tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post112810574745113053..comments2024-03-01T16:32:41.076+08:00Comments on Sun Bin: Understanding China's ethnic groups, and I love Curzon's map blogsSun Binhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-42856418961894161292010-11-05T13:47:01.342+08:002010-11-05T13:47:01.342+08:00Denis,
Thank you for correcting the link. I will ...Denis,<br /><br />Thank you for correcting the link. I will put a hard link there. btw, would you have a higher resolution map?<br /><br />S.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-30561329742718111772010-10-22T04:12:09.818+08:002010-10-22T04:12:09.818+08:00Hello,
I am the author of the website you mention...Hello,<br /><br />I am the author of the website you mention in the above post dated 1/10/08 14:14.<br /><br />I would like to let you know that the URL has change following a redesign of the website.<br /><br />Instead of :<br /><br /> http://viaterra.net/index.html?url=http://viaterra.net/travelpages/yunnan.htm<br /><br />the URL is now simply :<br /><br />http://viaterra.net/travelpages/yunnan.htm : Ethnic map of Yunnan<br /><br />If you browse the website, I have <a href="http://viaterra.net/photopages/trip2000-2001/trip_swchina.htm" rel="nofollow">photos from teh South-West of China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou)</a><br /><br />As the maps comes from my website, I would appreciate if you could make a hard link in your list of Interesting Links.<br /><br />Thank you and best regards,<br /><br />Denistravelphotoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14796756294429425686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-22707767108716925932008-10-01T14:14:00.000+08:002008-10-01T14:14:00.000+08:00e.g. this onehttp://viaterra.net/index.html?url=ht...e.g. this one<BR/>http://viaterra.net/index.html?url=http://viaterra.net/travelpages/yunnan.htmSun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-39408808657611091882008-09-30T11:22:00.000+08:002008-09-30T11:22:00.000+08:00was so long ago i forgot, but it is from some othe...was so long ago i forgot, but it is from some other web-site.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-8522525494589984472008-09-30T01:45:00.000+08:002008-09-30T01:45:00.000+08:00I am curious as to where you go this image from: h...I am curious as to where you go this image from: http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/235/china9ok.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1128444270819115982005-10-05T01:44:00.000+09:002005-10-05T01:44:00.000+09:00There is no need to put such label of "low cultura...There is no need to put such label of "low cultural level". The other way to view this is that Mosuo society could function very well without the hypocritical moral lesson of Han Confuciasm, or that of conservative Christianity. <BR/><BR/>But thanks for alerting to me how insensitive my choice of word was, which are subject to such interpretation. I have revised it by copying the wiki description.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1128416544480837822005-10-04T18:02:00.000+09:002005-10-04T18:02:00.000+09:00You said:Don't forget the matriarch society of Mos...You said:<BR/><BR/><EM>Don't forget the matriarch society of Mosuo/Naxi, which almost represents every man's dream, where men can be promiscuous and irresponsible (but powerless)</EM><BR/><BR/>This is typical of the patronising and racist attitude of Han Chinaese towards minorities whom they say have a "low cultural level". <BR/><BR/>The Mosuo are not promiscuous and do not condone casual sex or open marriages, despite what your tour guide might tell you. I thought Chinese people would know a little more about their own country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1128286735712816992005-10-03T05:58:00.000+09:002005-10-03T05:58:00.000+09:00Parenti said at the end,"To support the Chinese ov...Parenti said at the end,<BR/>"To support the Chinese overthrow of the old feudal theocracy is not to applaud everything about Chinese rule in Tibet. This point is seldom understood by today's Shangri-La adherents in the West. The converse is also true. To denounce the Chinese occupation does not mean we have to romanticize the former feudal régime. ...<BR/>Finally, it should be noted that the criticism posed herein is not intended as a personal attack on the Dalai Lama. Whatever his past associations with the CIA and various reactionaries, he speaks often of peace, love, and nonviolence. And he himself really cannot be blamed for the abuses of the ancien régime, having been but 15 years old when he fled into exile. In 1994, in an interview with Melvyn Goldstein, he went on record as favoring since his youth the building of schools, "machines," and roads in his country. He claims that he thought the corvée (forced unpaid serf labor for the lord's benefit) and certain taxes imposed on the peasants were "extremely bad." And he disliked the way people were saddled with old debts sometimes passed down from generation to generation.45 Furthermore, he now proposes democracy for Tibet, featuring a written constitution, a representative assembly, and other democratic essentials."Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1128286426627574882005-10-03T05:53:00.000+09:002005-10-03T05:53:00.000+09:00perhaps more persuasive if you could list parenti'...perhaps more persuasive if you could list parenti's factual error?<BR/><BR/>he has a long list of sources, almost all of them published by western scholars and journalists.<BR/><BR/>you may not agree with his political view (i guess leftist?). but let's focus on the facts.<BR/><BR/>i think he said the old order was awful, but he also said that does not justify other wrong doing. read his final paragraphs as well.Sun Binhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093210384069958083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13378665.post-1128232637940876332005-10-02T14:57:00.000+09:002005-10-02T14:57:00.000+09:00Michael Parenti's 'balanced' piece is COMPLETELY o...Michael Parenti's 'balanced' piece is COMPLETELY on the side of the communists. Yes, the old Tibetan order was awful, but in many ways so is the communist government, and Parenti completely glosses over everything that they've done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com