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Jenni Young

The Name's Du Xiao Hua, But Call Me Steve - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Names Identity Non-English names Chinese

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    What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?
  • Jenni Young on 21 Aug 14
     
    What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?
  • Jenni Young on 21 Aug 14
     
    What's up with Chinese people having English names? Writer Huan Tsu wonders why Chinese people are so keen to adopt English names?
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Beijing's call to ban foreign words in Chinese media meets with mocking satire | South... - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Chinese Mass communication Part 2 Foreign languages

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    The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.
  • Jenni Young on 29 Apr 14
     
    The recent call by Chinese authorities to banish foreign words in Chinese publications and broadcast has met with scathing sarcasm and mockery online.
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Opinion: Why I don't hyphenate Chinese American - CNN.com - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Chinese American Labels

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    Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
  • Jenni Young on 13 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is the founder of Citizen University and the author of several books. He was a White House speechwriter and policy adviser for President Bill Clinton. He explains why he calls himself a Chinese American - without a hyphen.
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Cambodia's Chinese Newspapers Strike a Balance - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Cambodia Journalism Bias Chinese Newspapers

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    Article about press coverage and restrictions in Cambodia's Chinese language newspapers
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BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Chinese Characters , English Names for Chinese - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Names Identity Chinese

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    2 items from BBC online. 1. What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? 2. Some Westerners also take Chinese names.
  • Jenni Young on 26 Apr 14
     
    What is behind all the strange American-sounding names so popular in China? (BBC)
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Wired for Books interview with Amy Tan - 0 views

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Language Culture Identity

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    audio interview with Amy Tan, author of 'The Joy Luck Club', about the relationships between four Chinese mothers and their Chinese-American daughters
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English and Mandarin juxtaposed - 0 views

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Language Global languages Chinese Part 1

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    Concern about the effect of English on Chinese
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Jay Walker on the world's English mania - 0 views

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Language Global English Non-native speakers

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  • Jenni Young on 05 Mar 13
     
    Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English. He shares photos and spine-tingling audio of Chinese students rehearsing English -- "the world's second language" -- by the thousands.
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The complicated Chinese family tree - 1 views

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Language Identity Culture Chinese

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What's it like to study Mandarin? - 1 views

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Language Culture Foreign languages

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    Chinese isn't a language you absorb through osmosis (Blog)
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Why Chinese Students Don't Need an English Name: VOA Student Union - 1 views

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Language Identity Names USA Part 1 Anglicization Non-English names

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    Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)
  • Jenni Young on 21 Aug 14
     
    Names can be a tricky thing for an international student, so many choose an English name, but some are changing back to their original names.(Blog)
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The Name Game: The Anglicizing of Asian Students - 1 views

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Language Part 1 Identity Names Non-English names Chinese Anglicization Culture

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    Why are students, especially those from China, being told to Anglicize their names? How do the benefits outweigh the issues of culture shock, loss of identity and disconnection from their own culture?
  • Jenni Young on 21 Aug 14
     
    Why are students, especially those from China, being told to Anglicize their names? How do the benefits outweigh the issues of culture shock, loss of identity and disconnection from their own culture?
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Ditch French and German lessons for Mandarin, says David Cameron - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Global languages Chinese

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  • Jenni Young on 05 Dec 13
     
    British Prime Minister David Cameron has thrown his weight behind efforts to prioritise the teaching of Mandarin in UK schools.
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Shanghai Laments Loss of TV Show in Local Dialect - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Language Death Chinese Mass communication Part 2 TV Dialects

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    The show, which focused on traditional life and culture and was presented in the Shanghai dialect, collided with government guidelines that nationally broadcast programs use only Mandarin.
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An Alarm Over the Incursion of Foreign Words - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Foreign languages Language change Chinese Culture

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    While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
  • Jenni Young on 30 Apr 14
     
    While a language's absorption of foreign words is often seen as a positive mark of a society's cosmopolitanism, the reaction in China has been anything but positive - at least according to state media.
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A Devotion to Language Proves Risky - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Chinese Uighur Human Rights Mother Tongue

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    Last August, three men were arrested and accused of "illegal fund-raising," charges that stemmed from their effort to finance a Uighur-language school in Xinjiang, China (NT Times)
  • Jenni Young on 12 May 14
     
    Last August, three men were arrested and accused of "illegal fund-raising," charges that stemmed from their effort to finance a Uighur-language school in Xinjiang, China (NT Times)
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Notes of a Native Speaker by Eric Liu - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Race Culture Identity Asian-American Assimilation Chinese

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  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
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  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu is an Asian American: "I never asked to be white. I am not literally white. That is, I do not have white skin or white ancestors. I have yellow skin and yellow ancestors, hundreds of generations of them. But like so many other Asian Americans of the second generation, I find myself now the bearer of a strange new status: white, by acclamation."
  • Jenni Young on 23 Aug 14
     
    Eric Liu's essay examines the meaning of assimilation, and what it means to be a "banana", an Asian American who identifies as white.
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