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Learning Chinese, Understanding China

Learning Chinese, Understanding China. Jabin T. Jacob, PhD Assistant Editor, China Report Institute of Chinese Studies , Delhi www.icsin.org 8 July 2011. 1. Many Kinds of Chinese 2. The Experience of Learning Chinese 3. Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language 4. China and its Provinces

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Learning Chinese, Understanding China

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  1. Learning Chinese, Understanding China Jabin T. Jacob, PhD Assistant Editor, China Report Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi www.icsin.org 8 July 2011

  2. 1.Many Kinds of Chinese • 2. The Experience of Learning Chinese • 3. Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language • 4. China and its Provinces • 5. Sino-Indian Border Areas

  3. 1. Many Kinds of Chinese • 学习中文,了解中国 - 學習中文,了解中國 • 郑嘉宾 - 鄭嘉賓 • there’s 2 kinds of written Chinese • there’s several more kinds of spoken Chinese

  4. Diversity in Unity

  5. 2. The Experience of Learning Chinese • being an Indian in Taiwan or China • Arab, Spanish, Marshall Islands?! • Indian English • huǒguō - 火锅 • toilet paper • girls, girlfriends, marriage • uncles, aunts and neighbours

  6. 3. Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language • fántǐzì - 繁体字 • longer history • smaller classrooms • other foreigners • classes in Chinese • 2 hrs/day, 5 days/week • listening, writing, reading, comprehension

  7. Practice makes Perfect • 8-10 hours hw /day • language exchange • dormitories • restaurants • the streets • public transport • technology • night markets • landlord

  8. Important Resources (don’t forget to read the stuff in English!) • Global Times http://www.globaltimes.cn/ • China Digital Times http://chinadigitaltimes.net/ • China Media Project http://cmp.hku.hk/ • China Brief http://www.jamestown.org/programs/chinabrief/ • China Leadership Monitor http://www.hoover.org/publications/china-leadership-monitor

  9. 4. Chinaand its Provinces • unitary, single-party system • Beijing vs. provinces • hierarchy of provinces • 1949-1978 • location, size • leaders in Politb, PLA • post-1978 • world trade, FDI • education • provincial diaspora • influence exercised • 1949-1978 • budgets • tenure of leaders • openness to the outside • post-1978 • preferential policies • location of major events

  10. 5. Sino-Indian Border Areas

  11. Tibet, Xinjiang – Ladakh

  12. Tibet, Xinjiang – Ladakh Aksai Chin • trade routes • pilgrimage Problems • economic concerns • illegal trade • environmental concerns

  13. Tibet - Sikkim Nathu La • reopened in 2006 • halfway between Lhasa and Kolkatta – Tibet’s shortest distance to the world. • connect to Qinghai-Tibet Railway (QTR) • bus service between Gangtok and Lhasa Problems • poor infrastructure • deliberate obstruction • outdated regulations • Jelep La – better alternative

  14. Tibet Autonomous Region

  15. Tibet - Arunachal – Myanmar - Yunnan • several traditional routes • Stilwell Road Problems • dispute at its most severe • Tawang • poor Indian infrastructure • possible confrontation over water resources

  16. Tibet - Arunachal

  17. The Great Wall didn’t Work

  18. 谢谢! www.icsin.org

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