http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/ Chinese news, history and culture en-us Copyright 2008, Micah Sittig 2008-08-28T10:59:26+08:00 micah@earthling.net Micah Sittig http://feeds.wubi.org/ugcs/ugcs.jpg http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/ Micah Sittig http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200708.html#p17 <p><a href="http://the88s.blogsome.com/2007/08/16/but-i-care-about-china/" title="The 88s, August :: 2007">"But I Care About China"</a>:</p><blockquote><p>In a less abstract sense, I care about my extended family in China. I care about my wife’s hometown, which I consider my second home — a small town in rural Hubei. I care about the people there, but I don’t go there and start offering advice. I shut up and try to learn something from them. Of course, a lot of China’s big problems are systemic and they affect the people I know and care about. But if China has taught me anything it is the value of shutting up and living your principles rather than preaching them.</p></blockquote><p>Read the whole post by clicking the link above. It's worth it.</p> Micah Sittig 2007-08-17T15:51:07+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200708.html#p06 <p>Flickr user <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/season3/" title="Flickr: Photos from season3">season3</a> uploaded <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/season3/sets/72157600353242666/" title="Hongkou Stadium - a photoset on Flickr">a set of pictures</a> taken inside Hongkou Stadium in May during its ongoing overhaul. It is set to debut during the Women's World Cup next month.</p><p class="center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/season3/545934663/in/set-72157600353242666/" title="IMG_4371.JPG on Flickr - Photo Sharing!"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1261/545934663_fc8a506538.jpg" alt=" " /></a> </p> Micah Sittig 2007-08-06T17:40:05+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200707.html#p10 <p>Reading through old issues of "Soju And I" to figure out why he moved back to Korea (I'm up to January of this year and he still hasn't said), I came across <a href="http://nudeviking.blogspot.com/2007/01/hanjapalooza-hey-chinajealous.html" title="누드바이킹 &amp; 獵奇的인 이야기: Hanjapalooza: Hey China...Jealous?">this cool post</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Quick, what written characters did the Korean people invent? Anyone? Yes, you in the back there. Why yes they did indeed invent 한글...that's very astute of you. Anything else? Nobody? Well, they also invented some 漢字. Like this one!</p><p>畓(논 답)</p><p>"Wow...that's like totally awesome and stuff. What does it mean?"</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://nudeviking.blogspot.com/2007/01/hanjapalooza-hey-chinajealous.html" title="누드바이킹 &amp; 獵奇的인 이야기: Hanjapalooza: Hey China...Jealous?">Read on</a> for the answer and more invented characters.</p> Micah Sittig 2007-07-10T17:20:28+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200707.html#p08 <p>From some random Chinese dude's weblog, <a href="http://the-home-of-garfield.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!F320D834EF87ABA6!612.entry" title="The Home Of Garfield weblog">苦恼，被现实社会所折磨！</a>:</p><blockquote><p>房子 + 车子 = （美满的）婚姻<br />House + Car = (Fulfilling) Marriage </p><p>房子 + 车子 + 美满的婚姻 = 幸福的生活<br />House + Car + Fulfilling Marriage = Living Happily Ever After</p></blockquote><p>I've lost track of how many times I've heard this since moving here.</p> Micah Sittig 2007-07-08T03:02:43+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200706.html#p24 <p>Over time this weblog has taken on the function of serving up micro-recommendation of over weblogs covering China and/or Shanghai, which is as fine a purpose as any other. So with not further ado...</p><p><img src="http://shanghaiscrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/grain.jpg" alt=" " title="St Ignatius Cathedral, Shanghai"> </p><p>Lately I've been looking forward to new posts on <a href="http://shanghaiscrap.com/">Shanghai Scrap</a>, a weblog by a news correspondent working out of Shanghai, one which has been focusing recently on Christianity in China: religion and the state's use of its <a href="http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=89">property</a>, the Vatican's <a href="http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=78">relationship</a> with the State-overseen Catholic church, the <a href="http://shanghaiscrap.com/?p=62">printing</a> of Bibles abroad for distribution within China... The picture above was taken from the post on property, and shows Shanghai's St Ignatius Cathedral during the Cultural Revolution when it was repurposed as a grain storage space.</p> Micah Sittig 2007-06-24T18:31:15+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200706.html#p20 <p>Some academics say that the rise of a moneyed class in China won't necessarily lead to democracy. Here's something to toss into the mix:</p><blockquote><p><a href="http://twitter.com/isaac/statuses/111493682">中国更有可能采纳托克维尔模型的公民社会？</a></p></blockquote><p>(BTW, can you guess who 托克维尔 is? I got it right :)</p> Micah Sittig 2007-06-20T09:36:35+08:00 http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~takoyaki/archive/200706.html#p03 <p><a href="http://lalaoshi.livejournal.com/75686.html" title="Laowiseass">Bend over and be happy: the sequel (to my last post)</a>:</p><blockquote><p>Before our class began in 2003, all of them came from other parts of China and probably without privileged back-door job connections in the capital. That means, if Chinese stereotypes of out-of-towners are true, these students probably expected to work hard for their gains in competitive Beijing.</p></blockquote><p>La-laoshi, still keeping it real. My first job in Shanghai put me in contact with a few out of towners, some of who I still keep in touch with. These folks are <i>real</i>.</p> Micah Sittig 2007-06-03T15:24:15+08:00