Podcasts about Wenzhou

rWotD Episode 2881: Christianity in Zhejiang Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia’s vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Monday, 24 March 2025 is Christianity in Zhejiang.Christianity is a minority in Zhejiang province of China. Zhejiang has one of the largest Protestant populations of China. Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hangzhou is in Zhejiang. Zhejiang has greater religious freedom of Christianity than other parts of the country. There were more than 600 detentions of Christians in the province in 2006. The Shouters are active in the province.Christianity in Wenzhou is a disproportionately large population.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:29 UTC on Monday, 24 March 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Christianity in Zhejiang on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Joey.

Bentornati ascoltatori di Travel Size !Oggi partiamo alla scoperta di Wenzhou (Cina) insieme alla nostra ospite speciale, Silvia. Scopriremo insieme le peculiarità di questa bellissima città cinese, dal dialetto allo street food, dalla natura incantata alle strette vie della città. ...Iniziativa autonoma dellə studentə #UNINT che si avvale del finanziamento dell'Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma

Bill Woods is joined by futurologist Professor Rocky Scopelliti to explore the buzz around “Rotunbot Cop,” a self-balancing, amphibious robot patrolling the streets of Wenzhou, China. With its high-tech tools and daring capabilities, is this real-life Robocop a game-changer for policing—or a gadget with limits? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Got a story to tell? An innovative idea to share? Fill out our guest nomination form, and let's chat!Host Jaime Hunt speaks with Shaun Carver, the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International House at the University of California, Berkeley, about the challenges, opportunities, and strategies for better supporting international students in higher education. The discussion sheds light on the cultural and economic benefits international students bring, the need to foster inclusivity and free speech, and how universities can adapt to societal and political changes to create a more welcoming environment.Key TakeawaysInternational students enrich learning environments: They bring unique perspectives that foster cultural understanding and prepare students for a globalized workforce.Political rhetoric impacts enrollment: Even without formal policy changes, unwelcoming political climates can deter international students from applying.Free speech and inclusivity matter: Universities should ensure students feel safe expressing differing viewpoints and engaging in civil discourse.Diverse support systems are essential: Institutions must focus on cultural exposure, community-building, and access to essential services for international students.A growth mindset fosters innovation: Encouraging students to step outside their comfort zones promotes intellectual curiosity and global leadership skills.Why Are International Students Important to Higher Education?International students bring a wealth of diversity to higher education, enriching campus communities with their perspectives, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Shaun Carver emphasizes their vital role in fostering a global learning environment that prepares students for interconnected, multicultural workplaces.Beyond academics, international students significantly contribute to local economies. From tuition payments to housing and daily living expenses, their economic impact extends beyond campus boundaries. Shaun also highlights how many international students go on to lead innovative startups and global companies, particularly in Silicon Valley, underscoring the long-term benefits of their presence in the U.S.Despite these benefits, political rhetoric and visa uncertainties can deter international students, forcing institutions to miss out on their transformative contributions. Universities must address these concerns proactively to remain competitive on the global stage.How Can Universities Create Welcoming Environments?Creating an inclusive and supportive environment for international students requires deliberate effort. Shaun outlines three key strategies:1. Cultivating Free SpeechUniversities should encourage environments where all students feel comfortable expressing their viewpoints. At the International House at the University of California, Berkeley, 80% of residents feel free to share minority views without fear of judgment, serving as a model for fostering civil discourse on campus.2. Building CommunityPrograms like the International House's weekly diversity and coffee hour allow students to share their cultures through food, music, and storytelling. These events not only build a sense of belonging but also foster cross-cultural understanding among students from different backgrounds.3. Providing Practical SupportWhile universities may not handle visa or employment processes directly, they can offer workshops, mentorship programs, and community events to help international students navigate their new environment. Ensuring that students feel supported in both practical and personal aspects is key to their success.What Challenges Do International Students Face?International students often face unique obstacles, including navigating visa regulations, overcoming cultural barriers, and coping with homesickness. Shaun recounts stories of students who, despite immense financial and emotional pressures, strive to succeed in the U.S. education system.For many, even basic needs like food can become a challenge. Shaun shares how implementing inclusive dining options at the International House, like dishes from various global cuisines, helps students feel more at home. These small yet impactful gestures can make a significant difference in a student's overall experience.Additionally, divisive campus climates can make international students feel unwelcome. Institutions must work to ensure their campuses are places where students of all backgrounds feel safe, valued, and supported.What Can Universities Learn from the International House?For over a century, the International House has been a leader in creating inclusive, multicultural communities. Its model of hyper-diversity—housing students from over 80 nationalities under one roof—offers a blueprint for fostering cross-cultural connections. Shaun attributes the success of the International House to:Encouraging Growth: Students are challenged to step out of their comfort zones and engage with others who have vastly different experiences and viewpoints.Promoting Civil Discourse: Creating spaces where students feel free to express their beliefs fosters open-mindedness and intellectual humility.Sharing Best Practices: By collaborating with other universities, the International House seeks to expand its model to campuses worldwide, addressing the growing need for inclusive and globalized educational environments.Looking Ahead: The Role of International Students in a Globalized WorldAs higher education continues to globalize, institutions must actively work to support international students. Shaun emphasizes the need for universities to rebrand themselves as inclusive and welcoming spaces. Beyond rhetoric, this requires actionable steps to build communities where diverse viewpoints thrive.International students not only enrich the institutions they attend but also contribute to society and the global workforce in profound ways. Their courage and resilience in pursuing education abroad inspire us all, and their success benefits everyone.Guest Name: Shaun Carver, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International House at University of California BerkleyGuest Social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shauncarverGuest Bio: Shaun Carver is currently Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the International House at University of California Berkeley and has been in the role since August 2020. He served as Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs in the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego (2017-2020), and as Executive Director of the Hult International Business School (Boston, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai; 2013-2017), where he oversaw 750 students representing 82 countries. Before that, he served in leadership positions in institutions of international higher education in China (2002-2013) at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, Tsinghua University, and the Sino-British College of the University of Shanghai Science and Technology (USST).Shaun received his B.A. (High Technology Management), and an M.B.A. from California State University, San Marcos. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in education (Ed.D.) at the University of Southern California.Shaun's father is American and his mother British, thereby allowing Shaun to hold citizenship in both the United States and the United Kingdom. As a child, the family moved around often, within the U.S., and lived for two years in Ireland. Shaun traveled widely during his years in Asia, through China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Japan, and many other countries throughout the continent. He feels at home in cross-cultural situations.He met his wife, Bei Bei Zheng, in Shanghai.  Her family, originally from the seaport city of Wenzhou, is also international, with some members currently living in Italy. Their two children, LiAnne (age 8) and James Maxwell [Max] (age 6), are comfortable in multicultural environments, spending significant time with family in China, Italy, and the U.S. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Jaime Hunthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jaimehunt/https://twitter.com/JaimeHuntIMCAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:Confessions of a Higher Ed CMO is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! 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Yiming Pan è originaria di Wenzhou, in Cina, e la sua passione per la lingua italiana risale all'infanzia, quando con i genitori ha visitato il Bel Paese.

The much-anticipated high-speed railway connecting Hangzhou and Wenzhou officially began operating from Friday, marking a significant milestone in the transportation infrastructure of Zhejiang province.备受瞩目的杭州至温州高速铁路（以下简称“杭温高铁”）于9月6日正式开通运营，标志着浙江省交通基础设施建设取得重大进展。With this, the "one-hour transport circle" between the two cities has become a reality, connecting key urban areas and bringing high-speed railway access to more regions, according to experts.由此两地“1小时交通圈”成为现实，连接重点城区，高铁覆盖更多地区。The inaugural trains G9505 and G9508, simultaneously departed from Hangzhou West Station and Wenzhou North Station at 9 am.首发列车G9505次和G9508次于上午9点同时从杭州西和温州北出发。With the total length of the main line at 276 kilometers and a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the journey from Hangzhou West station to Wenzhou North station can now be completed in just 87 minutes.正线全长276公里，设计时速350公里，从杭州西到达温州北仅需87分钟。Zhang Yi, general manager of the Rail Transit Department of Zhejiang Communications Investment Group Co, said: "It strengthens the rapid connection between the southernmost part of the Yangtze River Delta region, Wenzhou, and other key cities in the region, further accelerating the integration of 'the Yangtze River Delta region on rails.'浙江交通集团轨道交通管理部总经理张奕表示：“杭温高铁的开通，强化了长三角最南端温州及沿线城市与长三角中心城市之间的快速联系，对于加快建设‘轨道上的长三角'，促进乡村全面振兴、城乡融合发展和资源要素流通等具有重要意义。”"Nanxi River Station, located in Fenglin township, Yongjia county, Wenzhou, is one of the stations along the line. Situated in the core area of the national scenic spot Nanxi River, the station is only a 10-minute drive from Huolu village in Fenglin. This village, with its idyllic landscape of mountains and rivers, is poised to benefit from the railroad's opening.楠溪江站位于温州市永嘉县枫林镇，是该线沿线车站之一。该站位于国家级风景名胜区楠溪江的核心区，距离枫林镬炉村仅10分钟车程，该镇将因铁路通车而受益。On Wednesday, Huang Shaowang, deputy director of the village committee, said: "Through the renovation of our village, we are creating a new model of rural development that combines agriculture, culture, and tourism. The railway's opening will bring more tourists to our village, thereby increasing the income of our villagers."镬炉村村委会副主任黄少旺表示：“我们正在打造农文旅结合的新型乡村，高铁开通运营将给村里文旅业态带来更多游客，也给村民带来更多收入。”The benefits also extend to Xianju county in Taizhou, particularly in the development of its medical technology industries. Xianju is home to a medical device manufacturing town located just 5 kilometers from Xianju Station on the railway.受益的还有台州仙居县，该地是我国医疗器械制造的所在地，距离仙居高铁站仅5公里。In recent years, manufacturing medical devices has become the strongest sector for entrepreneurship and innovation in Xianju.近年来，医疗器械制造已成为仙居创新技术最强的行业。The high-speed railway enhances Xianju's connections with Shanghai and Hangzhou, facilitating easier business travel and commuting for employees in the town and improving market circulation and business development opportunities.高铁加强了仙居与上海、杭州的联系，方便了仙居居民的出差和通勤，改善了市场流通和商业发展机会。The railway has also brought significant advantages to Hengdian World Studios, located in Dongyang city. Once passengers arrive at Hengdian Station, they can reach Hengdian World Studios within 9 minutes by light rail, significantly easing travel for both tourists and film industry professionals who previously had to transfer at Yiwu.高铁还为位于东阳市的横店影视城带来了显著优势。乘客抵达横店后，乘坐轻轨9分钟内即可到达横店影视城，大大方便了之前必须在义乌转车的游客和影视从业者的出行。Bao Xiuming, director of Wenzhou Railway and Urban Rail Transit Construction Management Center, emphasized the railway's broader impact.温州市铁路与城市轨道交通建设管理中心主任包秀明强调了高铁的广泛影响。"The improvement of the railway network will accelerate the flow of people, goods, capital, and information, stimulate economic and social development along the line. It supports Zhejiang's efforts to build a demonstration zone for common prosperity and integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta," he said.他说：“铁路线网的完善将加速人流、物流、资金流、信息流的流动，促进沿线经济社会发展，推动温州与核心城市群之间的交流协作和产业深度融合。”The Hangzhou-Wenzhou Highspeed Railway was built in two phases.据了解，杭温高铁分为两期建设。Yangtze River Delta regionn.长江三角洲地区

