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	<title>Jottings from the Granite Studio</title>
	
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		<title>Things seen and noted: Sunday Telegraph edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A joint project between the Harvard-Yenching Library and the National Library of China plans to digitize nearly 51,000 rare books and manuscripts, some dating back to the Song Dynasty, from the Harvard collection.  Once completed, the texts will be publicly available for free on the Web.  Given the division of labor involved here, I think [...]<br/>
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		<title>Morning Tea: Things read and noted</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Time reviews Founding of the Republic. I confess, I still haven&#8217;t seen the film out of protest over SARFT&#8217;s rejection of my suggested translation, The Birth of a (Chinese) Nation.  Unsurprisingly, the film reveals just as much about the contemporary concerns of China&#8217;s current crop of politicians as it does about the founders of the [...]<br/>
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		<title>WSJ on Manchu language and identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese History]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Running between classes today, but wanted to call everybody&#8217;s attention to an excellent article in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal by Ian Johnson on recent efforts to revive the Manchu language and Manchu identity in today&#8217;s PRC.  Be sure to check it out.
(Ps. The comment section on the accompanying article is also exhibit A for why [...]<br/>
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		<title>It’s not “Who do you love?” that matters, but “What do you fear the most?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinese History]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In class two weeks ago we were watching the documentary series China From the Inside when one of my students asked, with some reason, that if there was so much hardship and discontent why does the CCP enjoy such broad support?
It was a good question, and like all good questions it depends on whom you [...]<br/>
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		<title>60th Anniversary Hangover</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s October 2nd and Beijing is waking up with a bit of hangover.  I went to a parade-viewing party yesterday morning and when I arrived, at 9:00 a.m., the assembled gathering of translators, bloggers, and professional snarkers was already searching for their second collective bottle of vodka.  It went downhill steadily from there.
But more [...]<br/>
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		<title>Tweeting the 60th Anniversary parade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So I headed over to new neighbor Brendan O&#8217;Kane&#8217;s house to watch the parade and entered a party in full swing.  Dave (A.K.A. DavesgoneChina) and Danwei&#8217;s Joel Martinson were already there.  Eric Abrahamsen from Paper Republic showed up a little later.  Needless to say, it got snarky.  Those truly interested can relive the action at [...]<br/>
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		<title>Bunkered down in Beijing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back in Beijing after an extended trip on the Russia/China/Mongolia border.  I probably should have stayed there.  I&#8217;ve stocked two-days worth of food, water, and DVDs and am barricading the gate to the courtyard in honor of the 60 years of lunacy and prosperity that has been the PRC.  More to follow&#8230;<br/>
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		<title>Dissertation Group in Beijing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, I know&#8230;I&#8217;ve been remiss about writing.  But with the whole &#8220;earning a living thing&#8221; plus feverishly attempting to finish my dissertaton before I&#8217;m 40 die student loans are paid off next year, I thought it might be useful to see if there were other likeminded and similarly burdened compatriots in the field of Chinese [...]<br/>
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		<title>Seeking truth from whatever…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For what it&#8217;s worth, David Bandurski and his team at China Media Project absolutely rock, and today&#8217;s commentary and translation of a bit of whiny blather from Qiu Shi on &#8220;people being mean to China&#8221; or some other such spray of sputum and self-pity is just the latest in a line of great posts.   For [...]<br/>
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		<title>Bad History Alert: Wu Sike: “Chinese relations with Arabs and Muslims date back to two or three millennia.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremiah</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In a rambling recitation of CCP talking points an interview with Al-Jazeera, China’s special envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike attempted to mend fences with those in the Islamic world who might have taken umbrage to the Chinese government&#8217;s response to the riots in Xinjiang.
In true CCP-style, Wu responds to the question &#8220;What happened [...]<br/>
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