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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. 17: Chineasy: 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