After a doctor in East China was stabbed to death at work on Friday, China's top health authority said on Saturday that it has joined public security efforts to strengthen a crackdown on medical-related crimes and has urged hospitals to implement security measures.7月19日，一名男子在温州医科大学附属第一医院伤害一名医生；国家卫健委于7月20日表示，已加入公安工作，将加强对于伤害医护人员的打击，并敦促医院实施安全措施。Li Sheng, a cardiologist at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, was attacked by a knife-wielding man around noon Friday when seeing patients and died that evening due to critical injuries.温州医科大学附属第一医院心血管内科李晟医生于7月19日中午在看望病人时遭到一名持刀男子的袭击，当晚因伤势严重，抢救无效后死亡。The man who carried out the attack jumped off the building, the hospital and police said. Police said late on Friday that the attacker was receiving treatment but have not provided any subsequent updates on his condition.医院表示，持刀男子已跳楼自杀。7月19日，警方表示，该男子正在接受治疗，但并未提供后续情况跟进。The National Health Commission expressed deep condolences for Li's death and extended its sympathies to his family in a statement released on Saturday night.The commission said it strongly condemns violence against medical personnel and pledges a zero-tolerance policy toward any form of harm to them.It stressed that attacking medical personnel is a serious criminal act.国家卫健委对李晟的去世表示深切哀悼，并在7月20日晚上发布的声明中向李晟医生的家属表示关心和安慰。卫健委强调，暴力伤害医务人员，是严重的违法犯罪行为，必须受到最强烈的谴责，最严厉的打击。"The commission has worked with the Ministry of Public Security to guide localities to improve hospital security and severely crack down on medical-related crimes to protect the safety of patients and medical staff," it said.卫健委将联同公安等部门，严厉打击涉医违法犯罪行为，切实保护患者和医务人员安全。The commission added that hospitals should strengthen security systems, fully implement security measures and deepen collaboration with police.加强平安医院建设，完善医院安全防范系统，切实落实安检措施，强化警医联动。The Chinese Medical Doctor Association said on Saturday afternoon that it was deeply shocked and saddened by the incident.7月20日下午，中华医师协会表示，对此事件深感震惊和悲痛。The association reiterated its unwavering commitment to defending the dignity of healthcare workers and condemning violence against them.中华医师协会重申：坚决反对任何形式的暴力伤医行为。坚定不移地捍卫医务人员尊严。It urged authorities to take effective measures to ensure the safety of medical personnel and called on the whole of society to work together to create a harmonious and orderly healthcare environment.强烈呼吁有关单位采取有力措施保障医务人员生命安全。强烈呼吁社会各界齐心协力营造和谐有序的良好医疗环境。The association added that it has initiated a physician rights protection and assistance program and provided support to Li's family.目前中华医师协会已积极启动医师维权救助程序，对李晟医师家属提供援助。The incident has drawn a wave of condolences and condemnation from the public and authorities. The National Healthcare Security Administration and the Chinese Hospital Association also released statements expressing outrage at the violence and appealing for better protection of medical workers and a harmonious healthcare environment.这一事件引起了公众和地方当局的哀悼和谴责。国家医保局和中国医院协会也发表声明，对暴力事件表示愤慨，并呼吁加强对医务人员的保护，营造和谐的医疗环境。The strengthening of protection of doctors and the rolling out of tougher security measures at hospitals have long been a societal consensus, with reports of assaults against doctors drawing widespread attention and outrage.长期以来，加强对医护人员的保护，实施严格的安全措施，一直是社会的共识。The Basic Healthcare and Health Promotion Law, which took effect in June 2020, stipulates that the personal safety and dignity of healthcare personnel shall not be infringed upon, and their legitimate rights and interests shall be protected by law.2020年6月1日起施行的《中华人民共和国基本医疗卫生与健康促进法》明确规定，医疗卫生人员的人身安全、人格尊严不受侵犯，其合法权益受法律保护。Any organization or individual is prohibited from threatening or endangering the personal safety of healthcare personnel or violating their dignity, it says.禁止任何组织或者个人威胁、危害医疗卫生人员人身安全，侵犯医疗卫生人员人格尊严。In July 2020, Beijing's municipal government adopted a guideline for hospital security that mandates checks at entrances and the installation of surveillance cameras inside hospitals.2020 年 7 月，北京市政府通过《北京市医院安全秩序管理规定》，要求在入口处进行安检，并在医院内安装监控摄像头。A guideline released by the National Health Commission in September 2021 says that public security authorities should set up police offices at major hospitals.国家卫健委在2021年9月发布的关于推进医院安全秩序管理工作的指导意见中指出，公安机关应当在三级医院和有条件的二级医院设立警务室。Hospitals with a daily outpatient volume of more than 5,000 visits or more than 1,000 beds should enforce security checks at entrances to prevent visitors from bringing in knives, explosives or other dangerous items.日均门诊量5000人次以上或者床位1000张以上的大型医院应当在主要出入口实施安检，防止人员携带刀具、爆炸物品、危险物品进入医院。First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical Universityn.温州大学附属第一医院The National Health Commissionn.国家卫健委The Chinese Medical Doctor Association n.中国医师协会The National Healthcare Security Administration n.国家医保局Chinese Hospital Associationn.中国医院协会

The National Immigration Administration announced to fully implement on Wednesday a visa-free entry policy for foreign tourist groups arriving by cruise ships in coastal provinces of China, and the policy is effective immediately.5月15日，国家移民管理局宣布，在中国沿海省份全面实施外国旅游团乘邮轮入境免签政策，该政策即日起生效。Foreign tourist groups, comprising two or more individuals, arriving by cruise ship and organized and received by China's domestic travel agencies can enter China visa-free through any coastal cruise port and stay for up to 15 days.由中国国内旅行社组织接待的2人及以上外国旅游团乘邮轮入境，可经沿海任一邮轮港口免签入境，停留时间不超过15天。The tourist groups must travel together on the same cruise ship to the next port when the cruise leaves China. The activity area is limited to the coastal provinces, municipalities, and Beijing.旅游团队离开中国时，必须乘坐同一艘邮轮前往下一个港口。活动区域仅限于沿海省市和北京。The visa-free entry ports include 13 national cruise ports located in Tianjin, Dalian in Liaoning province, Shanghai, Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, Wenzhou and Zhoushan in Zhejiang province, Xiamen in Fujian province, Qingdao in Shandong province, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong province, Beihai in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and Haikou and Sanya in Hainan province.免签口岸包括天津、辽宁大连、上海、江苏连云港、浙江温州和舟山、福建厦门、山东青岛、广东广州和深圳、广西北海、海南海口和三亚等13个国家邮轮口岸。Additionally, to support the development of cruise tourism, seven cruise ports in Dalian, Lianyungang, Wenzhou, Zhoushan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Beihai will be added as transit visa-free ports for citizens of 54 countries, facilitating foreign passengers to transfer and depart via cruise ships from these ports, according to the immigration administration.此外，据出入境管理部门介绍，为支持邮轮旅游发展，大连、连云港、温州、舟山、广州、深圳、北海等7个邮轮港口将新增为54个国家公民过境免签港口，方便外国旅客从这些港口通过邮轮中转和离境。visa-free免签new quality productive forces游轮

