Culture and Society Fashion, China, and Trends: A Critical Perspective July 17, 2015 0 Written by Tina Mai Chen and Paola Zamperini. In June 2015, the runways for Moda Uomo in Italy celebrated China in more ways than anyone could…
Culture and Society Depicting Orientalism in the Museum July 16, 2015 0 Written by Simona Segre Reinach. In the feud between curator Diana Vreeland and cultural historian Deborah Silverman, surely Diana Vreeland is the clear winner. The debate dates…
Culture and Society Identities of Migrant worker: From Nongmin Gong (农民工) to Xin Shimin (新市民) June 18, 2015 0 Written by Wei Wang. People’s identity is very much reflected on and constructed by how they are named by others. Internal migrant workers in China…
Culture and Society Language, National Identity and Nationalism in China June 17, 2015 0 Written by Yingjie Guo. The close relationship between language, national identity and nationalism is rarely disputed. Though few would insist on a strong interconnection between…
China Linguistic Challenges to China’s Centralizing Control June 16, 2015 0 Written by Susan D. Blum. Challenges to authoritarian states’ control of language can be so complex that they exceed the states’ ability to manage them…
China “I have an accent”: British Chinese Young People on Learning and Speaking Chinese June 11, 2015 0 Written by Ada Mau. Going to ‘Chinese school’ at the weekend is an experience shared by many young people of Chinese heritage growing up in the…
Culture and Society Chinese Language and Beijing’s Public Diplomacy June 9, 2015 0 Written by Sheng Ding. The political effects of language acquisition, culture exchange, and education contact are important in respect to soft power appeal, and have received…
China China’s Language Policies June 8, 2015 0 Written by Li Wei. Since 2006, China’s State Language Commission, an administrative department under the Ministry of Education, has been compiling an annual Green Paper…
Culture and Society Chinese food culture: Influences from within and without May 5, 2015 1 Written by Ken Hom. In Food in Chinese Culture (Yale, 1978), Michael Freeman writes that any cuisine worthy of the name comes not from a single tradition,…
Internet Ethnicities in Sinophone Cyberspace April 29, 2015 5 Written by Julie Yu-Wen Chen A recent special issue of the journal Asian Ethnicity (which I guest edited with Jonathan Sullivan) examines ethnic identification as it is manifest…
