#Nanjing

David R. Stroup

Jul 24, 20155 min read

U.S.-China Relations from "where the rubber meets the road"

A seemingly inevitable part of doing a teaching exchange like the one I'm doing in Nanjing is the "cultural exchange" session. These are...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 23, 201510 min read

Nanjing's Hui community: visibility and invisibility in the Han-majority heartland

The misty drizzle of a mid-July afternoon settled into a slightly more steady, spitting rain, making the air feel thick, sticky and...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 21, 20155 min read

"Isn't it wonderful when friends visit from distant places?"-Confucius

"有朋自遠方來、不亦樂乎?"- Confucius, The Analects, Chapter 1 It's an understatement to say that Confucius is important to Chinese society. A vast...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 18, 20155 min read

What's New is Old Again: "山寨 Antiquity" and redeveloping China's cities

As I mentioned previously on this site, Nanjing, my current base of operations, is a city with a lot of character, and a long, important...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 15, 20154 min read

In praise of Xiao Long Bao (小笼包)

It's something of a truism in travel blogging that most readers are only really in it for the posts about food. And why not? I'll admit...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 14, 20153 min read

A word about Nanjing

Before I start working on my Fulbright grant, I'm spending a couple weeks in Nanjing on a teaching exchange. I've been to Nanjing once,...

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David R. Stroup

Jul 12, 20151 min read

Welcome to China: the view from Nanjing

I'm up this morning because of jetlag, and because I have a campus tour scheduled by the foreign teacher liaison at 8AM (which after...

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China at the Crossroads: