Category Archives: Chinese

The Monkey King: a fighting Buddha

The Monkey King(or Journey to the West) is a great novel of the ancient China. It is probably the most imaginary novel of China. It is still of question that who wrote the Monkey King. For me, it is actually … Continue reading

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A list of modern Chinese writers

Now here is a list of modern Chinese writers that I have learned quite tremendously from: Wang Xiaobo: ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Xiaobo ) He died in 1997, only about 45 years old. In my opinion, he is the greatest writer of modern … Continue reading

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Two ways to help China

So for people in the west who do care about people in China, here are two ways to help. One is as mentioned in Chinese Renaissance, the bottom level cultural communication and engagement. The other way is to stop the … Continue reading

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The Chinese Renaissance

This article is written for people in America who really care about situations in China. With this article, I hope it can give a basic stretch of the cultural thread that China is coming from, e.g. China’s growth path, and … Continue reading

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Watching the Olympics opening

As I said, I didn’t pay much attention to Olympics. So until I started watching it, did some questions come up to me. Now China is before the eyes of the world. This is the chance for China to express … Continue reading

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The myth of Chinese population

This came up a lot at last night Olympics watching party. I feel there is some misconception here. People wonder why China and India have so many people. Actually if you combine all the people in Europe, North America, South … Continue reading

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Development and Environment

This is the third installment based on a conversation with a friend today regarding China. As in the previous post, I said the stories in China are following a different thread than the ones in the west. The same is … Continue reading

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A brief rundown of Chinese modern history

This is to continue the last post, which is actually a conversation with a friend. The stories in China have a completely different thread than those in the west. To understand China and things happening there, you have to have … Continue reading

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News of China

People talked about polluted environment and so on in China. I didn’t want to response because if I responded people just thought it affirmed their assumption that I would defend my country. Besides, they are just bored. It is not … Continue reading

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Ha Jin’s Novels and Cross Culture Communication

Read of Ha Jin’s novel Waiting a little. Just talked with a friend about the novel. Now I feel it is better for me to just put these experiences down on “paper”. I like the way he writes things. Very … Continue reading

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