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Cheryl WatsonGood point Judy. You may want to caution your students against ordering calamari in restaurants when they eat out. Most restaurants use bung, or the lower part of the pig's colon, slice it up, boil it, add butter and garlic as they present it to an unsuspecting public. It looks like calamari, and is a heck of a lot cheaper.
China will have to find alternate food sources as its population grows. Although I do not condone "bung" in place of calamari, China may have to import its food from countries with more arable land.
Cheryl WatsonChris Hertzog's observations observations about the explosion of wealth along the Pearl River Delta (PRD) shows that China's wealth gap is growing as those who live further west of the PRD struggle to find gainful employment. Consequently, Chinese citizens find themselves moving to larger urban areas thereby depleting villages and farming communities of traditional Chinese culture and sources of income.
Cheryl WatsonBrett,
You made several good points about China's economy. Although China's industrialization has showed signs of slowing, the question remains: "How will China control the possibility of hyper-inflation. What economic safeguards does it have in place to avoid a severe swing from "boom" to "bust"?
Where did you find the resources about Facebook, Amazon and Google and their connection to US intelligence?
Cheryl WatsonGuo Pei couture exhibit for those who appreciate art and wearable architecture.
Guo Pei couture appears to mix traditional and modern sihlouettes from China, Japan as well as Elizibethan era along with ethereal touches.
It is a unique couture work
Cheryl WatsonKubo and the Two Strings
The Red Turtle (no subtitles)
Isle of Dogs
Cheryl WatsonThe Korean Consulate offers Korean language classes at an affordable rate.
Classes are usually on Tuesdays in the evenings.
Cheryl WatsonChinese youth have the benefit of social media to express their views anonymously. Social media is a threat to the Chinese Commuist party as it is used to galvanize and expresss social and political views from all types of youth.
More students attend university now than ever before in Chinese history. More foreign nationals teach in elementary, middle, high schools, and universities than ever before (with varying degrees of success).
As such, China's population has been exposed to competing influences: pramactic, materialistic, and nationalistic.
Now Chinese youth view western media as a means by which western countries promote their own agenda.
Cheryl WatsonSomeone once said, "Change is constant". It applies to nature, relationships, and humans. China, as a culture, has been hidden from most of the west for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, observed from the occassional movie such as, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Avatar", "Crazy Rich Asians", and Amy Tan's "Joy Luck CLub", and the myriad of martial arts movies based on iconic figures such as "Bruce Lee".
However, these iconic figures played into more stereotypical western views of Chinese people and their culture. Within the last twenty to thirty years, due to social media, increased international travel for work and school, as well as a burgeoning Asian student population, western countries have been introduced to a pluralistic view of the Chinese population. China has, perhaps against the wishes of its own government, became more "open".
Russia had its glasnost and perrestroika under Gorbachev which signaled a type of political and economic reform. From these two policies, economic reform has had the greatest impact on the Russian people. China appears to follow a similar trajectory. Russia's parliament appeared to tighten controls on political plurality just as China has.
Neither country wanted an "Arab Spring" at their doorstep and seeks to control the social and political narrative.
In this sense, China has actively waged a "culture competition" with the United States as it main competitor .
China appears to focus on continents and regions where the United States has not changed it approach or policy. Thus, neglecting to adapt has left a void for countries like China to come in and develop economic policy and influence politics, with varying degrees of success.
Open in the sense that censorship can not stop a population from sending and receiving outside news
Cheryl WatsonI could use this article to consider and discuss how low birth rates and aging populations affect migration patterns amongst immigrants.
One could compare and contrast, using a Venn Diagram, migration patterns of southeast Asian populations who migrate to China, dis aggregated according to education, age, and socio economic status, with that of Central and South American peoples who migrate to the United States.
Cheryl WatsonJapan has found a way to temporarily resolve its rising aging population and declining birth rate by using robots and migrants from other countries.
China may look to places such as southeast Asia and Africa to invite or entice a service industry workforce for this challenge.
Cheryl WatsonChina has advanced technologically, as well as economically, but with advancements in biometrics, it is easier to keep tabs on its citizens and protests which might spread on line quickly. Identifying and attaching awards or punishments to one's online exchanges makes it easier for the CCP to identify sabotage among its citizens.
