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Masks in recent Chinese History

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Alan Baumler / 0 Comment

So this is a post that already seems outdated, but I thought I would do it anyway. Masks now mean something quite different than they did before, and I am sure ...

China/Gender/Hong Kong

Old folks at home

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Alan Baumler / 2 Comments

Man with bird in Nanjing Or actually old folks out on the street. I knew that lots of old Chinese people kept birds, and that taking birds for a walk was a popu...

China/English/Hong Kong/Literature/Post-Mao

Jackie Chan and Louis Cha

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Alan Baumler / 4 Comments

Everybody knows about ping pong diplomacy, but we seem to have just completed a period of Canto-pop diplomacy, as Jackie Chan has recorded an “official...

China/General/Hong Kong/Identity

Cantonese is Dying! (in L.A.)

Posted on January 9, 2006 by Alan Baumler / 2 Comments

A not-too well informed article from the L.A. Times lamenting the decline of lively, slang-filled Cantonese in favor of the polite and dignified Mandarin. Obvio...

China/General/Hong Kong

Provincialism and democracy

Posted on December 5, 2005 by Alan Baumler / 3 Comments

Everyone is talking about the protests in Hong Kong, for good reason. What I find most interesting is the official response. (All links via Simon’s World, the o...

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