Tuesday, November 30, 2010
70,000 People Relocated for China's water diversion plan
70,000 Residents of China's Hubei Province have all relocated to new communities because their residences will be underwater after the creation of the South-North water diversion project. An additional 10,000 people will also have to be relocated to make way for the project.
The South-North water diversion project will be taking water from the Yangtze River which is the largest in China and make routes to get water into drought prone areas of China. These routes include an eastern, middle, and western route. The creation of the middle route will force another 330,000 residents to relocate.
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2010-11/30/content_21450692.htm
Monday, November 29, 2010
Tax puzzle
The disagreement between the General Administration of Customs and the Ministry of Commerce over the legitimacy of a 1,000-yuan tax on iPads purchased overseas and brought into the country for personal use seems to have come to an end. But it should not have ended in the way it has.
In a statement released on Tuesday morning, the commerce ministry said it supports the customs in carrying out its duties, and believes levying the tax is consistent with the latter's duties and current conditions.
Before that, the ministry sent an enquiry to the customs authorities and expressed concerns about the legitimacy of the tax. The letter pinpointed two concerns shared widely by ordinary citizens. First, both the sum and rate of the tax imposed on iPad units brought into the country for personal use are too high. Second, the after-tax price of iPad units has been over-estimated.
The official reply from the customs, though simple and assured, sounded lame to most. Instead of presenting a convincing clarification of the composition of the blanket 1,000-yuan levy, it said the sum was determined in consideration of passenger convenience at customs.
Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-11/17/content_11562371.htm
Video: http://www.china.org.cn/video/2010-11/16/content_21351948.htm
Experts: Same-sex marriage could help curb HIV
AIDS among teens, seniors on the rise in Beijing
The number of HIV/AIDS carriers aged over 60 in the capital has been increasing in recent years, an official surnamed Mao from the Beijing Health Bureau revealed on Friday.
Mao said the number of teenagers and seniors with HIV/AIDS was climbing fast in the city.
An additional 16 clinics offering tests and consultations for the disease were opened this year.
By the end of September, Beijing had 61 such clinics in 16 districts and counties.
According to statistics from the bureau, four hospitals that offer treatment to people with HIV/AIDS - including YouAn Hospital and Ditan Hospital - had helped more than 1,100 patients this year.
This article says that only .05 of China's population is gay. With a population size of over 1 billion, .05 of the population is around 67 million people!
If the article is right in claiming that 1 in 5 gays have HIV, that still leaves a total of around 15 million afftected.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Hospital Scam Sparks Crackdown
Beijing - China's Ministry of Health vowed to crack down on bribery in hospitals after news of the corruption scandal involving dozens of doctors in East China broke early this week.
"In China, it is common for hospitals to profit from drug selling to continue operating, since they are in charge of the pharmaceutical departments and this provides chances for some doctors to make illegal money," said Xiao Yonghong, chief physician of the No 1 Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University.
Read about the corruption:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566543.htm
"In China, it is common for hospitals to profit from drug selling to continue operating, since they are in charge of the pharmaceutical departments and this provides chances for some doctors to make illegal money," said Xiao Yonghong, chief physician of the No 1 Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University.
Read about the corruption:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-11/18/content_11566543.htm
Friday, November 19, 2010
Chinese flock to US for further education
As the wealth of the middle class in China increases, more and more Chinese students are coming to the US for post-secondary education.
