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Wrap Up: What have we learned so far? (Part 3)
OK, so it's been a year. Once again, just as it was after every stop on this journey, it's time to pause, take a minute to recap, and...
David R. Stroup
Jul 12, 20164 min read
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Status Check: What have we learned so far? (Part 2)
Now that I've wrapped up the second of my three intensive case studies in Yinchuan, it feels like a good tie to take a second to reflect...
davidrstroup
Apr 4, 20162 min read
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Status Check: What have we learned so far?
As the year comes to a close, and I regroup in Beijing after wrapping up my first case study in Jinan, it seems like it's time for...
David R. Stroup
Dec 27, 20153 min read
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Awkwardness, Fieldwork, and a Visit to the Jinan Women's Mosque: The Challenges of Doing Fieldwo
One of the first things that you learn when doing fieldwork in a foreign country is that nothing you learn in a classroom can adequately...
David R. Stroup
Dec 26, 201512 min read
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A fond farewell to Jinan (济南, 再见!)
It's hard to believe, but, this post comes as my final one from my beloved City of Springs. Yes, after a fun, busy, informative span of...
David R. Stroup
Dec 23, 20151 min read
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Two views of a wedding in a suburban Hui village
Friday morning, the 18th of December, 2015. 6AM: Groping around in the darkness of the room, the cell phone was hard to find. At this...
David R. Stroup
Dec 20, 201515 min read
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Faith, faithlessness and intra-group boundaries in Jinan's Hui community
One of the most commonly repeated truisms about China's Hui community is that they are a group distinguished from the majority Han almost...
David R. Stroup
Dec 9, 20154 min read
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Urban migration and regional identity in Jinan's Hui community
A common theme on this blog is the diversity of China's Hui community. As I've noted before, Hui communities exist in nearly every major...
David R. Stroup
Dec 3, 20158 min read
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Introducing a new wrinkle regarding ethnicity and BBQ: 猪肉串 (Pork Kebabs)
Here at the China at the Crossroads blog, I'm all about giving my readers the hard-hitting analysis that I know they crave. It's for this...
David R. Stroup
Nov 23, 20154 min read
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Jinan's 720 year old Great Southern Mosque: A Photographic Introduction
Traditionally, Hui communities surround a community mosque. Historically speaking, this makes sense. The Hui's ancestors came to China as...
David R. Stroup
Nov 22, 20151 min read
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Epistemic Deference and Hui Identity: The Challenges of Doing Fieldwork in China
Going out to do fieldwork seems like embarking on some grand adventure. I like to joke that doing comparative politics research sometimes...
David R. Stroup
Nov 20, 20157 min read
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Old Jinan: The Heart of the City of Springs
While much of my recent attention on this blog has been turned toward describing how Jinan rapdily pushes ahead with urban renewal...
David R. Stroup
Nov 18, 20151 min read
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Women's mosques and female leadership in Jinan's Hui community
At first glance, the buliding isn't much to look at. Like many mosques built in the last 25 years in China, the white tile and green...
David R. Stroup
Nov 15, 20155 min read
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A visit to Jinan's urban countryside
As the cab driver slowed down, and pulled over to the side of the one-lane road, I understood immediately what was going on. We were...
David R. Stroup
Nov 10, 201510 min read
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Building a More "文明" (civilized) and "卫生"(hygienic) Jinan: sanitation and public
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a number of public service advertisements that I had been seeing in and around Jinan's Hui Quarter. As a...
David R. Stroup
Oct 28, 20156 min read
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Five years in the life of a changing city: visualizing Jinan's urban development through photos
How does one measure and observe urban renewal? To be sure, lots of measures exist. Tracking the amount of spending on infrastructure....
David R. Stroup
Oct 21, 20157 min read
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Arabic and Identity in urban Hui communities
Walking through Jinan this week in the Hui Quarter, I've been distracted by a set of signs. They're official and issued by the local...
David R. Stroup
Oct 13, 20154 min read
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Homecoming
建设美丽幸福济南 Build a Beautiful, Prosperous Jinan My first couple weeks in China have been primarily in places that I've only visited briefly,...
David R. Stroup
Aug 6, 20157 min read
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Jinan's Muslim Quarter (回民区HuiMinQu) in photos
I'm leaving Jinan today, so I'll be on the road again. Instead of a full post, I thought I'd share some photos of Jinan's Muslim Quarter,...
David R. Stroup
Aug 4, 20151 min read
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In Praise of You Xuan'r (油旋儿).
The list of my favorite Jinanese/Shandong food is simply too long to profile each one: Hot and Sour Cabbage, Spicy Shredded Potatoes,...
David R. Stroup
Aug 4, 20152 min read
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