Following successful law enforcement cooperation between the authorities of China and Myanmar, a total of 31,000 telecom fraud suspects have been handed over to China this year to date, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Tuesday.Among the suspects, 63 were identified as masterminds, organizers and key figures operating behind the scenes, and 1,531 were on wanted lists.According to the ministry, the suspects have been sent to jurisdictions affected by their scams, where local public security organs will thoroughly investigate their alleged illegal activities and punish them resolutely.Since September, under the command of the ministry and the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department, public security organs in the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture, the cities of Pu'er and Lincang, and other areas in Yunnan province have collaborated with law enforcement agencies in Myanmar to conduct joint law enforcement operations along the border.In an effort to intensify the crackdown, Chinese public security organs deepened law enforcement cooperation with Myanmar this month, resulting in the eradication of numerous overseas telecom fraud dens, the ministry said in a statement.Warrants were also issued for the alleged leaders of telecom fraud groups. On Nov 12, the Public Security Bureau of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, issued wanted orders for four suspected key leaders of a telecom fraud criminal group operating in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone of northern Myanmar. Rewards ranging from 100,000 yuan ($14,000) to 500,000 yuan were offered for effective clues and assistance.The four individuals include two males, identified as Ming Xuechang, 69, a former member of Myanmar's Shan State parliament and former member of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone's leadership committee, and Ming Guoping, 42, a militia squadron leader in the Kokang region of Myanmar's Shan State, and two females, Ming Julan, 42, a native of Lincang's Zhenkang county, and Ming Zhenzhen, 27, a native of Lincang's Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county.The group's ringleader, Ming Xuechang, committed suicide before Myanmar police could arrest him on Nov 15. The other three were arrested the following day.Public security organs in Yunnan's Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture also achieved a significant breakthrough in border law enforcement cooperation on Saturday as law enforcement agencies in the Muse area of northern Myanmar transferred 571 telecom fraud suspects to China, the statement said.It also said that the ministry would maintain high-pressure crackdowns on telecom fraud groups in northern Myanmar and continue to deepen border law enforcement cooperation with Myanmar.Chinese public security authorities will continue the special crackdown operations to eliminate fraud dens and apprehend individuals involved in fraud, resolutely safeguarding the safety and legitimate rights and interests of the people and border security, according to the statement.Myanmar's Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs told China Daily that the law enforcement cooperation mechanism between the two countries has been well-established.According to the Myanmar authorities, in late October, Myanmar held the seventh ministerial-level meeting on law enforcement and security cooperation with China. The two sides further discussed the crackdown on transnational crimes such as human trafficking, telecom fraud and cross-border gambling.In August, public security departments from Myanmar, China, Thailand and Laos held a meeting targeting gambling, fraud and associated crimes in the region.Under the framework of the four countries' joint crackdown, a team formed by Shan State, the Kokang Self-Administered Zone's administration organization, Myanmar's armed forces and Myanmar police have captured numerous suspects, the Myanmar authorities said.Reporter: Yang Zekun

Travel demand, especially a preference for high-speed rail journeys, saw a strong upsurge during the just-completed combined Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, with bullet trains attracting some foreign celebrities to experience the concept of“China speed”.在刚刚结束的中秋国庆双节期间，出游需求尤其是高铁出游的需求显著增加，其中子弹头列车，即高速列车，吸引了不少外国名人前来体验“中国速度”。This year's eight-day holiday from Sept 29 saw the Mid-Autumn Festival combined with the National Day holiday.今年的中秋节和国庆节假期合并，自9月29日起，共八天。Online travel agency Lvmama said that railway ticket bookings on its platform for the combined holiday soared 67 percent from the same period of 2022. On Thursday — the penultimate day of the eight-day break — Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev was seen taking a high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai after he finished as runner-up at the China Open men's singles final in Beijing on Wednesday.网上旅行机构驴妈妈旅游网的数据显示，该平台的双节期间的铁路车票预定数量比2022年同时期增长了67%。10月5日是八天假期的倒数第二天，俄罗斯网球运动员丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫搭乘了北京开往上海的高铁。此前一日，他刚刚于北京获得了中国网球公开赛男单亚军。“Flight tickets were overpriced during the holiday, so bullet trains were apparently a more affordable choice. Usually, we need to rush to the airport for the check-in and security check at least 90 minutes before departure but we can just arrive at the railway station like five or 10 minutes before the train sets off,” said Li Qijia, a 29-year-old from Beijing who went on a four-day trip with her husband to Anji, Zhejiang province, during the holiday.Li Qijia来自北京，今年29岁，双节期间同丈夫在浙江省安吉县旅居了四天。她说，“假期的飞机票太贵了，高铁票的价格显然更友好。通常，我们需要在飞机起飞前至少90分钟达到机场，办理登记手续、过安检，现在我们只要在高铁开动前5到10分钟到达火车站就好。”As the holiday drew to a close on Friday, the railway network experienced a peak in return trips. The latest figures from China Railway Group showed that over 16 million passengers boarded high-speed trains per day since the holiday began, while some 18.8 million holidaymakers are expected to have traveled by bullet train on Friday, the last day of the extended dual holiday.10月6日，假期临近尾声，铁路系统迎来了返程高峰。中国铁路集团的最新数据显示，自双节假期起，每日高铁乘坐人数超过1600万，假期最后一天单日预计乘坐人数接近1880万。Travel volume also hit a new high during the holiday. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism released a report on Friday saying that domestic attractions received around 826 million visits over the break, from Sept 29 to Friday, up 71.3 percent year-on-year. The number marks a growth of 4.1 percent from that in 2019 — just prior to the pandemic.假期的游客总量也达到了新高。文旅部于6日发布的报告显示，国内景点在9月29日至10月6日双节期间共接待游客8亿2600万人次左右，同比增长71.3%，比疫情前的2019年增长了4.1%。Tourism-related revenue registered remarkable growth, reaching around 753.4 billion yuan ($103 billion) in eight days, a year-on-year rise of 129.5 percent and a growth of 1.5 percent from that in 2019, the report said.报道称，旅游相关收入在8天内显著增长，达到了约7534亿元人民币（约合1030亿美元），同比增长129.5％，比2019年增长1.5％。Travel agencies and industry insiders said that the tourism market saw a good recovery over the holiday and people tended to make more reasonable plans for their days off. Also, long-distance destinations were top choices for travelers during the eight-day break.旅行社和业内人士表示，在假期期间，旅游市场出现了良好的复苏，人们更倾向于制定更合理的休息计划。此外，远距离目的地成为八天假期旅客的首选。Domestically, destinations including Chengdu, Sichuan province; Changsha, Hunan province; and Xi'an, Shaanxi province, were particularly favored by travelers for their delicious cuisine and iconic attractions, such as the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an and pandas in Chengdu, according to travel portal Qunar.根据旅游门户网站去哪儿网的数据，国内目的地四川成都、湖南长沙和陕西西安因其美食和标志性景点而受到旅客青睐，如西安的兵马俑和成都的大熊猫。Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, was also in the spotlight thanks to the ongoing 19th Asian Games. Online travel service provider Fliggy said hotel bookings in Hangzhou and five other host cities in Zhejiang — Ningbo, Jinhua, Huzhou, Wenzhou and Shaoxing — rose by over 60 percent during the holiday compared with the same period in 2019.浙江杭州也因正在举办的第19届亚洲运动会而备受关注。在线旅游服务提供商飞猪表示，在杭州和浙江的其他五个主办城市，宁波、金华、湖州、温州和绍兴，假期期间的酒店预订与2019年同期相比增长了超过60％。Outbound tourism also performed well during the holiday. Travel portal Tuniu said Hong Kong and Macao remained popular on its platform during the holiday and Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor attracted over 430,000 people to watch a fireworks show on Sunday.境外旅游在假期期间也十分火爆。旅游门户网站途牛表示，香港和澳门仍然是该平台上的热门旅游目的地。10月1日当天，香港的维多利亚港吸引了超过43万人观看烟花秀。According to Tuniu, Thailand, the Maldives and Singapore were top choices on its platform over the holiday while the United Arab Emirates, Serbia and Turkiye grew strongly as well among Chinese travelers.据途牛的数据显示，泰国、马尔代夫和新加坡是该平台上的热门选择。前往阿联酋、塞尔维亚和土耳其中国游客数量也大幅上涨。Xiao Peng, an analyst at Qunar, said: “The tourism industry needs time to recover after experiencing impacts from the pandemic over the past three years. But people have released their pent-up travel passion so tourism sector workers should resume services and improve them at the same time. We are happy to see that all these figures show the tourism market is getting back on track.”去哪儿网分析师Xiao Peng表示：“旅游业需要时间从过去三年的疫情影响中恢复过来。人们已经释放了他们内心的旅行激情，所以旅游行业工作者应当恢复并改进服务。所有这些数据都显示旅游市场正在重回正轨，对此我们很高兴。”China Railway Groupn.中国铁路集团Bullet trainn.子弹头列车（高速列车）

