on collection of Ming-era furniture
on Cultural Revolution
on persecution of wife
Chen Shui-bian (Taiwan president)
Chen Xiandan (museum official)
Chen Xitong (major of Beijing)
Chen Zixiu (Falun Gong believer)
Chiang Ching-kuo (Kuomintang Taiwan leader)
Chiang Kai-shek. See also Kuomintang government
China
aircraft-collision incident with U.S.
George W. Bush state visit to (2002)
civil war in
domination of leadership from southern regions in
economic links between Taiwan and
establishment of Republic of (1912)
ethnic diversity of
government policy toward Uighur minority
modern economy and currency of
19th-century foreign intrusions into
response of, to 9/11 terrorist attacks
China Daily (newspaper)
China Sports Museum
China Tourism
Chinatown, Washington, D.C.
Chinese culture and civilization
ancestor veneration
author on American and
compared to Western culture
Confucianism
conservatism of
Chinese culture and civilization (cont.)
conservatism of, and stability of writing system
contradictions in
emphasis on unity and rediscovery of diversity in
I. Galambos on importance of written word to
horses in
impact of geography on
Li Xueqin on early
materialism and nationalism in
meaning of written word and writing in
origins in Yellow River Valley
sense of proper order in
spiritual vacuum in
view of history
Chinese embassy in Belgrade, U.S. bombing of
Chinese law
on camping at Great Wall
Chinese Olympic Committee
Chinese people
Jiang Wen’s reflections on
literacy rates in 18th and 19th centuries for male
W. Tien’s reflections on psychology of mainlanders
Chinese spoken language
Cantonese
common speech (putonghua)
dialects (fangyan)
literacy and
Chinese written language
arguments for reform and replacement of, with alphabet
calligraphy and
character shape
character simplification adopted by communists (1955)
Chen Mengjia’s support for retaining traditional
J. DeFrancis on
earliest forms of (see also oracle bones, inscriptions on)
dictionaries of
I. Galambos on
I. Galambos’s Web site and sale of Chinese characters to Westerners
literacy and
as logographic system
V. Mair on links among horses, bronze technology, Sogdian culture, and
Mao Zedong on reform of
mythic origins of
order and pattern in Chinese culture, and origins of
persecution during Cultural Revolution for failure to properly write
Pinyin script for
stability of, and Chinese culture
K. Takashima on
work of Zhou Youguang, Yin Binyong, and Wang Jun on reform of
Chi Zhiqiang (singer)
Chuang Tzu
passages from
Cindy (daughter of Driver Yang), on her study abroad
Communist Party
Chen Mengjia on
civil war between Kuomintang and
International Olympics Committee and
Mao’s reform of Chinese writing system and support from
Clifford, Nicholas R.
Clinton, Bill (U.S. president)
Communist Youth League
Comparet, Bertrand L.
Confucianism and Confucius
constitution, Chinese
cornstarch industry, author’s writing assignment on
corruption
Couling, Samuel
counterfeit goods and services (jiade)
educational certifications
identity cards
knock-off clothing
oracle bones
visa documents
Country Music Association, Emily’s letter to
courtyard houses (siheyuan)
destruction of Zhao Jingxin’s, Beijing
Crescent Moon Society
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (film)
Cultural Relics Bureau
Cultural Revolution
destruction of property in
impact of, on Chinese written language
“struggle sessions” of
suffering of intellectuals in
currency exchange, black market
Dai Xiaohong. See Foster, William Jefferson “Willy” (author’s former student)
Dai Yuecan (daughter of Willy and Nancy)
Dandong, Liaoning province, author’s trip to
Dandong Border Cooperative Economic Zone
danwei (work unit)
DeFrancis, John (scholar)
on Chinese reform of Chinese writing system
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan
elections of 2001 and
demonstrations
anti-American/anti-NATO (1999)
commemorations of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests
Deng Xiaoping (Chinese political leader). See also Reform and Opening policies
De Niro, Robert
Devils on the Doorstep (film)
banned in China
wins prize at Cannes
dictionaries, Chinese
divination, oracle bones and
Dobson, Richard
Dorr-Oliver (Dutch company), author’s writing assignment about cornstarch industry for
Doubting in Antiquity School
dragon bones. See oracle bones
The Dream of the Red Mansion (classic novel)
Drew, Nancy (author’s former student)
author’s visits with Willy and
pregnancy of
relationship with, and marriage to “Willy”
teaching jobs held by
visits to Sichuan hometown
Duan Fang (oracle bone collector and Qing diplomat)
Eastern Zhou dynasty
East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). See also Uighurs (ethnic group)
East Turkestan Republic. See also Uighurs (ethnic group)
Educating Talents School, Yueqing, Zhejiang province
education, Chinese
economic reforms and rural
private schools
Egyptian hieroglyphic writing
elections
author as witness of, in Chinese village of Xituogu
in Taiwan (2001)
Eliot, T. S.
