Running between classes today, but wanted to call everybody’s attention to an excellent article in today’s Wall Street Journal by Ian Johnson on recent efforts to revive the Manchu language and Manchu identity in today’s PRC. Be sure t... ...full story at Granite Studio
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| 05 Dec 08 |
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11/24/2008 Cabcal TV Chinese language news »
YouTube video Broadcasted in Cabcal, Xinjiang, China.
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| 29 Apr 07 |
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The Manchu language fades into history » Granite Studio Interesting article in yesterday's NYT on the Manchu language in China (hat tip: Kate Merkel-Hess). In the village of Sanjiazi, in Heilongjiang near the border with Inner Mongolia, 18 residents, all octogenarians, represent China's last native speakers of... |
| 03 Feb 08 |
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Voices from China’s Past: Lao She (1899-1966) » Granite Studio Today is the birthday of the celebrated novelist, playwright, and YJ’s favorite author, Lao She, born Shu Qingchun in Beijng, 1899. His family was Manchu, members of the Red Banner, and Lao She’s father was killed defending the city against... |
| 18 Sep 07 |
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China Car Prices Drop Like Flies » The China Expat An article in the Wall Street Journal (”China’s Car-Price Wars Dent Profits”) today talks about how car prices in China are falling rapidly. It’s no surprise, what with the intense competition within China’s borders, and the... |
| 28 Aug 08 |
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Tony Blair’s New Op Ed on China in the Wall Street Journal » Blogging For China I thought I’d bring to people’s attention to a recent Op Ed from Tony Blair in the Wall Street Journal on the Rise of China and the Olympics. I think the piece is interesting as a genuine attempt by a Western Leader (or at least a former... |
| 18 Jul 08 |
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A Spider Web of Fox Armpits Steals U.S. Military’s Secret Sand » Mutant Palm The Jamestown Foundation has a China Brief titled “The Evolution of Espionage: Beijing’s Red Spider Web”, another go at the diabolical mechanations of Fu Manchu’s vast network of spies. Jamestown adds a caveat to this brief noting:... |
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