The 19th Asian Games Village officially opened on Saturday morning, welcoming the first batch of Chinese delegates to Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province.9月16日上午，第19届亚运村正式对外开放，首批中国代表团来到中国东部浙江省省会杭州市。Speaking before the opening ceremony, Ng Ser Miang, vice-president of the International Olympic Committee, said the slogan of the Hangzhou Games, “Heart to Heart, @Future”, is a very appropriate one. He added that this is the place where at least 12,000 athletes from all over Asia will compete very seriously and keenly.国际奥委会副主席Ng Ser Miang在亚运村对外开放仪式举行前说道，杭州亚运会口号，“心心相融，@未来”，取的非常恰当。他还说，全亚洲超过12000名运动员将齐聚这里，严肃而热情地进行比赛。According to him, the upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games will further enhance global collaboration and cooperation. “This Games will provide a great opportunity, in this beautiful city of Hangzhou, for these athletes to share experiences, their culture and diversity, heart to heart and under the same roof,” he added.他认为，即将到来的杭州亚运会将进一步促进全球合作。他说，“杭州是一个美丽的地方。这次盛会将为运动员提供绝佳的机会，在同一片天空下坦诚相待，互相分享经验、文化与多样性。”“We are standing here together in a truly magnificent Asian Games Village,” said Vinod Kumar Tiwari, acting director general of the Olympic Council of Asia, at the opening ceremony. “I regard this Asian Games Village as Olympic-standard and even more so,” he said.亚奥理事会代理总干事Vinod Kumar Tiwari说道，“我们目前所在的杭州亚运村棒极了，我认为它至少达到了奥运会的水准。”Tiwari said he has been visiting Hangzhou for the past eight years, and has been impressed by the plans and preparations made for the 19th Asian Games, especially the Games Village.Tiwari表示，自己在过去的八年里多次到访杭州，杭州为此次亚运会所做的筹划和准备让他印象深刻，尤其是亚运村的建设。Made up of the Athletes' Village, the Technical Officials' Village and the Media Village, the Asian Games Village will welcome and play host to more than 20,000 people, providing accommodation, catering, transportation, cultural, technological, medical and commercial services, among others, for them.杭州亚运村由运动员村、技术官员村、媒体村组成。本届亚运会举办期间，亚运村将迎接并为20000余人提供住宿、餐饮、交通、文化、科技、医疗、商业等全方位服务。Such innovative concepts and arrangements have never before been seen in the history of the Asian Games or even the Olympic Games, Tiwari said.Tiwari认为，此次杭州亚运会的创新性理念和安排在亚运会甚至奥运会的历史上都是前所未有的。“It highlights the unity and solidarity of the Olympic movement in Asia,” he added.“这彰显了亚洲奥林匹克运动的统一和团结。”China is sending 886 athletes to the Asian Games, which opens on Saturday. During the Games, the Chinese athletes, 437 women and 449 men, will compete in 407 events in 38 sports.中国将派出886名运动员参加本周六开幕的亚运会。亚运会期间，中国运动员将参加38个项目的407场比赛，其中女子437人，男子449人。Chen Yufei, Olympic badminton champion, said she is looking forward to her stay in the Asian Games Village.羽毛球奥运冠军陈雨菲表示，她非常期待住进奥运村。“Competing on home turf will be very exciting for me,” said Chen, who is a Hangzhou native. “It will mean pressure, but it will also serve as motivation.”陈雨菲是杭州本地人。她说，“我很兴奋能在家乡参加。这意味着压力，但也将成为我的动力。”“My goal is to see the national flag raised and the national anthem played on the athletics field,” said Zhu Yaming, men's Olympic triple jump medalist, who is aiming for a gold in the upcoming competition.男子三级跳奥运奖牌获得者朱亚明的目标是在即将到来的比赛中获得金牌。他说，“我的目标是看到运动场上升起中国国旗，奏响中国国歌。”Apart from the Asian Games Village in Hangzhou, five sub-villages in the cities of Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Tonglu county and Chun'an county also opened on the same day.除了杭州亚运村，位于浙江省宁波市、温州市、金华市、桐庐县、淳安县的5个分村也在同一天正式开放。Over 12,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries and regions will participate in the 19th Asian Games, the largest ever in the event's history, in terms of the number of participants.本届杭州亚运会将是亚运会历史上参赛人数最多的一届，将有来自亚洲45个国家和地区的12000多名运动员参加比赛。Asian Games Villagen.亚运村Athletes' Villagen.运动员村Technical Officials' Villagen.技术官员村Media Villagen.媒体村

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Japan's decision to release more than 1.3 million metric tons of radioactive wastewater into the sea has spooked Chinese consumers of seafood, threatening the livelihood of China's own fishing communities and seafood farmers.日本向大海排放130多万吨含放射性元素的污水的决定使中国的海鲜消费者受到惊吓，也威胁到中国渔业社区和海鲜养殖户的生计。Shortly after the Japanese government began discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the sea from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday, worrying comments appeared on livestreams hosted by fishermen in coastal Zhejiang province who were advertising their latest hauls.就在日本政府周四开始从受损的福岛第一核电站向海里排放核污染水后不久，浙江沿海渔民主持的直播节目上出现了令人担忧的评论，这些渔民正在宣传他们的最新收获。A comment on the livestream read "You are doing harmful stuff", falsely accusing the host of being irresponsible for vending nuclear-contaminated food.直播上的一条评论写道：“你在做有害的事情”，诬蔑主持人贩卖核污染食品是不负责任的行为。"Please stop buying seafood for your own safety," read another as its author sought to scare away potential buyers.另一条评论写道："为了你自己的安全，请停止购买海鲜"，留言者试图吓跑潜在的买家。The remarks, which have led to the emotional breakdowns of several hosts on live broadcasts, were reported by a news website owned by Zhejiang Daily newspaper.《浙江日报》旗下的一家新闻网站报道了这些言论，这些言论导致几位主持人在直播中情绪崩溃。In a desperate move to sell her products, one host shouted at the camera that their seafood was caught close to the shore and wouldn't be polluted by the recent discharge.一位主持人为了卖出自己的产品，不顾一切地对着镜头大喊，他们的海鲜是在靠近海岸的地方捕获的，不会被最近的排放物污染。China's customs authorities on Thursday announced a sweeping ban on Japanese seafood imports out of safety concerns over such products.出于对日本海产品安全的担忧，8月24日，中国海关当局宣布全面禁止日本海产品进口。Zhou Zhongyuan, a marine life researcher at Ocean University of China in the seaside city of Qingdao, Shandong province, told the website the self-imposed boycott of China's sea catches was needless.位于山东省海滨城市青岛的中国海洋大学海洋生命学院副教授周仲元告诉该网站，对中国海产品的自我抵制是没有必要的。"Seafood from Chinese waters is still free to be consumed, as it is subject to strict safety screening processes before hitting the market," he said.他说：“来自中国海域的海产品仍然可以自由食用，因为它们在进入市场之前都经过了严格的安全检查程序。”On Friday, an unnamed official with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, which oversees seafood production, told People's Daily that the ministry attaches great importance to the quality and safety of aquatic products.8月25日，农业农村部一位负责监管海产品生产的不愿透露姓名的官员告诉《人民日报》，农业农村部高度重视水产品质量安全。"The ministry will strictly adhere to the national standards for the maximum allowable concentration of radioactive substances in aquatic products, and will strengthen the monitoring of nuclear pollution risks in marine aquatic products to ensure their quality," the official said.该官员表示：“农业农村部高度重视水产品质量安全，将严格按照水产品中放射性物质限制浓度国家标准，加大对海洋水产品核污染风险监测力度，确保水产品质量安全”The potential harm that the discharge of contaminated water may pose to the marine fishing industry will also be closely monitored in order to ensure the healthy development of the industry, the official added.“同时，密切关注日本福岛核污染水排海对我国海洋渔业可能造成的危害，保护海洋渔业健康发展。”On Friday, authorities in Wenzhou, another seaside city in Zhejiang, created an office that will collect samples every two months in its surrounding waters to monitor for radioactive contamination, local media reported.据当地媒体报道，8月25日，浙江海滨城市温州市政府成立了一个办公室，每两个月在其周边海域采集一次样本，以监测放射性污染。In an interview with Wenzhou Daily on Sunday, Wan Xinlong, a radioactive contamination expert and head of the new office, said they had collected such samples twice since late last year when the discharge was in the planning stages, and the results showed that no pollution has reached waters near Wenzhou.在27日接受《温州日报》采访时，放射性污染问题专家、新办公室负责人万新龙说，自去年年底排污工程处于规划阶段以来，他们已经收集了两次此类样本，结果表明温州附近海域没有受到污染。According to last year's National Fishery Economy Statistical Bulletin, an annual report released by the agricultural ministry, the value of China's marine fishing industry was 249 billion yuan ($34.16 billion) last year, and the output value of the fast-growing industry of marine life farming was 464 billion yuan.根据农业农村部发布的《2022年全国渔业经济统计公报》，去年中国海洋捕捞产值为2490亿元人民币（341.6亿美元），快速增长的海水养殖产值为4640亿元人民币。Contaminated英/kənˈtæməneɪtɪd/ 美/kənˈtæmɪneɪtɪd/adj.受污染的，弄脏的Angler英/ˈæŋɡ(ə)l/ 美/ˈæŋɡ(ə)l/n.钓鱼；钓鱼者

