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the self-conscious “about mimicry in representation” (Deppman 205). The quality of self-reflexivity is most explicit in the case of Gu Minhua, played by veteran actor Joan Chen, who was given the nickname, Little Flower, because she resembles the heroine in the one-time popular movie, Little Flower, which in reality was starred by Joan herself. Later comes the scene where Gu Minhua is watching Little Flower. The juxtaposition between the character/actress and her representative work further parodies

Xiu Xiu the sent Down Girl is from the book Tian Yu, which is written by Yan Geling and directed by Joan Chen. The Chinese government is ordering kids to go around the country to start working, Xiu Xiu, portrayed by Li Xiaolu, is one of the kids sent to do so. She doesn’t want to do this, but she decided if she were to, she would take up horse training, so she can be a part of the Girls Iron Cavalry. She is sent to the mountains to train under Lao Jin (Lopsang), a once famous horseman, now injured

Andy Andrew Mrs. K It was a beautiful spring morning in Mound City Missouri. The population was only around 1,000 people. Andrew and I were up bright and early before the peak of dawn. The forecast looked sunny with a touch of fog. We were busy at the hotel preparing for our first morning of the hunt. “Andrew don’t forget the snacks and Mountain Dew like you did last year,” I hinted. With a chuckle, Andrew said, “I won’t this time, and you make sure we got the shotguns, and shells packed

Mao Zedong, the prominent leader of the Cultural Revolution and one of the innovators of the People’s Republic of China, once declared, “Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.” By the time the Qing Dynasty met its inevitable downfall in 1919, a new set of radicals started protesting of a new form of government on May Fourth. This movement, known as the May Fourth Movement, facilitated the Marxist

Classical WHAT IS CLASSICAL? There are multiple meanings of classical, originally the term “classical” is a way to describe the literature, culture and art of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Though this is the original definition of the word “classical” it is well argued that many different civilizations and arts, literature, and culture can be described as classical. EXAMPLE An example would be classic music as this would be referencing European music around the 18th to 19th century

According to New York Daily News, on March 19, 2014, surveillance cameras caught the heart-stopping moment when an overly stressed Chinese student jumped to his death during class. The boy, Xiao Zhen, suddenly left his desk, ran over to a ledge, and leaped out. Fellow students believed this suicidal act occurred due to the stress of preparing for college entrance exams. While Zhen’s motive will never be completely proven, other commenters have agreed his act fits with the trend of depressed Chinese

Along with ethics and civics textbooks, Chinese language arts of this period shared the responsibility of promoting citizenship education. Between 1912 and 1913, the Commercial Press published Gongheguo xin jiaokeshu xin guowen (Chuxiao) 共和國新教科書新國文 <初小> (Republican Chinese Language Arts for Lower Primary Schools) (8 vols.) and for Gaoxiao 高小 (Higher Primary Schools) (6 vols.) (see Appendix A).These two sets were similar in scope and viewpoint but for the lower primary students the language used was

The other three men is Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. These three men created YouTube. The trio were too young and green, and wanted to share clips of T.V. shows and movies. Piece those clips together in a video because it would be cool to share (482). YouTube then led to success for other men in their late teens and 20’s such as Justin Bieber and the Lonely Island. Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim all share the same quality, creativity

The 1993 movie directed by Kaige Chen, Farewell My Concubine, addresses the Chinese political issues during the war against Japan via interpersonal issues of an opera troupe of young male actors. The movie is as long as it is engaging. With two orphan boys who are raised to act in an Opera for their entire lives, dedication obtains a whole new meaning. Dieyi's training to act as a woman and to reflect femininity in his whole life increases the dissension that is observed within the film as well

For thousands of years China has operated dynastically, in a cyclic mode, causing no forward movement or linear progress. China’s ethnocentrism and isolation from Western society led to internal disorder. The isochronous nature of the Chinese feudal system eventually led to the demise of the last dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, in 1911. This vulnerability provided Western influence allowing for imperialism throughout the country. Students and intellectuals with Westernized educations saw that the political