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BLOGGING ABOUT HUI CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND DAILY LIFE IN URBAN CHINA
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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...
David R. Stroup
Jul 12, 20151 min read
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"We all have one home, and its name is China!": Representing Minorities in Multicultural C
Today 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. Stroup
Jul 6, 20154 min read
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A China Reading List
So, 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. Stroup
Jul 3, 20155 min read
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"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. Stroup
Jul 1, 20156 min read
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On 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. Stroup
Jun 29, 20153 min read
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City Profile: Xining
Today'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. Stroup
Jun 29, 20155 min read
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City Profile: Yinchuan and Najiahu
Next in the field-site profile series, is the city of Yinchuan, provincial capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and its suburb...
David R. Stroup
Jun 24, 20155 min read
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City Profile: Jinan- China's City of Springs
As 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. Stroup
Jun 23, 20153 min read
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So, 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. Stroup
Jun 22, 20152 min read
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A word about this blog
China 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. Stroup
Jun 21, 20151 min read
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Welcome
Welcome 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....
David R. Stroup
Jun 16, 20151 min read
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