Month: October 2021

I recently had a giveback event at MOTW Coffee right here in Indy. I had never heard of it before and thought it was just another small business interested in partnering with my sorority. When we got there, I noticed a lot of international food markets and restaurants and remember thinking, “What a odd location… Continue reading Reviewing MOTW Coffee

I liked learning about how there’s always a balance between tradition and new concepts/ideas because change happens slowly and nothing ever truly stays the same. This makes sense because there are lots of traditions we’ve read about in the stories in Ha Jin “The Bridegroom” that are still relevant today, but maybe with a modern… Continue reading 10/5 Notes

Nimei the main character spends the entire portion of the story preparing to impress her old lover. She has not seen him in 17 years and since has started a family, gained weight, and had a simple life. Her family does not have a lot of money and her husband no longer has the job… Continue reading Flame

The Chinese are also pushing the boundaries and ignoring cease fire from India. Military leaders from both countries will be meeting for the 13th time this month and they have made no progress thus far. Pakistan offered to assist India with military however they rejected the help. Both countries have increased there deployment, India is… Continue reading Tensions at the India-China border continue to grow

Recently China has start to fly planes over the island of Taiwan. The President of Taiwan said that they will do what ever it takes to keep China out. She also said that if China successfully invades them “authoritarianism has the upper hand over democracy” A record number of planes have entered into the Taiwan… Continue reading BBC News: Tensions with China worst in 40 years says Taiwan

This morning a shocking report came from the Wall Street Journal titled, “US troops have been deployed in Taiwan for the last year.” This news was suprising considering the policy the US has had since Nixon’s visit to China of a One-China policy which meant that the US only diplomatically recognizes the PRC as the… Continue reading What it means that US soldiers are training the ROC

Today Benny came in and gave us a 45-minute lecture on the history of Chinese immigration in the 19th, 20th, and 21stcenturies. Benny emphasized that since China’s population and land mass is so large, Chinese people immigrate all over the world as well as inside the country. If there’s a drought or famine in one… Continue reading 10/6 ICR Reflection

Reading about the PLA and how it works something very important to me stuck out. It was the idea that instead of being by itself, it is another wing of the political establishment of the PRC. A military run by a political party sounds crazy in theory but it also shows the idea of how… Continue reading Military under party

Today we met with Benny Ko from the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans (IACA) and he gave us a quick, hour-long lecture over the history of Chinese immigration. It was our first-time meeting Benny, so it was nice to get a brief explanation of his background. Benny was born in Hong Kong. Like many others,… Continue reading 10/06 ICR Reflection – IACA

The levels that the government in China is going to are insane. The people have no freedoms and are always being watched. The level of security that they are implementing in the citizen’s everyday life is a violation of privacy. Why they feel the need to watch their every move is crazy to me. And… Continue reading China Undercover