Pakistan commits to Chinese missile, fighter systems
China News.NetThursday 18th November, 2010 (IANS)
Pakistan is committed to arming its jointly developed fighter planes with Chinese missile and radar systems and is evaluating several Chinese surface-to-air missile systems, state media reported Thursday.A Chinese advanced active radar and the mid-range SD-10 homing missile would become standard equipment for Pakistan's planned fleet of 250 JF-17 fighter jets, which were jointly developed by the two nations, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman told the Global Times newspaper.'PAF has no plans to install Western devices and weapons on the aircraft for the time being,' Suleman was quoted as saying of the JF-17s during this week's Airshow China 2010 in the southern city of Zhuhai.Pakistan was also interested in Chinese-made precision-guided bombs and advanced missile systems, including surface-to-air systems, he said.In a separate interview in Zhuhai with the China Daily newspaper, Suleman said Pakistan was evaluating the advanced Hongqi-18 and several other Chinese surface-to-air systems.The PAF had also taken delivery of the first of four Chinese ZDK-03 airborne warning and control system (AWACS) planes last week, he told the China Daily.The latest JF-17 Thunder, known in China as the FC-1 Xiaolong, was shown in Zhuhai and had attracted interest from up to eight other nations, the Flightglobal website reported from the air show.Pakistan had already confirmed orders for 50 JF-17s and had 14 of the fighter planes in operation, the website said.China had 'talked with many customers' during the design phase of the JF-17 and was willing to include technology transfer in any deals, it quoted Zeng Wen, vice-president of China's state-run military aircraft marketing arm, as saying.Suleman told China Daily that the PAF's production of JF-17s was 'on a very fast track' with plans to raise the total number of assembled planes to 25 by the end of the year.'There is no shortage of trust and no shortage of will' between the Chinese and Pakistani military, he said. 'There will be more projects developed successfully.'Beijing-based military strategist Peng Guangqian told China Daily that the expanding military cooperation between China and Pakistan would have 'almost no effect on the balance of military power between Pakistan and India', particularly since India had recently signed a major defence deal with the US.
http://www.chinanews.net/story/708945
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A single tweet costs Chinese activist a year in jail
BEIJING—The power of Twitter was on full display in China this week: a single tweet has landed an activist in jail.
Cheng Jianping, a 46-year-old activist, was sentenced to one year of detention in a Chinese labour camp after “re-tweeting” a satirical message that mocked Chinese youths who were staging violent protests against Japan.
The protests arose during a dispute between China and Japan over the ownership of a set of islands in the East China Sea.
“Sentencing someone to a year in a labour camp, without trial, simply for repeating another person’s clearly satirical observation on Twitter demonstrates the level of China’s repression of online expression,” Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s director for the Asia-Pacific said.
Amnesty said Cheng might be “the first Chinese citizen to become a prisoner of conscience on the basis of a single tweet.”
The message was posted on Twitter in mid-October, after nationalist youths had gone on the rampage in some Chinese cities, smashing Japanese products including cars.
But news of Cheng’s punishment emerged only this week when she was sentenced by police to a year in Shibali River women’s labour camp in the central city of Zhengzhou.
China still operates a vast system of labour camps across the country and still empowers police and local administrators to jail people without trial for up to four years.
Cheng’s saga began when her fiancé, Hua Chunhui, posted a message on Twitter on Oct. 17 that said, “Anti-Japanese demonstrations, smashing Japanese products, that was all done years ago by Guo Quan (an activist). It’s no new trick. If you really want to kick it up a notch, fly immediately to Shanghai to smash the Japanese Expo pavilion.”
Cheng, writing under the name wangyi09, re-tweeted Hua’s message and added her own biting satire: “Angry youth, charge!” she wrote.
Ten days later, police detained Cheng for “disrupting social order.”
But her defenders say she and her finance’s satirical intent was obvious — they did not support the demonstrations against Japan.
“It is possible that Cheng Jianping may have been jailed for her online activism in the last few years and her expressions of support for other Chinese dissidents,” Zarifi said.
Cheng’s fiancé Hua, however, told the BBC that documentation received from the labour camp made it clear that Cheng had in fact been sentenced to re-education because of her “tweet.”
But he also noted that Cheng had signed a petition calling for the release of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, currently serving an 11-year sentence for calling for a multi-party democracy in China.
Cheng has now begun a hunger strike, he said.
Twitter — like Facebook and YouTube — is formally blocked by authorities in China.
But among China’s 400 million Internet users, many find ways around China’s so-called Great Firewall.
Cheng Jianping, a 46-year-old activist, was sentenced to one year of detention in a Chinese labour camp after “re-tweeting” a satirical message that mocked Chinese youths who were staging violent protests against Japan.
The protests arose during a dispute between China and Japan over the ownership of a set of islands in the East China Sea.
“Sentencing someone to a year in a labour camp, without trial, simply for repeating another person’s clearly satirical observation on Twitter demonstrates the level of China’s repression of online expression,” Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International’s director for the Asia-Pacific said.
Amnesty said Cheng might be “the first Chinese citizen to become a prisoner of conscience on the basis of a single tweet.”
The message was posted on Twitter in mid-October, after nationalist youths had gone on the rampage in some Chinese cities, smashing Japanese products including cars.
