Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Show and Tell 5
A fascinating subject we touched on in class that was a significant event between 1976 and today is the Tiananmen Massacre. It’s compelling how a government like China could conduct these horrible things and have the same leaders in place. I also thought it was essential to understand the whole history and the steps needed…
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Extra Post
Do Chinese People Care about Climate Change? In 2018 an article in China focused on whether people in China care about Climate Change. In the summer of 2018, China had significant flash floods, heat waves, and typhoons that rocked the country. Those events have led to a peak interest in whether Chinese people care about…
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Content Week 14
Last week we read a speech from President Clinton that touched upon China. The lecture focused on the misfortunes and human rights violations occurring in China. These violations were a severe problem, and many people worldwide wondered how they would be stopped. The speech discusses Clinton’s view on China and what he is implementing to…
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Down the Rabbit Hole One Child Policy
In the 1980s, the “One Child Policy” was implemented, and the program-controlled how many children a family could have. It was implemented nationwide by 1980 and only ended in 2016. The rapid growth of the Chinese population was a cause of concern for the government, and that’s why the policy was enacted. With the formation…
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Show and Tell 4
In the past weeks, one topic I wanted to focus on was the Cultural Revolution in China. I was intrigued by the topic because the expert we read last week, “The Three-Body Problem,” talked about the cultural revolution. It added a twist, however, because it gave historical information and used fantasy to tell the story…
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Content Week 12
Last Week we read “Three-Body Problem,” a sci-fi that explored China’s cultural revolution’s struggles. I found this piece very interesting because the author could use real-world events and add a twist to metaphorize a story. The part of the story we read was titled “Madness Years,” which went into depth on China during the cultural…
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Content Week 11
In last week’s class, we discussed the reading of “Iron Child,” a short story during the Great Leap. The excerpt has a unique take on remembering the Great Leap because the report uses a child to tell a story of living during that period. The problem with the perspective of a Child is that some…
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Week 10 Content
In Week 10 of class, we specifically focused on the relations between the Soviet Union and how the Chinese adopted communism into their life. We talked about how the Peoples’ Republic of China and the Soviet Union built their relationship up because of this shared interest in how to govern. We also focused on how…
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Content Week 9
The “Tokoyo Trials” was hung up in the Nanjing Massacre memorial hall, showing people responsible for crimes during World War Two on trial. This was when judges from multiple countries like US, Netherlands, Russia, and others came together to hold 28 soldiers of war crimes. These crimes occurred during the second world war on the…
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Week 7
Sun Yat-sen was an essential leader in the Chinese community. He wrote an expose that helped give a perspective on how the integration of western and Chinese beliefs mingled. “Sun, who had once represented the vanguard of nationalism from the West, now fought a rear guard action in defense of his old cause. He spoke…
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