E-Board Minutes - Sept. 1, 2013

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Chinese Name: 汉明顿中美文化交流社团 

Discussion Topics

-Chineasy -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  Politics       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）    Eating dogs    I <3 Carbohydrates (米线、米粉、河粉、拉面、白米、糯米、小米、黑米、糙米、粥、拉面、饺子、馄饨、锅贴、馒头、包子、粽子、年糕、油条、饼）    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    Eat dogs    Misconceptions about American food (McDonalds, half-raw steak, everything can be fried, all junk food,   Drinking Culture    No drinking age in China    College students don't drink in bars/they don't party, blackout    Drinking while eating Culture    Toddlers peeing in public (开裆裤）    Blunt statements    Eat dogs    Half-raw steak    Celebrities all druggies    Calling adults by first name and titles    Hot water -Interracial dating/marriages -Education    Gaokao vs SAT (meritocracy, special points for minorities, first-place, athletes, military/veteran, switch scores; crazy questions,     Tiger Mom    Tutoring    Systems (test-based vs holistic approach)    College preparers