But news of Cheng’s punishment emerged only this week when she was sentenced by police to a year in Shibali River women’s labour camp in the central city of Zhengzhou.
China still operates a vast system of labour camps across the country and still empowers police and local administrators to jail people without trial for up to four years.
Cheng’s saga began when her fiancé, Hua Chunhui, posted a message on Twitter on Oct. 17 that said, “Anti-Japanese demonstrations, smashing Japanese products, that was all done years ago by Guo Quan (an activist). It’s no new trick. If you really want to kick it up a notch, fly immediately to Shanghai to smash the Japanese Expo pavilion.”
Cheng, writing under the name wangyi09, re-tweeted Hua’s message and added her own biting satire: “Angry youth, charge!” she wrote.
Ten days later, police detained Cheng for “disrupting social order.”
But her defenders say she and her finance’s satirical intent was obvious — they did not support the demonstrations against Japan.
“It is possible that Cheng Jianping may have been jailed for her online activism in the last few years and her expressions of support for other Chinese dissidents,” Zarifi said.
Cheng’s fiancé Hua, however, told the BBC that documentation received from the labour camp made it clear that Cheng had in fact been sentenced to re-education because of her “tweet.”
But he also noted that Cheng had signed a petition calling for the release of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, currently serving an 11-year sentence for calling for a multi-party democracy in China.
Cheng has now begun a hunger strike, he said.
Twitter — like Facebook and YouTube — is formally blocked by authorities in China.
But among China’s 400 million Internet users, many find ways around China’s so-called Great Firewall.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
China's acupuncture, Peking opera inscribed on Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. (UNCESO)
1st LD: China's acupuncture, Peking opera inscribed on Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
NAIROBI, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's acupuncture and moxibustion of traditional Chinese medicine along with Peking opera were both inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity during the ongoing 5th session of the Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage meeting in Nairobi.
The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which already has 166 elements from 77 countries, will be enriched by new elements.
On this occasion, the committee will examine 47 nominations from 29 states. In order to be inscribed, the elements must comply with a series of criteria, including contributing to spreading the knowledge of intangible cultural heritage and promoting awareness of its importance.
Nominees for the inscription must also justify protective measures taken to ensure their viability.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNCESO) conference kicked off in Nairobi on Monday with delegates calling for more efforts to safeguard the intangible heritage.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-11/16/c_13609664.htm
China Fighting Inflation in Food sector
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A vendor arranges bags of onions at a market in Yinchuan, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Nov 16, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]
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For example, Chinese cabbage and radishes were among the vegetables that saw big falls in prices, dropping 7.1 percent and 5.5 percent, respectively.
However, on a year-on-year basis, the prices of 18 staple vegetables in the first 10 days this month were still significantly higher from one year earlier, highlighting the pressure China faces in managing inflation, which soared to a 25-month high of 4.4 percent in October.
Meanwhile, prices of meat for the past week have been rising, the report showed, with prices of pork and mutton up 1.6 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.
Also, prices of eggs rose 0.9 percent, while prices of rice and flour rose 0.6 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively.
The price of food, which accounts for one-third of weighting in the calculation of China's consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, jumped 10.1 percent in October, pushing the index to a new high in more than two years after rising 3.6 percent in September.
Additionally, the government has set a target to maintain the annual inflation rate to remain under 3 percent.
Shanghai building fire, at least 79 dead
Shanghai Fire
This fire of a Shanghai 28 storey apartment complex was being renovated at the time of the fire on November 15th, 2010. It is very similar to the fire in February 2009 that frustrated firefighters. From the ground they could only reach half the building and were forced to get on rooftops of others nearby.
The death toll continues to rise. It was first thought that 56 lost their life, but in an article from the associated press released today shows the death toll at 79 dead and still at least 36 missing. Officals out of China has stated that 8 people have been detained that are linked to the fire. Apperently the 4 were unlisened welders; its said that sparks from their equipment cought the bamboo scafolting on fire.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/17/shanghai-fire-death-toll-rises
The Good?
