China and Tibet

The hot item in the headlines these days is the debate over Tibet, with demonstrations in Lhasa, Nepal, and Congress. The box to the right of this posting, "News Articles," has links to recent articles.

The box below has links and tags to the Del.icio.us social sharing website. You can 1) click the links in the box to go to an article or 2) go to the Del.icio.us site by clicking "My Del.icio.us." There you will have access to the several thousand websites and articles linked there; they are tagged by subject. In this case, try "Tibet."

Chinese Propaganda Posters

Stephan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Posters page is a major resource for any topic in post 1949 history of the People's Republic. Landsberger has arranged the posters by topic and supplied extensive explanations of the people, policies, and places involved.

For instance, "Population Policy" has colorful posters promoting sexual awareness (one of the few sources of knowledge on this topic for young Chinese!) and a quick explication of the development of the One Child Policy. "Zhou Enlai" has a brief but useful summary of Zhou's life. "Iron Women and Foxy Ladies" offers an incisive essay and insightful posters.

For most topics there are suggested readings and links for websites.

East vs. West: A Chinese Student in Germany

Yang Liu , a Beijing artist trained in Germany, comments on the differences between Chinese and German culture. The German characteristic is in blue, on the left, the Chinese in red, on the right.

To view the show slide by slide, click the icon between the left and right arrows.

Ms. Yang's Website is here: http://www.yangliudesign.com/

You can also go to the album to see or download individual slides by double clicking the image.