China Research Blog Post: A Curiosity About China

Our China research blog will evolve from your experience reading letters and autobiographies from students at Qingdao University.  Think about things that surprised you in the text of their work.  What did they write that peaked your curiosity?  Some of the ideas I've heard are:  the lunar calendar, one child policy, education in China, ethnic minority cultures, Eastern medicine, sanitation, health care, family structure, "City of Lost Children," Chinese weddings, standards of beauty,  food quality control (anything like the FDA?), Chinese weddings, festival celebrations and traditions; family traditions, family structure, traditional Chinese food, income average for recent college grads, public transportation, cost of college, the giant panda research preserve, and more.

Your research post should have a title which reflects what you are researching.  You must include a summary of what it is that you want to learn more about and what peaked your interest.  You must include at least two sources.  The primary source, of course, comes from the letters or autobiographies.  If you can ask your correspondent to give you more information, great.  If you want to quote from their paper, this counts. The second source must come from published information about your topic.  Wikipedia might give you some direction to start with, but from there you can find another source.  Please hyperlink us to your source!

Give us an image which will enhance our understanding of your topic.  And finally, you must include your learned opinion.  At the bottom of your post, cite your sources!

Good luck!  I can't wait to read more!





So...please include:

• a catchy title
• summary of topic
• how/why you chose this topic
• 2 sources, one primary and at least one secondary (or two secondary if you cannot get an email response in time for your post)
• hyperlink us to your secondary source
• give your opinion
• provide an image or images to enhance your post
• explain your images, of course, and any material you quote.

These research posts are due to be posted before class on November 11th!