Some good has come from this or at least a lesson has been learned. Chinese officals are already working and setting things in motion to stop this from iccuring again. One Chinese city in northern China is looking to buy a 3.76 million dollar fire truck. It is able to shoot water up 101 meters, the highest in the world. They are also looking into ways of prevention.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-11/17/content_11566239.htm
Hopefully the Chinese people and authorities have realized that the killer blaze of Monday needs to be prevented. They need to improve fireproof excape routes in buildings and proper firefighting equipment. They need to ensure that every high-rise building has fire extinguishers, escape routes, proper training for residents, and enough space within the buildings for firefighters to move in and around the building efficiently.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-11/17/content_11564123.htm
This fire of a Shanghai 28 storey apartment complex was being renovated at the time of the fire on November 15th, 2010. It is very similar to the fire in February 2009 that frustrated firefighters. From the ground they could only reach half the building and were forced to get on rooftops of others nearby.
The death toll continues to rise. It was first thought that 56 lost their life, but in an article from the associated press released today shows the death toll at 79 dead and still at least 36 missing. Officals out of China has stated that 8 people have been detained that are linked to the fire. Apperently the 4 were unlisened welders; its said that sparks from their equipment cought the bamboo scafolting on fire.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/17/shanghai-fire-death-toll-rises
The Good?
Some good has come from this or at least a lesson has been learned. Chinese officals are already working and setting things in motion to stop this from iccuring again. One Chinese city in northern China is looking to buy a 3.76 million dollar fire truck. It is able to shoot water up 101 meters, the highest in the world. They are also looking into ways of prevention.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-11/17/content_11566239.htm
Hopefully the Chinese people and authorities have realized that the killer blaze of Monday needs to be prevented. They need to improve fireproof excape routes in buildings and proper firefighting equipment. They need to ensure that every high-rise building has fire extinguishers, escape routes, proper training for residents, and enough space within the buildings for firefighters to move in and around the building efficiently.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-11/17/content_11564123.htm
China’s First Passenger Plane Stokes Pride, Wins Initial Sales
Yi Peng took a day off so he could walk through a model of China’s first large passenger plane.
“We are proud of this -- it’s a China-made plane,” self- employed Yi, 40, said as he waited with his wife to enter the full-size mockup at the Zhuhai air show yesterday. “If it were an imported plane, we wouldn’t be lining up.”
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China announced its first 100 orders for the 166-seat C919 plane at the show as China strives to challenge Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS in the $70 billion-a-year global aircraft market. The nation is also developing high-speed trains, supercomputers and mobile-phone systems to create better-paying jobs and reduce its reliance on imports.
“The airplane is a big deal,” Mark Howes, Asia-Pacific president for Honeywell International Inc., a parts supplier for the C919, said at the show in southern China. “It’s a national program in terms of importance to the Chinese government.”
Visitors to Comac’s 1,500 square-meter (16,000 square-foot) show stand are able to tour the model cabin and cockpit in groups of about 15. They climb up boarding steps to reach the aircraft door, where two women dressed in red stewardesses uniform welcome them inside.
“The interior is clean and bright, not a bad feel overall,” said Jennifer Huo, 34, a Shanghai-based public- relations executive after her tour. “I feel proud that China can come up with such a plane.”
In-development Plane
The in-development aircraft is due to make its maiden flight in 2014 and enter service two years later. It will have a range of 2,200 nautical miles (3,500 km), according to details at the stand. It competes against Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’s A320, the planemakers’ most popular models.
Comac announced deals for as many as 100 C919s at the show from General Electric Co.’s leasing arm, and Chinese companies, including the nation’s big three carriers -- Air China Ltd., China Southern Airlines Co. and China Eastern Airlines Corp. It didn’t say how many planes each customer had ordered.
GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd., the world’s largest plane lessor, separately said it had signed a letter of intent for five planes with options for five more. GE’s venture with Safran SA, CFM International, will also supply engines for the C919 as the company works to boost sales in the world’s fastest- growing major economy.
Prove Performance
Ilyushin Finance Co., Russia’s biggest aircraft-leasing company, isn’t yet planning to follow GE in ordering C919s, Deputy Director General Ostrovskiy Yury said after his visit to the plane mockup. Comac first has to show that the C919 will meet performance pledges and win approval for the aircraft from overseas regulators, he said.
“If the Chinese aviation industry can improve their aircraft to such a quality that they can meet international certification, they would be more interesting for us,” he said.
Talks on leasing MA600 turboprops to Russian airlines have stumbled on a lack of certification, he said. The MA600 is made by Xi’an Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., a unit of Aviation Industry Corp. of China, or AVIC.