China's national observatory on Wednesday upgraded the alert for Typhoon Doksuri to the highest level of red, as the fifth typhoon this year is expected to bring gales and downpours to the southern and eastern parts of the country.7月26日，中国国家天文台将台风“杜苏芮”的警戒级别提升至最高级别的红色，作为今年的第五个台风，杜苏芮预计将给中国南部和东部地区带来狂风和暴雨。The upgrade was made by the National Meteorological Center only four hours after it issued an orange alert at 6 am.国家气象中心在早上6时发布了橙色预警，仅四个小时后，就将其升级为红色。China has a four-tiered color-coded weather warning system for typhoons, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.中国的台风预警采用四级颜色编码系统，其中红色代表最严重的警报，其次是橙色、黄色和蓝色。The typhoon, observed over the ocean about 350 kilometers south of Taiwan at 8 am Wednesday, is expected to move northwest at a speed of 10 to 15 km per hour, the center said in a media release.国家气象中心报道称，26日上午8时在台湾以南约350公里的海面上观测到台风，预计台风将以每小时10至15公里的速度向西北方向移动。Forecast shows that the cyclone will enter the northeastern part of the South China Sea between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning and then make landfall in coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong provinces on Friday morning.预报显示，气旋将于26日傍晚至27日上午进入南海东北部海域，然后于28日上午在福建和广东沿海地区登陆。Aside from raging a vast stretch of sea areas, including parts of Bashi Channel and the South China Sea, it said, gales the typhoon brings will also strike Taiwan island and coastal areas of Fujian.除了肆虐包括巴士海峡和南海部分海域在内的广大海域外，台风带来的大风还将袭击台湾岛和福建沿海地区。It said the Taiwan island and the eastern part of Zhejiang province will experience heavy downpours over 24 hours starting 2 pm Wednesday. The precipitation in some areas in the eastern and southern parts of Taiwan are expected to reach 250 to 400 millimeters during the time.预计从26日14时开始，台湾岛和浙江省东部地区将在24小时内遭遇强降雨。台湾东部和南部部分地区的降水量预计将达到250至400毫米。Zhejiang braces for Typhoon Doksuri浙江省严阵以待台风“杜苏芮”来袭Heavy downpours of 100 to 150 millimeters are expected in southeastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday and Thursday, the National Meteorological Center said.国家气象中心称，预计浙江省东南部26-27日将出现100至150毫米的强降雨。Authorities in Zhejiang are following the development of the typhoon closely and taking a series of precautions. More than 15,600 fishing boats have been asked to return to port, and preparations have been made to guard against secondary disasters such as mountain torrents, floods and landslides as of 7 pm on Tuesday.浙江省各级政府正密切关注台风的动态，并采取了一系列预防措施。截至25日19点，已有15600多艘渔船被要求回港，并已做好防范山洪、洪水和山体滑坡等次生灾害的准备。To ensure the safety of tourists, 1,964 travelers have been evacuated so far from Nanji, Beiji and Beilong islands in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, as of 5 pm Tuesday. Local authorities in Zhejiang have also issued an advisory to halt mass gatherings, as well as dangerous outdoor operations.为确保游客安全，截至25日17点，浙江温州南麂岛、北麂岛和北龙岛已疏散1964名游客。浙江当地政府还发布了停止群众集会和危险户外作业的通告。China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system for typhoons, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.中国有一套四级颜色编码的台风天气预警系统，红色代表最严重的预警，其次是橙色、黄色和蓝色。Train routes to be suspended ahead of Typhoon Doksuri's landfall台风“杜苏芮”登陆前列车已停运Dozens of trains traveling within Guangdong province and between Guangdong and Zhejiang province will be suspended in the following two days, as Typhoon Doksuri is expected to make landfall in the coastal areas between Fujian province and Guangdong on Friday morning, according to railway operators.据铁路运营商称，由于台风"杜苏芮"预计将于28日上午在福建和广东之间的沿海地区登陆，未来两天广东省内和广东与浙江之间的数十趟列车将停运。On Thursday, up to 163 trains will be suspended. This includes lines from Shenzhen, Guangdong to Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang, and from Meizhou to Shantou, both in eastern Guangdong, according to the China Railway Guangzhou Group.7月27日，多达163辆列车将停运。据中国铁路广州局集团称，其中包括从广东深圳到浙江省会杭州的线路，以及从广东东部梅州到汕头的线路。Also on Thursday, four trains from Beijing to Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong and five more trains along Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong will be suspended.北京至广东首府广州的四趟列车以及广州、深圳和香港沿线的另外五趟列车也将停运。Continuing on Friday, up to 40 trains from Hangzhou to Shenzhen and from Meizhou to Shantou will be suspended, the railway operators said.铁路运营商表示，从杭州到深圳以及从梅州到汕头的多达40趟列车将在28日陆续停运。Typhoon英/taɪˈfuːn/美/taɪˈfuːn/n.（印度洋及西太平洋的）台风Meteorological英/ˌmiːtiərəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l/ 美/ˌmiːtiərəˈlɑːdʒɪk(ə)l/adj.气象学的Reporter: Hou Liqiang, Ma Zhenhuan, Qiu Quanlin Intern:Zang Tianyi

durée : 00:54:06 - On va déguster - par : François-Régis Gaudry - Bien loin des nems, poulet à l'ananas et riz cantonais, le resto chinois fait sa révolution en France ! Plus authentique, plus soucieuse des matières premières, plus éco-responsable, une nouvelle cuisine chinoise s'exprime en France. On en parle et on se met en cuisine avec nos invités. Céline Chung Fondatrice des restaurants Bao Family  et auteure de « Bao Family » Céline Chung est née à Paris. Ses parents sont d'origine chinoise, et viennent plus précisément de la ville de Wenzhou. Pendant son enfance, pour Céline la culture chinoise se résume à celle de ses parents, et notamment aux plats que sa mère lui prépare. À 20 ans, dans le cadre de ses études en école de commerce, elle part en échange universitaire à Shanghai car elle souhaite découvrir la Chine de ses propres yeux. La nourriture est là-bas omniprésente et la cuisine plurielle. En grandissant, elle se rend compte que la nourriture représente tout dans une famille chinoise, et que c'est avant tout une preuve d'amour. À la fin de ses études, Céline commence sa carrière professionnelle dans le conseil. Mais au fond, elle sait qu'elle veut entreprendre. À son retour de Shanghai, elle voulait retrouver les saveurs qu'elle avait goûtées là bas. C'est de là que vient cette idée de créer le restaurant de ses rêves, dans lequel on servirait une cuisine chinoise traditionnelle authentique, avec des produits bien sourcés, avec une déco et un design moderne. Un endroit dédié au partage, où on pourrait profiter en famille ou avec ses amis. A 27 ans, elle démissionne et commence son aventure dans la restauration ! Elle commence en tant que bras droit des fondateurs de PNY et les accompagne dans leur développement. Après un an, il est temps de lancer le projet qui lui tient à coeur. Elle rencontre alors Billy Pham, qui deviendra son associé. Ils partent tous les deux à Shanghai pour prendre des cours de cuisine et s'imprégner de la culture. L'aventure entrepreneuriale commence ici, portée par la vision créative de Céline pour le projet Bao Family. Ils ouvrent Petit Bao en janvier 2019, une cantine qui propose des plats typiques de la région de Shanghai, avec une déco entre Paris, Berlin et Shanghai. À ce moment, ils souhaitent casser les clichés qui ternissent l'image de la cuisine chinoise. En juillet 2020,  ils ouvrent Gros Bao, la cantine kitch flamboyant de rouge avec l'envie de créer des univers et des expériences différentes. Enfin, le 11 février dernier, ils ouvrent la toute dernière adresse de Bao family, Bleu Bao : un lieu que Céline a imaginé comme une vieille maison bourgeoise chinoise où les dim sum sont ici mis à l'honneur. Instagram Adresses Bao Family: Petit Bao - 116 Rue Saint-Denis  75002 Paris LUNDI - VENDREDI : 12h - 15h et 19h - 23h |  WEEK-END : SERVICE CONTINU - 12h - 23h Gros Bao - 72 Quai de Jemmapes 75010 LUNDI - VENDREDI : 12h - 15h et 19h - 23h |  WEEK-END : SERVICE CONTINU - 12h - 23h Bleu Bao 8 rue saint Lazare 75009 Paris LUNDI - VENDREDI : 12h -15h et 19h - 23h |  WEEK-END: 12h - 15h et 19h - 23h Les recettes proposées par Céline Chung « Extraites de BAO FAMILY, la cuisine chinoise entre tradition et modernité de Céline Chung & toute son équipe, Photographies de Grégoire Kalt, Stylisme d'Agathe Hernandez chez Hachette Cuisine » Concombres marinés (pour une alternative "hivernale", les concombres peuvent être remplacés par du melon d'hiver, de la sucrine du Berry, de la pomme ou de la poire Nashi) Charsiu Bao Mapo Tofu (pour l'alternative végétale, il faut simplement remplacer le porc par des shiitakes) Pas à pas Baozi Le coup de coeur de François-Régis Gaudry Sauce bio barbecue BBQ QUINTESENS Il aura fallu 15 recettes à Quintesens avant de trouver la recette idéale. Une recette alliant le goût authentique et subtile du piment doux fumé de Provence aux tomates de Marmande et à de bons légumes bio cultivés en France.  Elle est 3 fois moins sucrée que les sauces BBQ conventionnelles, elle ne contient aucun additif et soutient une agriculture bio e - réalisé par : Lauranne THOMAS

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"If you listen to the monks' mantra-style prayer chanting for an extended period of time, you become locked into its world, trance-like and utterly absorbed.  "This recomposed piece imagines what happens if you become so absorbed in these wonderful chants that, like a synaesthetic experience, you begin to hear things that aren't there around the outside, like extra choirs of heavenly voices coming down from the skies and the gentle clinking of wind chimes and fluttering of prayer flags.  "The piece attempts to make this hyperreal experience a reality, extending the monks' chanting out into something that represents our own aural experience when becoming locked into this recording." Wenzhou monk chants reimagined by Cities and Memory.

Buddhist monks chanting at Miaoguo Temple, Wenzhou, China, Saturday 28 January 2023. This temple is located in the centre of Wenzhou City. Founded in the Tang  Dynasty (705), and was built by a generation of Master Sujue. Sheng Yu Song, Master Zeng Zhuoxi abbot, Master Jizhong, Master Zeng Zhuoxi, and Da Zhenzongfeng, and once was the most famous temple of the southeast coastal pilgrimage. Recorded by Rob Burton.

This episode: A bacteriophage that overcomes the bacterial CRISPR/Cas immune system by interrupting the CRISPR DNA with its own genome! Download Episode (6.8 MB, 10 minutes) Show notes: Microbe of the episode: Wenzhou mammarenavirus Takeaways Bacteria have many ways to resist being exploited by bacteriophage viruses, including the adaptable CRISPR/Cas system that uses a piece of viral nucleic acid sequence to target and destroy incoming phages. But phages also have many ways to evade and disrupt bacterial defenses. In this study, a phage is discovered that inserts its own genome into the CRISPR/Cas sequence in the bacterial genome, disrupting the bacterial defenses. To escape the defenses while it is doing this insertion, it carries genes for previously-unknown anti-CRISPR proteins. But inserting and removing a viral sequence from the bacterial genome is not always a clean procedure.   Journal Paper: Varble A, Campisi E, Euler CW, Maguin P, Kozlova A, Fyodorova J, Rostøl JT, Fischetti VA, Marraffini LA. 2021. Prophage integration into CRISPR loci enables evasion of antiviral immunity in Streptococcus pyogenes. 12. Nat Microbiol 6:1516–1525. Other interesting stories: Great article on the history of phage therapy Email questions or comments to bacteriofiles at gmail dot com. Thanks for listening! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Android, or RSS. Support the show at Patreon, or check out the show at Twitter or Facebook.

