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Anthropology study of humans

- Mission: to understand the things that all humans share as well as the things that make us
different
- Subfields: cultural anthropology (ethnology, biggest field), biological anthropology
(evolution of human beings, includes primates), archaeology, linguistic anthropology
(study of human languages)
- Fixation on height, semi-militarization of sports
- WWII left a bad taste in the USs mouth; China hadnt been through that process
- Flood out of China everyone in China wanted to leave
o Theres a play there
- China entering the international society children and foreigners
- Shanghai Declaration
Ethnography (fieldwork)
- Cultural anthropology is the only academic discipline that involves talking to living
people face to face
- Conversations and interviews with everyday people, government officials, employees of
key institutions and organizations, academic experts, journalists
o Being around the stakeholders
o Secondary literature, conventional and new media, statistics, documents
Internet censorship is tight in China
- Dream is a big word in China these days
- New York to Beijing 6940 miles, Beijing is 12 hours ahead of us
o Sinosized is a word
- Republic of China/Taiwan/Chinese Taipei
o 22.9 million, founded on Mainland in 1912 by Nationalist Party, defeated by
Communist Party in 1949, nationalists fled to Taiwan
o Japanese colony 1895 1945
o Taipei is the capital
- Peoples Republic of China
o 1.3 billion
o 1949 present: founded by Chairman Mao when Communist Party won civil war
o 1958 60: Great Leap Forward (mass collectivization into Peoples Communes)
o 1966 1976: Cultural Revolution
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
o 7 million, British colony reverted to PRC in 1997
- Macau
o 559,000, Portugese colony reverted in something or other
- Japan
o 127 million
o 1868 1912: Meiji Restoration, rapid industrialization
- Korea
o Was a colony of Japan from 1910 to 1945
o 1950 1953 Korean War, only war where US fought China
o Korean border the most militarized border in the world

North Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea


o 23.4 million, Communist Party-led, socialist, capital Pyongyang
South Korea, Republic of Korea
o 48.3 million
o Elected leadership, market economy
o Capital Seoul
Mongolia/Outer Mongolia
o 3 million, used to be part of China
o Capital Ulan Bator
Socialist Republic of Vietnam/Vietnam
o 86 million
East Asian Culture Area
o Confucianism 500 BCE
o Tea ceremony
o Chinese characters
o Traditional medicine
o Chopsticks
o Wushu, traditional martial arts
o How important body culture is in defining identity and civilization
China passed Japan to become worlds largest economy in 2009

Rural to Urban Migration


- Policy of reform and opening began in 1978 w/ Deng Xiaoping
- 80% were farmers in countryside, by 1995 70%
- Today 50% are farmers
- In 30 years, 30% of entire Chinese population moved from rural villages to cities
- One-child Family
o 1979 policy instituted
o 4-2-1: 4 grandparents, 2 parents, 1 child
o Every kid is spoiled little emperors
o Majority of children have no brothers or sisters
o Boys preferred over girls abandonment of female children
Ew, adoption culture
28 Provinces/autonomous regions
- Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
- 56 ethnic groups: 90% are Han Chinese
- Mandarin is the worlds most spoken language
o Followed by Spanish and English
- Juxtaposition of ancient and modern
One World One Dream? Uh.

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