United Technologies Corp.’s Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. unit and Safran announced the formation of ventures at the show that will supply parts for the C919. Overseas suppliers are usually partnering with units of AVIC, the nation’s biggest aerospace company, to work on the plane.
Partsmakers are backing the aircraft because of surging growth in China’s aviation market. The country will likely need 4,265 new passenger planes through 2029, as economic growth will cause a fivefold jump in air travel, according to AVIC, which is an investor in Comac. The planemaker aims to sell 2,000 C919s worldwide over 20 years.
“Given china’s prowess, we should have been able to come up with a large plane much earlier,” said Huo, the PR executive, who visited the mockup. “But it’s not too late.”
“We are proud of this -- it’s a China-made plane,” self- employed Yi, 40, said as he waited with his wife to enter the full-size mockup at the Zhuhai air show yesterday. “If it were an imported plane, we wouldn’t be lining up.”
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China announced its first 100 orders for the 166-seat C919 plane at the show as China strives to challenge Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS in the $70 billion-a-year global aircraft market. The nation is also developing high-speed trains, supercomputers and mobile-phone systems to create better-paying jobs and reduce its reliance on imports.
“The airplane is a big deal,” Mark Howes, Asia-Pacific president for Honeywell International Inc., a parts supplier for the C919, said at the show in southern China. “It’s a national program in terms of importance to the Chinese government.”
Visitors to Comac’s 1,500 square-meter (16,000 square-foot) show stand are able to tour the model cabin and cockpit in groups of about 15. They climb up boarding steps to reach the aircraft door, where two women dressed in red stewardesses uniform welcome them inside.
“The interior is clean and bright, not a bad feel overall,” said Jennifer Huo, 34, a Shanghai-based public- relations executive after her tour. “I feel proud that China can come up with such a plane.”
In-development Plane
The in-development aircraft is due to make its maiden flight in 2014 and enter service two years later. It will have a range of 2,200 nautical miles (3,500 km), according to details at the stand. It competes against Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’s A320, the planemakers’ most popular models.
Comac announced deals for as many as 100 C919s at the show from General Electric Co.’s leasing arm, and Chinese companies, including the nation’s big three carriers -- Air China Ltd., China Southern Airlines Co. and China Eastern Airlines Corp. It didn’t say how many planes each customer had ordered.
GE Capital Aviation Services Ltd., the world’s largest plane lessor, separately said it had signed a letter of intent for five planes with options for five more. GE’s venture with Safran SA, CFM International, will also supply engines for the C919 as the company works to boost sales in the world’s fastest- growing major economy.
Prove Performance
Ilyushin Finance Co., Russia’s biggest aircraft-leasing company, isn’t yet planning to follow GE in ordering C919s, Deputy Director General Ostrovskiy Yury said after his visit to the plane mockup. Comac first has to show that the C919 will meet performance pledges and win approval for the aircraft from overseas regulators, he said.
“If the Chinese aviation industry can improve their aircraft to such a quality that they can meet international certification, they would be more interesting for us,” he said.
Talks on leasing MA600 turboprops to Russian airlines have stumbled on a lack of certification, he said. The MA600 is made by Xi’an Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., a unit of Aviation Industry Corp. of China, or AVIC.
United Technologies Corp.’s Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. unit and Safran announced the formation of ventures at the show that will supply parts for the C919. Overseas suppliers are usually partnering with units of AVIC, the nation’s biggest aerospace company, to work on the plane.
Partsmakers are backing the aircraft because of surging growth in China’s aviation market. The country will likely need 4,265 new passenger planes through 2029, as economic growth will cause a fivefold jump in air travel, according to AVIC, which is an investor in Comac. The planemaker aims to sell 2,000 C919s worldwide over 20 years.
“Given china’s prowess, we should have been able to come up with a large plane much earlier,” said Huo, the PR executive, who visited the mockup. “But it’s not too late.”
China's Aggressive Push Toward Clean Energy Paying Off
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Housing market hit by new rules
Property sales have seen a sharp drop and there's been an increase in the number of cancellations of home orders in Chinese cities that have introduced regulations to limit purchases of property.
"The government will stop unreasonable home demand and limit speculation in the property market," housing management bureau officials have explained.
