FEB 11
[Σημείωση του συντάκτη: Ο ακόλουθος είναι μεταφράσεις από Charles Liu (εισαγωγή και κεφάλαια 1-4) και Allen (κεφάλαιο 5 και γενική έκδοση); από τις καταχωρήσεις περιοδικών;
Πίσω σε Lhasa (;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;) - Μέρος Ι (κεφάλαιο 1-5) ταχυδρομημένος στις 18 Ιαν. 2009.]
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Ο συντάκτης αυτού του περιοδικού, Zhen Fu, έπειτα ένας σπουδαστής κολλεγίων, ταξίδεψε μόνο στο Θιβέτ για πρώτη φορά το 2003. Θα ήταν μια ζωή-μεταβαλλόμενη εμπειρία. Όχι μόνο εκπλήρωσε το όνειρο διάρκειας ζωής ταξιδιού της στο μυστήριο έδαφος που είναι Θιβέτ: να δει τη μεγαλοπρεπή ομορφιά του, για να συναντήσει τους αξιοπρόσεκτους ανθρώπους του και για να βεβαιώσει τον αξιοπρόσεκτους πολιτισμό, αλλά το Zhen τους συνάντησε επίσης το μελλοντικό σύζυγό της, Mingji Mao, κατά τη διάρκεια του ταξιδιού της. Μαζί θα έγραφαν ένα βιβλίο «ημερολόγια από το Θιβέτ» βασισμένα στην αληθινή ιστορία αγάπης τους. Έκαναν μια υπόσχεση να επιστρέψουν στο Θιβέτ από κοινού.; Πέντε έτη αργότερα, Zhen και Mingji εκπλήρωσαν αυτήν την υπόσχεση. Αυτό το άρθρο είναι για αυτό που είδαν στην επιστροφή τους σε Lhasa στο τέλος του 2008.
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FEB 10
Με τους μεγάλους τρεις αμερικανικούς αυτόματους κατασκευαστές που ικετεύουν την αμερικανική κυβέρνηση για να τους εγγυηθούν από την πτώχευση, έχουν υπάρξει πολλές εικόνες στη TV και στις εφημερίδες των αμερικανικών αυτόματων εργαζομένων στη γραμμή παραγωγής. Πρόσεξα πολύ και ασυναίσθητα τους σύγκρινα με τις εικόνες των κινεζικών και ιαπωνικών εργαζομένων, συνήθως από τις ίδιες εξόδους μέσων. Ο εγκέφαλός μου υπολόγισε τις μερικές διαφορές μεταξύ των εικόνων των αμερικανικών και κινεζικών βιομηχανικών εργατών.
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FEB 09
Γραπτός από: bianxiangbianqiao | _ Filed κατώτερος:Ειδήσεις, μέσα |
Η ρίψη ενός παπουτσιού σε Wen Jia Bao δημιούργησε πολύ λίγη διέγερση μεταξύ των Κινέζων.
Ο χρόνος έχει αλλάξει από τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες. One Chinese commenter on MITBBS was concerned about how the shoe-thrower walked out of the building on his way to jail bare-footed, in the snow falling in London at that time. Did the police lend him a shoe to remedy his uneven legs?
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Feb 06
Since a recurring theme of discussion here is the truthfulness or
truthiness of various reports and claims regarding China, I compiled a list of figures illustrating the very different styles practiced by some journalists and analysts. Can you attach some names to them?
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Feb 04
In an
interview to XinHua,
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson declared that he was wrongly portrayed to have laid blame on China for causing today’s global economic crisis.
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President Obama has not exactly started out making a great impression that he will bring U.S.-China relations to a new high - what with unwelcomed vague belligerent references against communist and authoritarian governments in his inaugural speech, followed up by now Treasury Secretary's Geithner's sharp tone and use of the legally-loaded term ?currency manipulation? in Geithner's confirmation hearings (I don't want to get into the "currency manipulation" debate here since we will have specific posts on those topics soon).
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Apparently, at least one of the columnists at the Washington Post reads this blog. Sebastian Mallaby, a veteran from the Economist and contributor to Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Prospect, the National Interest, the New York Times, Policy Review, Slate and the New Republic, and specializing in globalization, trade, investment trends, international development and economic policy, has apparently taken my advice for Tim Butcher to heart. Mr. Mallaby decided to follow up with Tim Geithner's recent and much discussed comment about China's? "manipulation of currency" and penned a piece that's not safe for your computer if you are drinking coffee while reading it.
