David R. StroupJul 12, 20151 minWelcome 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"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 minA 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"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,...