Wednesdays
at 4:30pm
in the
Days-Massolo
Center (DMC)!

*There may or may not
  be snacks*

HACE
Feel free to email us with any suggestions or questions!

 

Discussion Topics:

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If you are interested in what may lie ahead this coming semester, our policy of full-disclosure-of-probable-discussion-topics allows us to share our disscussion plans with you. Feel free to tell us which topics you find intriguing, surprising, or disgusting.

Fall '13
-Sept. 17Chineasy: Chineasy is a new technique to learn Chinese characters. Is Chineasy... easy?
-Sept. 24: Off The Great Wall: A youtube channel that presents Chinese history, modern culture, and traditions in an entertaining way.
-Oct. 1: HACE on RACE, a safe space to discuss race and other divisions between society such as economic background. Thanks to everyone who came: you all were open, thoughtful, and inspirational.
-Oct. 8: Yellow Fever: What is yellow fever, and how is it creepy? How does it exist on campus?
-Oct. 22: Pollution in China - the situation in China
-ACC
-National Pride (toilet baby, defacing Egyptian pyramids, driver threw baby on floor)
-Adoption (Hannah Tessler) vs whitewashed. Who is Chinese?
-Four Waves of Immigration (Sun Zhong Shan, green card marriages, study abroad.)
-Pros and cons of counterfeiting and piracy (copyright infringement, stealing foreign ideas but cheaper
-Lost in Translation: Big Fat Misunderstandings about China
-Freedom of Speech (easy access VPN,
-Communism
-Corruption (networking vs guanxi)
-Cybersecurity
-Immigration (visas, expats going down, expat culture)
-Food Culture: 3 Types (川菜、粤菜、北方菜)
-Real Chinese food in U.S. (Dim Sum (烧卖、凤爪、虾饺、牛百叶、input from Joyce), bubble tea,
-Fake Chinese food in U.S. (order from China Sea and Bamboo, fortune cookies
-Misconceptions about American food (McDonalds, half-raw steak, everything can be fried, all junk food,
-Drinking Culture
-Toddlers peeing in public (开裆裤)
-Blunt statements
-Interracial dating/marriages
-Education: Gaokao vs SAT, Tiger Mom, Tutoring
-Systems (test-based vs holistic approach)
-College preparers