Brilliant post on Danwei yesterday in keeping with the theme of Spring Festival. It is an annotated translation of interviews about Spring Festivals of years past collected by oral historian Sang Ye. The stories tell not only of the great hardships (floods, starvation) but also of the little joys (roasting a pig in the communal [...]
Tales of Spring Festivals past and stories of Chinese history told from the dinner table
February 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: Chinese History · Life in Academia · Life in China
Defining terms: China, The West, civilization, and modernity
February 21st, 2007 · No Comments
I’m still busy with Spring Festival matters so I’m taking the lazy way out and cross-posting between The Granite Studio and The Peking Duck. In a week, I’ll be back in Beijing and on a more normal schedule.————————
In the journal First Things, David Gress reviews the new book What is the West? by French philosopher, [...]
Tags: Chinese History
