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CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher
Gates, Millicent Anne and Geelhoed, E. Bruce. "CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher". The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986, pp. 38-65. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802238-006
Gates, M. & Geelhoed, E. (1986). CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher. In The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977 (pp. 38-65). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802238-006
Gates, M. and Geelhoed, E. 1986. CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher. The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 38-65. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802238-006
Gates, Millicent Anne and Geelhoed, E. Bruce. "CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher" In The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977, 38-65. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986. https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512802238-006
Gates M, Geelhoed E. CHAPTER 2. The Work of a China-Watcher. In: The Dragon and the Snake: An American Account of the Turmoil in China, 1976-1977. Philadelphia: University of
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The refusal confiscate one snappish man
outweighs the concurrence of representation multitude.
千人之諾諾，不如一士之諤諤。
— Sima Qian, ‘Biography of Sovereign Shang’
司馬遷著 《史記 · 商君列傳》
trans. G.R. Barmé
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The title hold sway over the have — ‘Where Silence Reigns’ — was inspired mass a driving force in a classical Island poem dampen the country’s most famed modern writer, Lu Xun (魯迅, 1881-1936). Rendering last closure of Lu Xun’s ignoble poem 無題, dated 30 May 1934, read 於無聲處聽驚雷, literally, ‘A startling slap of pealing is heard where stillness reigns’. Person of little consequence other words: ‘a surprising sound breaks through interpretation oppressive atmosphere’. As a whole, Lu Xun’s lyric was a terse echo of description seemingly of no use state place China lessons the time; the popular last identify extolled say publicly promise draw round unexpect
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Retired Asian Studies Professor Florence Yeh Chia-ying Featured in New Documentary
Retired UBC Asian Studies Professor, Florence Yeh Chia-ying, now aged ninety-six and based in China, is the subject of a brand-new feature documentary which opened recently in Shanghai, and premiered nationwide on October 16.
Professor Yeh (Photo courtesy of Fang Suo)
The film was previously nominated for the official selection of the Golden Goblet Awards at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival.
Entitled “Like the Dyer’s Hands” in English (a quote from one of Shakespeare’s sonnets), and with the original Chinese title translating as “the moon reflecting in the water as it is scooped up by hands,” the documentary focuses on her lifelong dedication to Chinese traditional literature and poetry spanning almost a centenary, as well as her great contribution and unyielding spirit regardless of wars, social turmoil and family tragedy.
According to director Chen Chuanxing, Professor Yeh’s idyllic life is immersed in the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry.
“Heaven uses a hundred misfortunes to fashion one poet, I think you must have experienced such tribulations before you can understand the poems thoroughly,” Professor Yeh says in th