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shi chen

Epic film The Founding of a Republic marks 60 years of Chinese Communism - Telegraph - 1 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...ears-of-Chinese-Communism.html

the founding of a republic

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  • shi chen on 06 Oct 09
     
    Is it a propaganda or PR tool?
  • jermaine lee on 07 Oct 09
     
    I think it can be said as a propaganda film because it draws a lot of Chinese to revisit the historical moment, then of cause, the stars in the film are doing a good job in drawing the audience in the first place lol~
shi chen

A lot of Melburnians have been to Dali, too - 0 views

www.theage.com.au/...to-dali-too-20091005-gjb3.html

Dali arts

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  • One in 10 people in Melbourne managed to see the blockbuster exhibition Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire at the National Gallery of Victoria
  • Because of media exposure, the whole state was at some stage talking about Dali.
  • The NGV seems to know how to do it, judiciously using the trams and the media.
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  • Though not without its critics, the blockbuster concept has huge social and ecological benefits. Exposure to international art such as that in the Dali exhibition would come at enormous cost for Australians. Air tickets for hundreds of thousands of people to go to Spain and America would be costly. And don't even think of the damage to the environment.
  • shi chen on 06 Oct 09
     
    interesting analysis about Dali
shi chen

How iPods killed the boombox star - 0 views

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Ipod loss

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  • We lost something valuable when private playlists replaced public noise
  • ''rock and roll ain't noise pollution''.
  • Rock and roll can be noise pollution.
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  • Today, playing music has become a much more private experience.
  • But things changed a little with the arrival of the Sony Walkman, and then a lot when we entered the iPod age.
  • In the iPod age, everyone has their own private soundtrack as they walk the streets, which means the streets themselves no longer have a soundtrack
  • With the white buds in our ears - a modern look that sends a clear message of ''do not disturb'' - we are oddly vacant in urban spaces even as we inhabit them.
  • The loss is not only the music we no longer hear, but all the acts of having music foisted upon us that we no longer experience - and what these acts mean.
  • shi chen on 06 Oct 09
     
    the sadness about using new technology
  • jermaine lee on 07 Oct 09
     
    From time to time, some Aussie teenagers play their music real loud on the train, through the use of their mobile, which is very annoying and disturbing to other commuters. I guess, even though ipod is widely used nowadays, it hasn't stopped the noise pollution completely~
Christoph Zed

Pope warns of 'new colonialism' - 0 views

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church christianity pope africa colonialism materialsim globalisation

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  • Pope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa.
  • he said the developed world continued to export materialism - which he called "toxic spiritual rubbish" - to the continent.
  • Pope Benedict praised Africa's rich cultural and spiritual treasures, caling them a "spiritual lung" for the world.
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  • But he said the continent was afflicted by an export of the "so-called 'first world'... [the] toxic spiritual rubbish" of materialism. "In this context, the political colonialism is never finished," the Pope said.
  • He said Africa also suffered increasing religious fundamentalism, in the form of religious groups which "act on behalf of God" but "teach intolerance and violence".
Nora Ibrahim

channelnewsasia.com - Singapore cuisine showcased at Selfridges Foodhall in London - 0 views

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  • Nora Ibrahim on 04 Oct 09
     
    I just thought of sharing this piece of news since half of the journals in our course readers involves food and how it does (or doesn't?) represent a culture or country. Singapore just like Malaysia is interesting and different because of its multiracial and multicultural citizens.
anonymous

China Aims to Steady North Korea - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • anonymous on 08 Oct 09
     
    North Korea's leader gave an unusually exuberant welcome this week to the prime minister of China, whose trip was intensely monitored by the rest of the world for progress on efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
jung moon

Asia Times Online :: South Asia news - 'Native English' is losing its power - 0 views

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english' china culture international globalisation communication

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  • Even as the English language continues its meteoric global rise, native speakers such as the North Americans, British and Australians will soon become a rare breed, overwhelmed by the many millions who have started speaking English as their second language.
  • the new lingua franca in what is now often called a flat world.
  • "So the balance of power is changing, and when the second-language speakers adopt English language as their own language or as a second language, they actually take control of it, mix it and use it with their own language, developing new forms, vocabulary and ways and using English."
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  • "China now produces over 20 million English speakers each year, and possibly within a few years, there could be more English speakers in China than in India."
  • Graddol's findings predict that by 2015, there will be about 2 billion people from Asia and non-English-speaking Europe learning English.
  • However, that is not necessarily good news for native English speakers. Instead, it could come as a big blow because "they can no longer look the other way, celebrating the rising hegemony of their language".
  • As English becomes more widely used as a global language, it will become expected that speakers will signal their nationality, and other aspects of their identity, through English, Graddol says. Lack of a native-speaker accent will not be seen, therefore, as a sign of poor competence.
  • jung moon on 07 Oct 09
     
    I hope someday I can speak 'Konglish (Korean English)' in everywhere. :D
xuejiao lin

Who is Ai Weiwei - 0 views

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China culture politics earthquake sichuan

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  • xuejiao lin on 05 Oct 09
     
    . In the disaster of earthquake (Sichuan Province, China ), Ai Weiwei, one of Bulogger.cn authors, charged that the high number of school fatalities was due to local officials siphoning money from school building costs. Grieving families said the structures were badly built and collapsed easily during the quake. But officials refused to list the names of the dead students, which could be used to unveil a possible cover-up, so Ai formed the "Sichuan Earthquake Names Project" with researchers and volunteers who discovered the names of 5,190 students.
xuejiao lin

The changing web of Chinese nationalism - 1 views

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China culture politics Internet speech freedom

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  • xuejiao lin on 05 Oct 09
     
    Nowadays, Chinese people are enjoying greater freedom of speech and access to Internet. Both external environment and domestic development contribute to this. As in the new nationalism that forbidden by authorized government, the changing web of Chinese nationalism is such a powerful tool that inspires people to observe and thought independently. It also creates online nationalism, which could be considered as a growing potential turbulence.
  • Blaze Yau on 05 Oct 09
     
    I agree what you talked about the online nationalism of Chinese as a growing potential turbulence. In fact, there are a lot of cases showing the trend of the ' growing potentail turbulence'. The debate between Chinese governement and the Melbourne Film Festival on the documentary of Rebiya Kadeer (The 10 Conditions of Love) has led to breakdown of Film Festival's offical site. People believed that the site has hacked by Chinese hacker. I believe that the Chinese nationalism is obviously leading to an online nationalism which may impact on both positive and negative sides.
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