down from one of the rocks deep into the ground. Did you observe any others? Think safety and access.

Was there a particular piece at the museum that you found interesting? Was there a theme or idea that you might be able to apply to one or more of your classes?

Daisy - thanks for noting that the hotel does have some food available.

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