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HONOR

HONOR

IRAQ

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/world/middleeast/21honor.html?ref=world

DOKAN, Iraq — Serving small glasses of sugary tea, Qadir Abdul-Rahman Ahmed explained how things went bad with the neighbors. It was not true, he said, that his brothers had threatened to drown his niece if she tried to marry the young man down the street.

“We are not against humanity,” he [...]

CHRISTMAS

The western calendar shows 2011 years of western civilization.

Is this a slight to China’s 5,000 years of history or even anti-Chinese?

Why does every country in the world celebrate Christmas?

Christmas is the birthday party celebrated around the world.

Who was born 2011 years ago and why all the fuss and recognition?

The Conception [...]

TABOO

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/05/chinese-premier-wen-jiabao-criticizes-cultural-revolution.html

China’s Leader Breaks a Taboo

Nov 6, 2011 12:00 AM EDT

In a startling break with official custom, Premier Wen Jiabao spoke out publicly last month about how his family suffered during the Cultural Revolution.

On Oct. 25, an audience of 1,500 at Nankai high school in Tianjin turned out to hear the popular [...]

R U A MUSHROOM?

Mushroom farming is simple; keep them in the dark and feed them shit.

This agrarian practice is also a favorite principle of some administrations as a form of crowd control. Keep them ignorant and feed them propaganda.

In some hugh populations, with an overwhelming number of ignorant or even uncivilized citizens, who are highly emotional [...]

HALLOWEEN Oct. 31

Halloween is a holiday that glorifies evil in the world and is not celebrated by Christians.

http://www.jeremiahproject.com/culture/halloween.html

HOLIDAYS

FOR MORE COUNTRIES GO TO:

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2010&country=8

RIGHT CLICK THE HOLIDAY TO LEARN MORE

AUSTRALIA  Holidays and Observances:

1 Jan New Year’s Day 26 Jan Australia Day 1 Mar Labour Day (WA) 8 Mar Eight Hours Day (Tas) 8 Mar Labour Day (Vic) 2 Apr Good Friday 3 Apr Holy Saturday 4 Apr Easter Day 5 [...]

IRON AND SILK

Watch the movie Iron and Silk on the SYSU intranet.

China is always changing but China never changes.

Front Stage culture changes rapidly.  Back Stage cultures changes at a snail’s pace.

Identify the changes in TEFL since Mark Salzman taught in China and identify those things that have not changed.

Post your comments.

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ALJAZEERA TV

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

Why has this TV station angered most countries in the Middle East and north Africa and even been accused of undermining current political regimes in the region?

Why has this TV station angered the USA and been denied broadcast licenses in the champion of free speech?

Why has this TV station angered most Asian [...]

2010 CHRISTMASS

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MERRY (White)  CHRISTMAS

December 25, 2010 Hangzhou, China

CHRISTMAS IS THE MOST CELEBRATED [...]

CHINA NEXT?

November 26, 2010 6:54 PM PST U.S. seizes sites linked to copyright infringement by Steven Musil Visitors to dozens of Web sites purportedly linked to illegal file sharing and counterfeit goods were greeted by this message. 

 

The U.S. government has launched a major crackdown on online copyright infringement, seizing dozens of sites linked [...]