Elphinston, Bob (IOC inspector)
Elvin, Mark
Emily (author’s former student)
boyfriend Anry
boyfriend Zhu Yunfeng
changes career to work with disabled children
employment conditions
as fan of Hu Xiaomei’s radio program
isolation and alienation of
letter to Country Music Association from
migration of, to Shenzhen
parents and brother of
response of, to author’s article about her
response of, to Miao Yong novel
Shenzhen social issues and
on sister’s decision to migrate
visits with author
English language
Chinese government plan for study of
; development of individuality and self-confidence through study of
reform of written
Special English
VOA broadcasts in China
corruption in examination system related to
private schools for
Esperanto language
ETIM. See East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Export Processing Zones
Falun Gong (Falun Dafa)
government ban on
human rights abuses against
origin and principles of
Tiananmen Square demonstrations organized by
famine in China, early 1960s
fangyan (dialects)
The Fifth Great Civilization (Xu Chaolong)
film industry, Chinese
author’s interviews with actor and director Jiang Wen
author’s visit to Xinjiang movie set
film directed by Jiang Wen, Devils on the Doorstep
in Reform and Opening era
Uighurs and Kazaks as actors in
films
American
importance of, to American culture
of Reform and Opening era
videos and DVDs of 9/11 terrorist attacks
“fixers”
Flaming Mountains
Flying Horse of Wuwei
former students, author’s
D.J.
Emily
Freeman
Jimmy
Nancy Drew [see Drew, Nancy (author’s former student)]
Shirley
Willy [see Foster, William Jefferson “Willy” (author’s former student)]
Formosa. See Taiwan
Forney, Matt
Foster, William Jefferson “Willy” (author’s former student)
adjustment problems of, as migrant
author observes English class taught
author’s visits with Nancy and
birth of
birth of daughter Dai Yuecan
on corruption, crime, and cheating on exams
education of
English study, and notebook entries
exposure of local English-exam corruption by
family and Sichuan home village of
letters to author from
listens to Voice of America
migration by, to east coast
on prejudice against migrant workers
relationship with, and marriage to “Nancy Drew”
his students’ performance and exam leaks
teaching jobs held by, in Zhejiang province
on terrorist attacks against U.S.
visits home to Sichuan by
wins English-teaching contest
free-market reforms. See Reform and Opening policies
Fujian province, emigration from
Fuling Teachers College, Sichuan province
Galambos, Imre (scholar)
his Web site sales of Chinese characters to Westerners
on importance of movies to American culture
on importance of written language to Chinese culture
on relationship of language to perceived reality
work as curator of Dunhuang manuscripts at British Library
games, Chinese
GANEFO (Games of the Newly Emerging Forces)
Gansu province
film industry in
Gao Xingjian (writer)
Gates, Bill
passage on English exam about
Gates, Melinda
General Tao Chicken
geography, Chinese history and significance of
globalism
Gobi Desert
Gong Bangxing (dove keeper)
Gong Li (actor)
Gore, Al (U.S. vice president)
Great Leap Forward economic policies
Great Wall
author’s camping trip to, and subsequent police detention
Greece, concept of hero in ancient
Guang’an, Sichuan province
guannei and guanwai (within and beyond the gates)
Guo, Xiansheng (engineer)
Guomindang. See Kuomintang government
Guo Moruo (poet), rediscovery of Flying Horse figure and
Hainan Island
Han Chinese (ethnic group)
migration of, into Xinjiang
Han dynasty (202 B.C.--A.D. 220)
Han Jingdi (Han emperor)
Hanyu Da Cidian, index for
Hao, Lady, tomb of
Heaney, Seamus
Hebei province, film Devils on the Doorstep set in
He Huixian (executive)
Helms, Jesse, as ally of Uighurs
He Ping (film director)
Hero (film)
hero concept in Western and Chinese cultures
Hessler, Peter (author)
as Boston Globe stringer
camping trip to Great Wall and police detention of
on Chinese and American cultural similarities
criticism of Western media by
former students of (see former students, author’s)
homes in Beijing
job at Wall Street Journal Beijing bureau
legal status of
press role of, accompanying Olympics inspection committee
publication of first book
teaching at Fuling Teachers College held by
on teaching versus writing
on U.S. after 9/11 terrorist attacks
on work as journalist
writing assignment on cornstarch industry
Historical Records (Sima Qian)
history, Chinese view of
oracle bones and
Hong Kong SAR
telecasts from
Hong Kong Standard (newspaper)
horses
in Chinese art
in Chinese culture
problems with, on Chinese movie set
Yin Binyong on, as most important animal in Chinese culture
Hou Chia Chuang (The Ying-Shang Cemetery Site at Anyang, Honan), Volume X (Shih)
Huang Xu (husband of former student Shirley)
Huang Zhe (wife of Zhao Jingxin)
Huan River
Hu Jintao (Chinese vice president)
Hundred Flowers Campaign (1957)
Hundred Talents High School, Yuhuan, Zhejiang province
hunting in China
hutong neighborhoods, Beijing
Hu Xiaomei (radio host)
author’s interview with
Emily’s phone call to
industry in China, labor-intensive light
Institute of Archaeology, Chinese
Institute of History and Philology, Taiwan
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
organization and history of
site inspections in Beijing
In the Heat of the Sun (film)
Iraq
Islam
Jackson, Jesse
Japan
Chinese film on World War II occupation by
Manchukuo puppet state established by
occupation of Beijing by
occupation of Nanjing, and atrocities committed by
political control of Taiwan by
removal of oracle bones to Taiwan during war with
Japanese people and language
Jeldres, Julio A.
Jenks, Jeremiah W.
Jesuits in China
Jews
jiade (“fake”). See also counterfeit goods and services (jiade)
Jiang Wen (actor, film director)
author’s interviews with
Devils on the Doorstep film directed by
on Xinjiang movie set
Jiang Zemin (Chinese president)
George W. Bush state visit to China and
Jilin Petrochemical Design and Research Institute
Jing Zhichun (archaeologist)
Johnson, Ian (journalist)
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sp; journalists
comments of foreign, regarding George W. Bush’s state visit to China
Chinese government policy toward