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Chinese Cultural Diversity
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes how historical circumstances have affected different Chinese-speaking regions.
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Chinese Censorship
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) discusses censorship and self-censorship in the contemporary Chinese cultural industry.
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A Matter of Character
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes differences between simplified and traditional Chinese characters and the politics associated with both.
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Historical Ambiguities
Karl Gerth, Professor of History and Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies at UC San Diego, muses on the question, When did “Modern China” begin?’
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Cultural Conversion
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) discusses Chinese perceptions of America.
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Your Identity Is NOT Private
AI can be used to re-identify individuals based on videos, images, and now anonymized data. What can you do to protect yourself, and what is the future of this technology?
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The Spectrum of Human Experience
Historian Maria Mavroudi (UC Berkeley) illustrates her central motivation for studying history.
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Questioning Motivations
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes how, just as a skillful novelist sheds light on the motivations of her protagonists, a questioning of the motivations of those in central positions of authority will help us better...
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Modernity
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes the different experiences and associations that non-Westerners have with the notion of modernity.
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Character Development
UCLA Chinese cultural studies expert Michael Berry describes a range of aspects associated with Taiwan and China's very different approaches towards traditional or simplified characters.
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Defining Modernity
Chinese Studies specialist Karl Gerth, UC San Diego, relates how the question of determining what we mean by “modern China” is much more subtle than many often suppose, with very different definitions depending on one’s historical,...
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Addressing Our Ignorance
Author and independent scholar Pankaj Mishra describes his motivations to write a detailed account of influential Asian intellectuals many in the West have never heard of.
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High Five Facts - Great Wall of China
This video explores five fun facts about Great Wall of China.
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