Tag: week1

An interesting question raised by this week’s readings and discussions was, who gets to decide what being modern or being Chinese means? We read excerpts from The Search For Modern China by Jonathan Spence and Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter. Neither of these historians are from China, but they are experts…

This cat resonates with me because I think it is important to allow yourself to make mistakes so you can learn from them. In class, I would like to try to take risks because getting something wrong shows you what to improve on for next time. If you never get out of your comfort zone,…