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Last time we spoke, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo and Emperor Yongli formed a sort of trinity that was chipping away at the Qing dynasty. Each man had his talents and combined they proved a formidable foe, but divided would they fall. Sun Kewang's jealousy led him to butt heads with Li Dingguo undermining all the success they had made. When Sun Kewang was defeated a part of the trinity was gone and the forces of Li Dingguo and Emperor Yongli could not hope to stand against the Qing invaders as they marched into Yunnan. Emperor Yongli took flight to Burma forcing Li Dingguo to spend years trying to rescue him from the Burmese while fighting off the looming Qing menace. In the end even Li Dingguo could not stop the inevitable as he and Emperor Yongli fell. Now the Qing can face their last looming menace, the King of Taiwan, Koxinga.    This episode is Koxinga & the revolt of the three feudatories   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on the history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. I have repeatedly said his name, in the west we know him as Koxinga, his actual name being Zheng Chenggong.  It would be his marine forces that would fight the Qing Dynasty until the bitter end. He was born with the name Zheng Sen in 1624, in Hirado Japan, to Zheng Zhilong a chinese merchant and a Japanese woman named Tagawa Matsu. When Zheng was 7 years old, his father had business interests in Quanzhou and the family moved to Fujian province. His father would end up becoming one of the richest men in China and an Admiral under the Ming Dynasty. Zheng Zhilong operated a pirate fleet of over 800 ships along the coast from Japan to Vietnam. The Ming appointed him “admiral of the coastal seas” and he basically was tasked with repeling other pirates and the Dutch East Indies Company. The fruits of his labor wound him up grabbing over 60% of Fujian province land. Zheng Sen would pass the imperial examination at the age of 14 in 1638 becoming one of 12 Linshansheng of Nan'an. Linshansheng basically means the best of the best as students go. In Nan'an, Zheng married the niece of a Ming official named Dong Yangxian who was a Jinshi, meaning he held the highest imperial exam degree, so basically Zheng was brushing shoulders with giants so to say. In 1644 he studied at the imperial Nanking University.   When the Qing captured Beijing, Zheng's father, Zheng Zhilong continued to serve the Ming moving to Nanjing, then after the capture of Nanjing in 1645 accepted an offer to serve  as commander in chief of the Ming forces working under the Prince of Tang in Fuzhou. It seems the war of resistance had gone to terribly for Zheng Zhilong because he became a turncoat in 1646, intentionally leaving the Zhejiang pass unguarded and allowed the Qing to capture Fuzhou. Zheng Zhilong defected to the Qing, but the Zheng army's control lay firmly in his brothers and sons hands. That son, Zheng Sen refused to defect to the Qing and would take most of the Zheng army with him, causing problems. As for his wife Tagawa Matsu, it is alleged the Qing went to Anhai where she was residing in a castle, which I found particularly interesting since this is during the Sakoku period and it was illegal for Japanese to leave the country. Anyways its alleged the Qing marched upon the castle where she was and raped and or killed her. Other stories state she committed suicide while resisting the Qing. Regardless of the implications of her death, the Qing knew they could not trust Zheng Zhilong and would have him put under house arrest for many years until they executed him in 1661. It is said in 1646, while Zheng Sen was busy fighting off the Qing he managed to return to Quanzhou where he discovered his mother had been murdered or committed suicide because of the Qing and thus rebellion was firmly placed in his heart. I cant really get into it but there is an entire mythos around lady Tagawa and multiple perceptions on her and her legacy.    When the Qing took Beijing and gave their head shaving proclamation, Zheng Sen  refused and it is said his will was “as strong and firm as a mountain”. As I had said the Zheng army did not all follow Zheng Zhilong and defect with the Qing, many would follow Zheng Sen. Soon Zheng Sen recruited more followers and organized allied armies in Nan'an Guangdong. When Emperor Hongguang took the mantle, Zheng Sen flocked over to him in Nanking. When Emperor Hongguang was defeated and executed, Emperor Longwu rose up with support from Zheng's father. Emperor Longwu established himself in Fuzhou and the natural defenses of Fujian allowed him to remain safe for some time. Emperor Longwu granted Zheng Sen the name Chenggong and the title of Koxinga “lord of the Imperial Surname”.    In 1646 Koxinga led the Ming armies to resist the Qing, much to his fathers displeasure who wished for a more defensive stance. When the Qing finally broke into Fujian, as I mentioned Zheng Zhilong literally opened the door to them, leaving Emperor Longwu isolated agaisnt the Qing. After the Emperor Longwu was defeated and executed, the Qing approached Zheng Zhilong and got him to defect and secretly appointed him governor of Fujian and Guangdong. Despite the betrayal of his father, Koxinga chose to fight on and led Zheng Zhilong's marine forces to attack Tong'an, Haicheng, Zhangfu and captured Quanzhou and Minan. Because the Qing never placed much emphasis on naval matters, Koxinga's naval forces basically could pick and choose at will where to do amphibious assaults providing him with many successful raids. Zheng Zhilong would send letters to his son asking him to defect to the Qing like he did, but they were to no avail and Koxinga pledged his allegiance to the only remaining claimant to the throne the Emperor of flight Yongli. Before Koxinga could get to Emperor Yongli he as you guessed it began the process of fleeing and this basically resulted in Koxinga never being able to link up with him. As a result Koxinga chose to concentrate on the southeast coast of China where he could safely move via his naval forces. Koxinga's army soon established its base of operations in Kinmen and Xiamen. Using his base of Kinmen and Xiamen, Koxinga established a marine trade network and the anti-Qing forces grew quickly. By 1652 Koxinga led a force of 100,000 to attack Haicheng, Changtai, Zhangzhou, Zhangfu amongst other places. He also greatly benefitted by working alongside the Daxi army. In 1653 Koxinga tried to coordinate with Li Dingguo's army in Guangxi and deployed his navy southwards towards Chaozhou. The following year Li and Koxinga agreed to meet in Guangdong and attack Xinhui together, but this plan never came to fruition. Koxinga's forces simply took too long to get there and Li Dingguo's army was defeated and he had to retreat to Guangxi. In 1655, Koxinga attacked the coastal area of Fujian defeating several Qing armies. Koxinga and Li then planned a northern campaign where they would coordinate rear and frontal attacks upon the Qing.    In may of 1656, the Qing sent Prince Jidu to attack Koxinga's territory. Jidu's forces attacked Kinmen island, Koxinga's main base for training his troops. However a storm at sea battered the Qing ships and as a result they lost the battle against the Kinmen island. This also weakened Qing naval forces in the Fujian coastal area, opening many places for attacks by Koxinga. Then in 1658 the Qing armies carried large offensives against Li Dingguo in the southwestern area, prompting Koxinga to strike at the coastal areas in Zhejiang to try and relieve Li Dingguo's forces. However Koxinga's navy was hit by a hurricane at sea and they were forced to withdraw. This did not stop Koxinga from sending a large army to Zhoushan however, where he sought a base of operations to stage a siege of Nanjing. Koxinga however was quite eager and publicly proclaimed his intent to siege Nanjing, giving the Qing ample time and reason to prepare stronger defenses there.   In 1659 Koxinga marched north alongside his colleague Zhang Huangyan capturing Guazhou and Zhenjing before they would besiege Nanjing. They sprang through the Yangtze River with their navy igniting resistance everywhere they went against the Qing. Koxinga's naval operations in the Yangtze River would hinder Qing supply routes and effectively were starving Beijing out, stressing the hell out of the Qing court. If it is to be believed, an account by a French missionary in Beijing reported they court considered packing up and going back to Manchuria because of what was essential a naval blockade of Beijing. Things got so bad in Beijing the French missionary states the populace of Beijing was waiting to see who would win the siege of Nanjing and were looking to join that said winner. The Qing were reportedly terrified of Koxinga's “iron troops” who were rumored to be invincible.    The siege of Nanjing shocked the Qing, but Koxinga became cocky and in his arrogance he took his enemy lightly. He publicly announced to the populace all they had to do was to join his cause and that he would occupy Nanjing in short time. Koxinga believed that by taking Nanjing he could firmly blockade the grand canal and starve out Beijing  forcing them to pack up and run back to Manchuria, if the sources I talked about before are to be believed, it looks like his plan was working. Lang Tingzuo the governor trapped in Nanjing began to negotiate with Koxinga and Zhang, but in truth he was biding time for the Qing forces to come to the rescue. Despite Koxinga's best efforts besieging Nanjing,  the city was never completely encircled and thus able to obtain supplies and reinforcements in the form of the Qing General Liang Huafeng. After 3 weeks of the siege, suddenly General Liang and his army burst out the gates of Nanjing in a cavalry charge as the Ming forces were busy partying and they were smashed. The entire Ming army fell into disarray and began to retreat back to their ships and Koxinga was forced to withdraw back to Xiamen.  Meanwhile his colleague Zhang had taken a ton of their forces to hit Anhui and was now left high and dry. Zhang's army was eventually and  completely collapsed, but the commander was able to escape to Tiantai where he tried to form another resistance in the mountain range. He would fail to produce anything and by 1664 was captured and executed by the Qing.   Koxinga had lost half his land army, his colleague and many other officers because of his arrogant attack on Nanjing. It seems Koxinga suffered tremendous psychological damage from the major defeat and the loss of so many members of his family. He was known to be quite mentally unstable and had a horrible temper and tendency to order executions at a whim. A Dutch doctor named Christian Beyer who treated him believed he may have been suffering from Syphilis, some other contemporaries believed his mentality was the result of his Japanese upbringing in the form of “samurai ideals on bravery” like laughing to showcase his anger and being prone to quick violence. According to Dr Li Yengyue, he stated Koxinga most likely suffered from depressive insanity.  