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A sample of my Chinese handwriting (October 2012)
After studying Chinese for three years, I still feel like my Chinese handwriting leaves a lot to be desired. I almost never handwrite (in Chinese or in English), only doing so when forced to by my...
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Back to the Wang Meng and Liu Binyan dissertation
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks doing research for a dissertation topic on Chinese science-fiction. The most helpful resources I found were books by David Der-wei Wang and Rudolph Wagner, and...
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Initial basic structure for my dissertation (刘宾雁 and 王蒙)
After another meeting, my supervisor Dr Susan Daruvala helped me settle on a draft structure for my fourth year dissertation on 刘宾雁 (Liu Binyan) and 王蒙 (Wang Meng). The draft title is Conflicts of...
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Fleshing out the structure for my dissertation (2013-02-02)
I’m typing up some rough notes and mental ramblings for my dissertation here. This keeps them safe and makes it easy for me to find them again later, and if anyone else is interested in where my...
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A draft abstract for my Wang Meng and Liu Binyan dissertation
We’ve got presentations on our dissertations this Friday, where we’ll present the research and understanding we’ve arrived at so far to faculty staff and receive some feedback. Before that, we’ve been...
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A look at our final year exams in Chinese Studies at Cambridge
My final year exams in East Asian Studies (Chinese) will take place this year in May, so I’m making this simple break-down of the exams and their contents to keep myself clear and on track. Final...
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Cambridge Chinese Fourth Year Song and Tang Poetry List
This is a list of all the Song and Tang poetry that we’ve covered in class and supervisions in our fourth year of Chinese Studies at Cambridge 2012-2013. There are quite a few extras here that I’m not...
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Fourth year final exam results, Easter 2013 (AMES)
I now have my final exam results for my undergraduate degree! As in first and second year, I just scraped a first without any room to spare: Overall grade: Class I 70/100 Another close call! My...
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My undergraduate dissertation: Changing Trajectories of Wang Meng and Liu Binyan
I’ve finally got round to uploading the final PDF copy of my undergraduate dissertation and making it available online. I’m making it public here not because I think it’s good, but for the usual reason...
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Questions about studying an East Asian language at university
I got this email from a reader about studying an East Asian Language at university. As usual with these, I think it’s good to publish them on the site so that a) other people can answer the questions...
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