David R. StroupJul 12, 20151 min readWelcome to China: the view from NanjingI'm up this morning because of jetlag, and because I have a campus tour scheduled by the foreign teacher liaison at 8AM (which after...
David R. StroupJul 6, 20154 min read"We all have one home, and its name is China!": Representing Minorities in Multicultural CToday I'd like to dive in a little to the kinds of issues that I'm hoping to get at while I'm out doing fieldwork. As such, I'll be...
David R. StroupJul 3, 20155 min readA China Reading ListSo, you want to become a 中国通 (zhongguotong, China expert)? There's a wealth of great literature out there on the Middle Kingdom. Choosing...
David R. StroupJul 1, 20156 min read"The sky is boundless and blue; The wilderness is vast and endless": Romanticizing China&#《敕勒歌》北朝民歌 "A Song of Chi Le" - Anonymous (Northern Dynasty Folk Song) 敕勒川,陰山下, The Chi Le plains flow beneath the Yin Shan Mountains,...
David R. StroupJun 29, 20153 min readOn Chinese, Hanyu, and FangYan: Let's Talk Language.That China is massive is self-evident. The territory that China spans is roughly comparable to the European continent. Over such a vast...
David R. StroupJun 29, 20155 min readCity Profile: XiningToday's post wraps up the series of profiles on fieldsites I'll be working in during the next year. Xining, today's profiled city, is the...
David R. StroupJun 24, 20155 min readCity Profile: Yinchuan and NajiahuNext in the field-site profile series, is the city of Yinchuan, provincial capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and its suburb...
David R. StroupJun 23, 20153 min readCity Profile: Jinan- China's City of SpringsAs I begin to prepare for departure, I'll be profiling the cities where I will be spending most of my time in the field. I'll begin this...
David R. StroupJun 22, 20152 min readSo, where am I going?First thing's first: I should explain what I'm doing, and where I'll be in China. I'm a fan of maps, and the one below makes this a much...
David R. StroupJun 21, 20151 min readA word about this blogChina at the Crossroads. I've never been good at writing titles. In fact, most of the things I write get titled as an afterthought. But...
David R. StroupJun 16, 20151 min readWelcomeWelcome to the first of what I hope will be many posts. This blog will trace my time as a Fulbright Scholar doing fieldwork in China....