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Last Wednesday I had the pleasure to attend the second ICR meeting for IACA.  A few weeks before we were able to meet Kwan and learn about the story of how he ended up in Indianapolis. This past week we were able to learn all about Benny and overall Chinese Immigration. To Begin, Benny Ko… Continue reading Meeting Benny Ko, ICR Meeting #2

#BoycottMulan began to spiral on Twitter around this time last year due to uncovered allegations of Disney filming part of Mulan in Xinjiang, which is a region in China where it was believed that 1 million detained Muslims (mostly ethnic Uighur) Inside internment camps. The article I read went on to discuss how in Los… Continue reading Mulan: 2020s Most Controversial Film

[2:15] The Master said: “You, shall I teach you about knowledge? What you know, you know, what you don’t know, you don’t know. This is knowledge.” I personally agree with what Confucius is saying here when he says that knowledge, is knowing how much you and how much you don’t, because often now a-days people… Continue reading Confucius

#64 “…. A tree too big to embrace is born from a slender shoot. A nine-story rises from a pile of earth. A thousand-mile journey begins with a single step. Act and you ruin it. Grasp and you lose it. Therefore the Sage does not act and so does not ruin Does not grasp and… Continue reading Tao te Ching

It really is crazy to think how much content you can fit in 6 weeks or so and be able to retain so much of it. Starting with Ha Jin, then onto Confucius, and things like Mencius and yin-yang, and a bunch of other elements dealing with Chinese teachings. It is cool to learn a… Continue reading China Conclusion

I found this story a little disturbing and strange. They are shooting a movie and are trying to use a live tiger, which first off does not make sense. Then they try to get men to play the tiger and willingly get beat up while pretending to be a tiger. By the end of this… Continue reading Tiger Fighter

This story is simply a great representation of the marriage culture in China. Parents are in charge of finding their daughters a husband who is rich and can take care of them. We see in this story the girl’s mom does not like the boy… until he becomes rich. Suddenly the mom loves him and… Continue reading An Entrepreneurs story

Letter from Feng Yen to his Brother-in-law After reading this passage, it made me think about how many times in Chinese culture, marital partners are picked for you instead of it being a choice. We see Feng-Yen in his old age wishing he had left his wife earlier but didn’t have it in him to… Continue reading Feng Yen

“Saboteur by Ha Jin focuses on a newly-wed couple eating their lunch before catching a train at the end of their honeymoon. Police officers seated at a table next to them throw tea on him and Mr. Chiu (the husband) demands an apology. The officers arrest him for being a saboteur, claiming that he disrupted… Continue reading “Saboteur” Summary and Analysis

“The Woman from New York” by Ha Jin tells of a married woman named Chen Jinli who left her family in China 4 years ago to study English in America. She returns wearing makeup, nice clothes, and jewelry. The people around her assume that the only way she could obtain this money in America is… Continue reading “The Woman from New York” Summary and Analysis