At this time Li Dingguo's forces were being pushed further southwest and quite simply, the situation did not look good to say the least. This led Koxinga to gather all his officials in secret and tell them he now intended to occupy Taiwan and establish a base there from which they could all settle with their families in safety. He said that perhaps there they could unite all those who were loyal to the Ming and one day they would launch an attack on the Qing and fight the enemy without having to worry about the lives of their families. Thus when the Qing marched upon his stronghold of Xiamen in 1660, Koxinga instead of offering battle sailed off with over 400 war junks and 25,000 troops to Taiwan. Before the departure Koxinga had received a map of Taiwan from a Chinese merchant named He Bin who worked for the Dutch East India company.   It was also during this time when Koxinga had the family of one of his admirals named Shi Lang killed because the admiral allegedly was planning to defect to the Qing, though some sources say he simply had disobeyed an order, sheesh. Regardless after the murder of his family admiral Shi Lang promptly sailed off to defect to the Qing. The Qing were very happy to receive Shi Lang as he held extensive naval experience and had a network of contacts in major trading ports all over east asia. He would become absolutely instrumental to the Qing naval buildup and would emerge late into this story and he held a blood feud with the Zheng family henceforth.   Now the Chinese merchant who gave Koxinga the map, guided the Koxinga's naval force to land on Wei Island and Haliao Island, thereby avoiding the artillery placements within the channel of Taiwan.  Koxinga's forces managed to land at Pengdu Taiwan in 1661 and Koxinga soon led his forces to attack Dutch colonists proclaiming to them "Hitherto this island had always belonged to China, and the Dutch had doubtless been permitted to live there, seeing that the Chinese did not require it for themselves; but requiring it now, it was only fair that Dutch strangers, who came from far regions, should give way to the masters of the island.". They marched to Leurmeng where they fought small groups of Taiwanese aborigines and Dutch resistance. In the bay of Lakjemuyse 3 Dutch ships attacked and destroyed several of Koxinga's junks, but then one of his junks got a lucky shot off exploding a gunpowder supply aboard the Dutch flagship Hector sinking her. The 2 other Dutch warships, were not enough to fight off the large force of junks and had to flee.   Here is an abridged account given by Frederick Coyett, the colonial governor of Dutch held Taiwan about Koxinga's landing. The forces of Koxinga showed up armed with bows and arrows, others had shields and swords. Everyone was wearing coats of iron scales (by the way there is an artist rendition of the soldiers by a contemporary named Georg Franz Muller, worth checking out it looks awesome). The armor allowed for complete protection from a rifle bullet and allowed the wearer great mobility. Their archers were their best troops and their skill was so great it nearly eclipsed that of riflemen. They used shield men to form human walls and Koxinga had 2 companies of “black boys”, many of whom were former Dutch slaves that knew how to use rifles and muskets. They proved quite effective marksmen and caused a lot of harm to the Dutch in Taiwan.    As Koxinga's force charged in rows of 12 men and when they were near enough sent 3 volleys of fire uniformly. The storm of arrows that came forth upon the dutch seemed to darken the sky (a herodotus moment). The Dutch expected their return fire to send the enemy fleeing, but they did not, in fact the Chinese held firm against them and in short time the Dutch realized to their horror that Koxinga sent a squadron behind them and they attacked from the rear. While the Dutch proved courageous at the beginning of the battle, now they were stricken with fear and many Dutch riflemen tossed their rifles without even firing them and began to run. As they faltered and fled, the Chinese saw the disorder and pressed their attack more vigorously. The Chinese force charged and cut down the Dutch and the battle raged on until the Dutch captain Thomas Bedell and 180 of his men were slain.    After defeating the Dutch force when they landed, Koxinga laid siege to the main fortress, Fort Zeelandia using some of his 100 cannons on hand. They outnumbered the garrison there 20 to 1 and the bombardment demolished the roof of the Dutch governors residence. The Dutch return fired from bastion forts killing hundreds of Koxinga's men. Koxinga's cannons proved ineffective against the walls, the Dutch governor wrote that after viewing the alignment of the Chinese cannons, he noticed they were placed quite badly, were unprotected and easy to hit with their own cannons. In the end the Chinese cannons only did some light damage to a few houses. Koxinga was shocked and enraged by the lack of damage to the fortresses walls and decided to give up the bombardment and simply to being starving the Dutch out. On April 4th Koxinga sent his army to besiege the smaller fortress of Fort Provintia, catching its commander Jacob Valentyn and his 140 men, completely off guard. Valentyn had to surrender without putting up much of a fight.   By late May, news of the Siege of Fort Zeelandia reached Jakarta and the Dutch East India Company dispatched 12 ships with 700 soldiers to relieve the fort. The relief force ran into Koxinga's naval blockade and they engaged in battle. However Koxinga had hundreds of war junks and as the Dutch ships tried to fire upon them their aim ended up being too high. Basically of the height difference between the Chinese war junks and Dutch ships, this made aiming the cannons difficult as they cant pivot downwards, so you have to rely upon distance calculations and that in turn is not easy when the enemy knows to just close in on you and are firing upon you. Some of the smaller Dutch ships tried to lure some of the Chinese war junks into a narrow strait with a feigned withdrawal. But as they were doing so, the wind suddenly seized on them, and with only paddles available the Chinese caught up to them and massacred their crews with pikes. It is also alleged the Chinese caught many Dutch lobed grenades using nets and tossed them right back at them, that sounds like a nasty game of hot potato. The Dutch flagship Koukercken was hit by a Chinese cannon after running around and quickly sunk. Another Dutch ship hit ashore and the crew had to run for their lives for Fort Zeelandia. The remaining Dutch fleet eventually scattered and withdrew, all in all they took 130 casualties. By December Koxinga was given reports that the garrison of Fort Zeelandia was losing morale and thus he decided to launch another large offensive, but was repelled again by superior Dutch cannons.    By January 12th of 1662, Koxingas fleet began to help bombard the fort as his ground forces assaulted. With supplies running out and no sign of reinforcements, Governor Coyett hoisted the white flag and began to negotiate terms of surrender, finalizing them by february 1st. By February the 9th the Dutch left Taiwan and were allowed to take their personal belongings and provisions.    Now this siege was honestly a pretty horrible affair aside from the normal war actions. Prisoners on both sides were subjected to some rather gruesome torture. A Dutch physician allegedly carried out a vivisection on a Chinese prisoner and there were reports that the Chinese amputated noses, ears, limbs and genitals of Dutch prisoners. Apparently the Chinese would stuff their mouths with amputated genitals and send the corpses back to Fort Zeelandia, some really messed up stuff. One Dutch prisoner, a missionary named Antonius Hambroek was sent as an envoy to Fort Zeelandia to ask for their surrender, if he failed he was to be killed. Hambroek went to the Fort where 2 of his daughters were residing and urged everyone to surrender, but they did not and thus he came back to Koxinga's camp and was promptly beheaded. Another one of Hambroeks daughters had been captured prior to the siege and Koxinga made her a concubine. Other Dutch women and children that were captured prior to the siege were enslaved and sold to Chinese soldiers. 38 years of Dutch rule over Taiwan had ended and Koxinga would use Taiwan as a military base for Ming loyalists.   The Taiwanese aboriginals played both sides during the conflict. For example when Koxinga's men landed in Taiwan one tribal alliance known as the Kingdom of Middag invited Koxingas subordinate Chen Ze and his men to eat and rest with them only to kill them all in their sleep, allegedly 1500 soldiers. This was followed up by an ambush attack that would cost Koxinga the lives of 700 soldiers. More and more tribal attacks mounted and the brutality pushed Koxinga to offer the aboriginals amnesty and to help get rid of the Dutch. Many of the aboriginals were delighted by the chance to rid themselves of the Dutch and began to hunt Dutch colonists down, helped execute Dutch prisoners and burnt Dutch books used to educate them. Koxinga then rewarded the aboriginals with Ming clothes, made feasts for them, gave them countless gifts such as tobacco, farming tools and oxen and taught them new farming techniques.    Koxinga had a large problem after his major victory, Taiwan's population was estimated to be no greater than 100,000, yet he brought with him almost 30,000 soldiers and their families, so food was going to run out and very quick. Thus Koxinga set to institute a tuntian policy, that being that soldiers would serve a dual role, that of warrior and farmer. All the rich and fertile lands the Dutch held were immediately cut up and distrubed to his higher ranking officers. Much of the aboriginal held territory on the eastern half of Taiwan would also be distributed to Koxinga's men and I would imagine that was a bloody ordeal taking the land. Then Koxinga set his eyes on piracy performing raids against several locations near Taiwan such as the Philippines and even demanded the Spanish colonial government pay him tribute, threatening to attack Manila if they did not comply. The Spanish refused to pay any tribute and instead prepared the defenses of Manila. Koxinga's naval force raided several coastal towns in the Philippines but before he could perform any real sort of invasion, in June of 1662 Koxinga suddenly died of malaria. Koxinga's son Zheng Jing succeeded his father and became King of Tungning. Zheng wanted to continue his fathers planned invasion of the Philippines, but it turns out his fathers little war against the Dutch did not go unnoticed by the Qing.    Back on the mainland, after Koxinga left and sailed for Taiwan, the Qing began to reimplemented the Haijin “sea ban” in 1647. The Haijin had been used in the past mostly to target Japanese piracy. Basically it was an attempt to force all sea trade coming in to be under strict regulation handled by Ming officials. The limited sea trade was to be “tributary missions” between the Ming dynasty and their vassals, such as Korea. Any private foreign trade was punishable by death and as you can imagine all this led up to was an increase in piracy and the formation of many smugglers along the eastern coast of china. The entire idea was to starve out Taiwan by denying them trade with the eastern coast of China. But when the Haijin was reimplemented it led to entire communities along the eatern Chinese coast to be uprooted from their native place and they were being deprived of their means of livelihood. So many communities simply had to get up and settle somewhere else where they could. This sent many coastal areas into chaos. This ironically led countless amounts of refugees from the eastern chinese coast to flee to Taiwan. Then in 1663 the Qing formed an alliance with the Dutch East India Company against the Ming loyalists in Fujian and Taiwan. The Dutch for their part sought the alliance simply to recapture Taiwan.   