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Jan 26
It should be Chinese New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day throughout most of the world by now …? so I just want to wish everyone here a very Happy and Prosperous Year of the OX (?)!
According to the Chinese Zodiac, the Ox symbolizes prosperity and is associated with fortitude and hard work. Those born under the influence of the Ox are natural leaders, are dependable, and possess innate abilities to achieve great things. Continue reading »
On January 19, 2009, Tibetan legislators endorsed unanimously a bill designating March 28 as Serfs Emancipation Day, a day designated officially to mark the freeing of 1 million serfs from serfdom 50 years ago.
For many ethnic Tibetans, this day represents a celebration of freedom (from cast and class based oppression), economic empowerment, and social and political liberation that has been a long time coming.? The day has been held hostage for so long partly because the government, in hopes of trying to convince the Dalai Lama to return back to China, had not wanted to mark the occasion while the Dalai Lama was still in exile.? But one cannot hold back a celebration of freedom forever, and fifty years has been a long time...
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Jan 22
The money laundering saga of self-proclaimed son-of-Taiwan Chen Shuibian continues.
On Wednesday, Chen Shuibian’s son Chen Chih-chung and daughter-in-law Huang Jui-ching both pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in exchange for leniency.
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This post was submitted by Charles Liu.
Jan 21
Today we witnessed again another routine yet extraordinary democratic transfer of power in the world’s most powerful country.? For many, this particular occasion carries an especially momentous meaning because not only has America elected her first black (should be mixed) president, but Obama has also promised dramatic changes in the role the government plays in domestic governance as well as the way U.S. - as the world’s lone super power - exercises diplomacy abroad.
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Too often when we discuss Tibet, we reflexively focus our attention on the political spat between the CCP and the Dalai Lama.? However, Tibet is much more than the current political spat.
For one thing: there is the people; the indigenous culture; the land - and of course the important environmental role the Tibetan Plateau plays in regional as well as global environment.
The following is a video from Asia Society on the Peril the Tibetan Plateau is under - as well its implication for all of us in light of global climate change.
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The following article appeared in the BBC News Online today:
Serfs' Emancipation Day for Tibet
By James Reynolds
Beijing
China has declared a new annual holiday in Tibet called Serfs' Emancipation Day, to mark the end of what it says was a system of feudal oppression.
The local parliament in Tibet has passed a bill which declares 28 March as the new holiday.
The announcement comes in the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the escape into exile of the Dalai Lama.
The 49th anniversary a year ago led to widespread protests by monks and others in and around Tibet.
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Jan 19
Heart Sutra: Calligraphy by Wendy Lee
The San Diego Chinese Art Society recently presented the Thirteenth Annual San Diego International Music & Arts Festival. Sometimes we tend to forget about Chinese who have emigrated to other countries but continue to keep in touch with their culture in a new environment. The San Diego Chinese community has many organizations dedicated to keeping their ancestral culture alive, and the events these organizations hold are supported not just by Chinese Americans but by the San Diego residents from all ethnic groups.
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Jan 17
Huaiyuan Lou Tulou; built in 1907
We’ve had discussions about Hakka culture in the past with several of our commenters being of Hakka ancestry, so I wanted to show some photos taken by Ted of tulou (??; ??) in Fujian province. 60% of Hakka are from the Xingning/Meixian area of Guangdong province and over 95% of overseas Hakka were originally from that region, but tulou exist only in Fujian.
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Here is a new book to recommend http://www.routledge.com/books/Was-Mao-Really-a-Monster-isbn9780415493307:
"About the Book
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday was published in 2005 to a great fanfare. The book portrays Mao as a monster ? equal to or worse than Hitler and Stalin ? and a fool who won power by native cunning and ruled by terror. It received a rapturous welcome from reviewers in the popular press and rocketed to the top of the worldwide bestseller list. Few works on China by writers in the West have achieved its impact.
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Jan 14
We covered China?s? underground music scene in a previous thread and with the new year approaching, I wanted to introduce some?alternative?artists from Taiwan.? I?m sure everyone already knows the most popular Mando-pop stars, so here are a few that are a little less known. Most of these musicians either made their debuts or saw an upsurge in their popularity over the course of 2008. An article I read recently in the Taipei Times was the initial catalyst in my search?for finding newer artists.
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The recent tragedies in Gaza have reminded me again the mind-numbing role the sensationalistic use of emotionally charged words can play in international politics.
Recently, Israel railed against the Vatican when Cardinal Renato Martino, the president of the Council for Justice and Peace of the Vatican, characterized Gaza as a "concentration camp."? According to the NY Times:
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