East Asia Survey tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947 2006-03-20T17:56:23Z Movable Type 4.25 Street Angel tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947.40935 2006-03-20T17:47:56Z 2006-03-20T17:56:23Z Street Angel was one of the best left-wing movies made in the 1930s. Adopting a realistic approach, it vividly portrays a group of characters including prostitutes, a singsong girl, a trumpeter, a newspaper vendor, a barber, and a petty newspaper... Zhiguo Ye Street Angel was one of the best left-wing movies made in the 1930s. Adopting a realistic approach, it vividly portrays a group of characters including prostitutes, a singsong girl, a trumpeter, a newspaper vendor, a barber, and a petty newspaper stall owner and shows their poverty, unemployment and tragic lots. Under adverse social and living circumstances, these people of low position in society are united and they help each other, radiating the brilliance of human nature and love.

Starred by famous stars Zhou Xuan and Zhao Dan, and adapted and directed by Yuan Muzhi, the film is a tragicomedy. Its creators made full use of the audio-visual characteristics of the cinematographic art, and in a lucid, humorous, and meaningful style, showed a picture of the lowest stratum of society in a metropolis and showed people of low position who are not willing to be humiliated and their spirit of resistance.

An important reason of its success is that it was created based on the real life. It is said that Yuan Muzhi and some friends such as Zhao Dan often gathered together in a small pub to drink and chat, talking about the current political situation, life and art. They came into contact with all kinds people from the low stratum of society and came up with the idea of depicting their life and fate in the way of art. They finally successfully produced the film Street Angel. The screenwriting, directing, performance, photography, art design, and sound recording all reached a new height in the development of Chinese cinema.

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]]> female succession to the world's oldest hereditary monarchy? tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947.37170 2006-02-03T17:28:12Z 2006-02-03T17:57:43Z A furture monarch without male heir, a depressed crown princess, a group of anxious officials whose immediate goal is to prevent the little girl, Princess Aiko, to ascend the Throne. Feb 1, more than 1,000 people joined the succession protest... Zhiguo Ye A furture monarch without male heir, a depressed crown princess, a group of anxious officials whose immediate goal is to prevent the little girl, Princess Aiko, to ascend the Throne.

Feb 1, more than 1,000 people joined the succession protest in Tokyo against a proposed law change that would overturn a male-only tradition in the monarchy and allow Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.

]]> humiliating nationalism?! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947.35986 2006-01-23T19:25:37Z 2006-01-23T19:47:29Z A United States Navy sailor was accused of beating death of a Japanese woman on Jan. 3 and confined on an American base near Tokoy. This time Japan's media and public response are rather apathetic when compared with the one... Zhiguo Ye A United States Navy sailor was accused of beating death of a Japanese woman on Jan. 3 and confined on an American base near Tokoy. This time Japan's media and public response are rather apathetic when compared with the one happened a decade ago about three American servicemen who raped a 12-year-old girl on an American base in Okinawa. In 1995, there were 85,000 people marching one weekend, many demanding the expulsion of American bases from the island. One article in the New York Times suggests the changed attitudes of Japan has to do with the completely hostile nationalism against North Korea and China promoted in Japan's meida. The increasing concern about China's economic and military rise and North Korea made Japanese people believe it is neccesary to sustain the military relation with the U.S. If that is the case, we cannot help wondering how humiliating nationalism could be rather than glory.

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]]> Nation rumbles as millions head home for Lunar New Year tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947.35965 2006-01-23T17:13:54Z 2006-01-23T18:07:51Z Zhiguo Ye Traditionally in China, the Lunar New Year is a time for family reunion. Family members routinely return to their hometowns from the cities they work in.China's railway tracks are creaking, buses crawling ahead and planes burning jet fuel like there's no tomorrow.Millions of Chinese are heading home for Spring Festival, the biggest family holiday occasion of the year which falls on January 30. The number of passengers traveling on trains throughout China has hit a record high ahead of the lunar New Year holiday this year, state press said.

I just got my mom's email about her New Year trip to Shenzhen (the city in south coast area) this coming Tuesday by train. I cannot help worrying about her as I read today's news.

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]]> Welcome! tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2006:/yexx0048/East Asia Survey//2947.35789 2006-01-20T17:11:12Z 2006-01-20T17:30:42Z Hello and congratulations on making it this far! This is the website I develop particularly for this class. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas, both here and in class later this semester. Good luck with your semester... Zhiguo Ye
Hello and congratulations on making it this far! This is the website I develop particularly for this class. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas, both here and in class later this semester.

Good luck with your semester and I hope you will have fun in the class.


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