The cities' new rules now require buyers to have a household registration, or hukou, and a marriage certificate to purchase an apartment.
The new rules at the same time suspended second-home purchases for families who are residents, while denying new home loans for migrant families who have not worked in the city for at least one year. Also, many cities now have similar loan caps and higher down payment to cool down the overheated property market.
Link: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-10/20/content_11433761.htm
Chinese Government to Introduce Food Price Rules
The Chinese government is going to adjusts measures to keep food prices from rising too high. The National Development and Reform Commission will be placing strict rules in order to keep food prices more stable. The government plans to set a price ceiling to regulate the market and vegetable supplies in the cities will be improved to prevent shortages.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2010-11/16/content_11556581.htm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2010-11/16/content_11556581.htm
Monday, November 15, 2010
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Mahjong Simple Rules
http://www.sloperama.com/mjfaq/mjfaq10.html
THE TILES
Leave out the flowers (hey, you wanted SIMPLE rules, right?). Just use the basic 136 tiles:
DOTS (Numbered 1-9; 4 of each, for a total of 36)
BAMS ("Sticks" numbered 1-9; the 1 looks like a bird; there are 4 of each, for a total of 36)
CRAKS (Chinese characters numbered 1-9; there are 4 of each, for a total of 36)
WINDS (Chinese characters labeled E, S, W, N; there are 4 of each, for a total of 16)
DRAGONS (Red Dragon, Green Dragon, White Dragon; there are 4 of each, for a total of 12; the whites may have a rectangular design or may be blank)
THE TILES
Leave out the flowers (hey, you wanted SIMPLE rules, right?). Just use the basic 136 tiles:
DOTS (Numbered 1-9; 4 of each, for a total of 36)
BAMS ("Sticks" numbered 1-9; the 1 looks like a bird; there are 4 of each, for a total of 36)
CRAKS (Chinese characters numbered 1-9; there are 4 of each, for a total of 36)
WINDS (Chinese characters labeled E, S, W, N; there are 4 of each, for a total of 16)
DRAGONS (Red Dragon, Green Dragon, White Dragon; there are 4 of each, for a total of 12; the whites may have a rectangular design or may be blank)
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Expatriate
The Myth of the Hero's Journey. (Campbell, 1968)
The Call to Adventure or Refusal of the Call - Request to go Abroad
Crossing the First Threshold - fascinating, adventurous, lonely overseas assignment
The Belly of the Whale - ambiguity of unknown languages and customs, challenging beyond responsibility and autonomy in own country
The Magical Friend - cultural mentors help them understand the other cultures and provide reassurance that they will succeed at challenges
The Road of Trials - unfamiliar obstacles confront them, question own identity, values, taken for granted assumptions about everyday life.
The Ultimate Boon - Gain satisfaction, mastery, self-efficacy, increased self-confidence, interpersonal skills, tolerance for differences.
The Return - sense of loss at leaving behind magical charm and fulfillment. Some treated like heros and use skills others not.
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
The Magical Friend
Crossing the First Threshold
Belly of the Whale
The Road of Trials
The Ultimate Boon
Crossing the Return Threshold
- Luke escapes to rebel base
- Luke can fly
Expatriates
Hero talk
pride in succeeding at difficult work assignments
making it on their own
adapt to change
The Call to Adventure or Refusal of the Call - Request to go Abroad
Crossing the First Threshold - fascinating, adventurous, lonely overseas assignment
The Belly of the Whale - ambiguity of unknown languages and customs, challenging beyond responsibility and autonomy in own country
The Magical Friend - cultural mentors help them understand the other cultures and provide reassurance that they will succeed at challenges
The Road of Trials - unfamiliar obstacles confront them, question own identity, values, taken for granted assumptions about everyday life.
The Ultimate Boon - Gain satisfaction, mastery, self-efficacy, increased self-confidence, interpersonal skills, tolerance for differences.
The Return - sense of loss at leaving behind magical charm and fulfillment. Some treated like heros and use skills others not.
The Call to Adventure
Refusal of the Call
The Magical Friend
Crossing the First Threshold
Belly of the Whale
The Road of Trials
The Ultimate Boon
Crossing the Return Threshold
- Luke escapes to rebel base
- Luke can fly
Expatriates
Hero talk
pride in succeeding at difficult work assignments
making it on their own
adapt to change
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