This has just made me realize how grateful I am to live in a republic society like America. In the saboteur story, a policeman spilled soup on a man and a wife and when the man tried to speak out, he was thrown in jail for what appears to us to be no reason at… Continue reading Saboteur and Bad Joke Reflection

Upon reading this unit, I had noticed that the main topic revolves around the relationship between men and women; to be more specific, marriage through the lens of Confucianism. In old Chinese teachings, it is said that the woman has a duty of being subservient to her male counterpart. This obedience and loyalty are to… Continue reading Ch’en Tu-hsiu

Both the readings for class were about unfair policing and judgement. In the first story, a police officer spilled soup on a man and his brides feet and then arrested the man for becoming upset about the encounter. They kept him unfairly in jail for two days. When the man’s lawyer came to get him,… Continue reading Ha Jin Readings 10/5

After reading this short story it made me think of some world problems that have been a constant problem for years. For years people have always had problems with some, not all, officers and how they use their power. There are many that like to use their power to their discretion and treat people horribly.… Continue reading “Saboteur” Reflection

My first thoughts reading this story is how astonishing it is that the peasants are so removed from the world they have not known about any news from the place their living for over six years. To top it off they are being arrested for a joke they told to someone that had no idea… Continue reading “A Bad Joke” Reflection

This article surprised me. I was shocked reading all the rules that women have to follow. I found it helpful that they compared most of the rules of following to western ways because it helped with comparison. This showed me how much freedom women have in the U.S and how little we have to rely… Continue reading Ch’en Tu-hsiu

I can’t believe they were put in jail for making a joke, and the joke got twisted from what they had originally said. It doesn’t seem right to me that these peasants are put in jail for however long the chief wants them to be in jail because of a silly joke. Clearly, they have… Continue reading A Bad Joke

This story shows how much corruption and injustice are in their police system. The police walked all over Mr. Chiu and abused their power. I can’t imagine the frustration he must have felt not being able to defend himself and the confusion he must have felt. If I was in his situation I would have… Continue reading Saboteur

In Ch’en Tu-hsiu’s “The Way of Confucius and Modern Life,” something I found especially interesting was how the traditional Confucian ideals of women’s participation in politics and society compared with those of modern life. The text emphasized the idea that the movement of women’s participation in politics is also an important element of a woman’s… Continue reading “The Way of Confucius and Modern Life” Reflection

In Fairbank & Goldman’s book China: A New History, the origins of the Chinese Communist Party is discussed and at the beginning of the passage, the text states that the May Fourth intellectuals who were in search of new state power divided themselves into two groups: the first were academics who concentrated as scholars, and… Continue reading Fairbank & Goldman Reflection