In October of 1663 a combined fleet of Qing and Dutch attacked and captured Xiamen and Kinmen from the Ming loyalists. Then in 1664 the combined fleet attacked Zheng Jing's navy but ended up losing because it was simply to immense. One of the Qing admirals, a certain Shi Lang, remember that guy, yeah he like I said held a blood grudge against Zheng's family, well he  advised the Qing that the Dutch were only aiding them so they could recapture Taiwan. He said that they did not really require the Dutch naval aid and that he could lead the Qing navy to take Taiwan back on his own. Thus the alliance fell apart.   The Dutch who were probably very pissed off now then began raiding the Zhoushan Islands where they looted relics and killed Monks at a buddhist complex at Putuoshan in 1665, pretty mean thing to do. Zheng Jing's navy attacked them for this, capturing and executing 34 Dutch sailors. In 1672 Zheng Jing would attack the Dutch again, managing to ambush the Dutch ship Cuylenburg in 1672 off the coast of northeastern Taiwan. So a bit of a long lasting war between the Dutch and Ming loyalists remains in the background.    Now from the offset of his enthronement, Zheng Jing actually attempted to reconcile with the Qing, he sought to make Taiwan an autonomous state. Yet he refused their demands that he shave his head in the Manchu fashion nor would he pay tribute to the Qing dynasty. The Qing's response initially as I had mentioned was a policy of trying to starve Taiwan out using the Haijin. This sent the populace of the southeastern coast into chaos and Zheng Jing continued to raid as the Qing really could not stop his larger navy. The Haijin like I said earlier had a disastrous and ironic effect. Soon there was a giant influx of the populace fleeing for Taiwan. Seeing the opportunity, Zheng promoted the immigration heavily and began proclaiming tons of promises and major opportunities for anyone who wished to immigrate to his kingdom. The enticement of land ownership and cultivation in exchange for military service suited many of the immigrant peasants quite fine, I mean for most there was simply no choice. And it was not just peasants who came, a ton of Ming loyalists used the opportunity to flee the mainland from persecution as well. All of this led to quite an enormous boom for Taiwan. A ton of reforms came into effect to meet the needs of the growing populace, agricultural, education, trade, industry and so on. Zheng's main advisor, Chen Yonghua also helped introduce the deliberate cultivation of sugar cane and other cash crops which was further traded with Europeans who helped bring over machinery for mass sugar refining. The sugar economy allowed Taiwan to become economically self-sufficient and a booming relationship sprang with the British. Its funny how the British swoop in and steal all former Dutch things isnt it haha? The Qing tried to thwart all of this with the more intensive Haijin edict, but it only made the situation worse. It was not just Taiwan that was a thorn in their side, the head shaving order had caused a great influx of the populace to emigrate to other places than Taiwan, such as Jakarta and the Philippines. The Haijin and brief Qing-Dutch naval alliance had caused Zheng Jing to intensively exploit the lands of Taiwan and as you might guess this meant running into conflict with the aboriginals. The brutality grew gradually and Zheng's kingdom would put down many aboriginal rebellions against his land grabbing and taxes. A series of conflicts with the Saisiyat people in particular left them absolutely decimated and they lost most of their land to Zheng's kingdom. Zheng Jing's kingdom enjoyed a maritime trade network with the european colonies in the Pacific, Japan and SouthEast Asia.    Now for over 19 years, Zheng tried to negotiate a peace with the now Kangxi emperor, as Emperor Shunzhi died of smallpox in 1661. Despite the peace talks, Zheng never gave up the cause of restoring the Ming Dynasty and one last hooray would occur. Going back to the mainland, when the Qing finally broke the last leaders of the South Ming regime, Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang and Emperor Yongli, they had managed to do this using a lot of Han chinese. It was only logical that they would install more and more Han Chinese to govern the territories that they conquered. Yet by installing certain Han and defected former Ming loyalists in parts of the realm with varying levels of authority led to a few warlords emerging. One was Shang Kexi, a former Ming general who defected very early on in 1634 and one of the most powerful generals to do so. He was given the title “pingnan wang” “prince who pacifies the south” and helped conquer the southern province of Guangdong. When the task was finished he was made governor of Guangdong holding full civil and military authority. By 1673, Shang Kexi was very old and asked permission from Emperor Kangxi to retire and go back to his homeland of Liaodong. Permission was granted and his son Shang Zhixin would take up the mantle of Prince of Pingnan. However, Shang Zhixin and his father would soon be embroiled into a revolt by the actions of others as we will soon see.   Geng Zhongming was a Ming general who served under the Ming warlord Mao Wenlong “the sea king” if you listened to some earlier episodes. Well Geng Zhongming alongside Kong Youde ended up defecting to the Qing and aided in their conquest of the south. Geng Zhongming eventually died and his son Geng Jimao inherited his title of Jingnan Prince (which also means prince of pacifying the south just like pingnang wang) and aided in hunting down Li Dingguo and pacifying the southeast of China. Geng Jimao managed to get both his sons Geng Jingzhong and Zhaozhong to become court attendants under the Qing emperor Shunzhi and married Aisin Gioro women. His son Geng Jingzhong would inherit his fathers titles including the governorship of Fujian province and would become a warlord in Fujian which held a strong naval force.   Wu Sangui who we know quite well was the Ming General who literally opened the door for the Qing to help destroy the forces of Li Zicheng, but this also led to the Qing taking Beijing. Now Wu's career was a lengthy one, he helped defeat Li Zicheng who executed over 38 members of Wu's family, so a large grudge there. For his service against Li, Wu was given the “Qin wang” Prince of Blood title and helped fight the Daxi army in the south alongside Shang Kexi. Wu had the absolutely horrifying job of pacifying Sichuan against the hordes of differing bandit armies and South Ming loyalists. Then Wu became instrumental in the fight against Sun, Li and Yongli eventually defeating them and bringing the far reaches of Yunnan under the Qing yolk. Now the Qing were uncomfortable placing Manchu bannermen so far away in Yunnan or Guizhou and thus the job was given to Wu. He was given the title of Pingxi Wang “Prince who pacifies the West” and control over Yunnan and Guizhou. Wu was granted permission by Emperor Shunzhi to appoint and promote his own officials as well as being given the rare privilege to have first dibs on warhorses before other Qing armies. By that point because of the war against Li Dingguo, Wu already had a large army at his control, around 60,000 men. The Qing were very wary of Wu, but his rule of Yunnan had thus far caused no headaches. Wu inevitably became a semi-independent warlord because of the great distance. All the money he received from taxation within Yunnan and that funds he received from Beijing were spent to expand his military primarily, guess why?    So lets just summarize all of this. As a result of their great aid to the Qing defeating the South Ming regime, basically most of south China was handed over to 3 defected Ming generals.  Basically they were awarded large fiefdoms within the Qing dynasty. Wu Sangui was granted governorship of Yunnan and Guizhou. Shang Kexi got Guangdong and Geng Zhongming got Fujian. Each man had their own military force and control over the taxation and other civil administration of their respective fiefs. In the 1660's each man began to ask for Qing government subsidies to keep them loyal, averaging around 10 million taels of silver annually.  Wu spent several million taels of silver building up his military, up to an estimated third of the Qing governments revenue from taxes. Geng Zhongming was quite a tyrant in his fiefdom and extorted the populace quite harshly before dying upon which his fiefdom fell to his son Geng Jimao and then to his son Geng Jingzhong as I mentioned. Shang Kexi ran a similar tyranny to Geng Zhongming in Guangdong and the combined 3 fiefs emptied the Qing treasury quite quickly. Another large issue was each man simply assumed and expected his feudaltory would be handed down to his offspring, but that was to be decided by the Qing Emperor not them.When Emperor Kangxi took the throne the 3 fief provinces had become financial burdens on the Qing government and their growing autonomous control of each province were becoming a major threat to the Qing dynasty.    In 1673, Shang Kexi sent a memorial to Emperor Kangxi stating “I am already 70 years old and have become weak. I hope I can be allowed to go back to Liaodong, my home place, to spend my old age. In the past I was granted land and houses in Liaodong. I hope that your Majesty will grant the land and houses to me again. I will take some officers and soldiers and old people who have been under me, 4394 households all together, to go back with me. There are 24,375 men and women in all. I hope the department concerned will provide food for all these people on their way to Liaodong”.  Emperor Kangxi replied  “Since you sailed from the island to submit to our dynasty, you have worked very hard and established great contributions. You have garrisoned in Guangdong Province for many years. I know from your memorial that you are already 70 years old. You want to go back to Liaodong. You are very sincere in your memorial. From this I can see that you are respectful and submissive and have the overall interest at heart. I am very pleased about that. Now Guangdong Province has been pacified. I will order the Kings in charge of government affairs, court officials and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Defense to discuss how to arrange the migration and settlement of the officers and men under you. I will let you know when they have made a decision.”. Oh but there will of course be a catch, for 2 weeks later Emperor Kangxi received another letter ““In the memorial presented by Shang KeXi to Your Majesty he says that he is already old and ill. He asked Your Majesty's permission to let his son Shang Zhi Xin to succeed his title of King of Pingnan. But now Shang KeXi is still alive. There is no precedent that the son can succeed his father's title when his father is still alive. So it is not necessary to consider whether or not to allow his son to succeed his title.”. Emperor Kangxi agreed to this with some stipulations about numbers of military personnel and such.   Then in July of 1673, Wu Sangui asked to be permitted to retire just like Shang Kexi and to be able to “settle down in some place”, the Emperor said he would speak to the court to arrange the migration. Then a week later, Geng Jingzhong asked the exact same thing and the Emperor said he would speak to the court. The court was divided on the issue, and against the majority in the court Emperor Kangxi decided to allow each man to have their wish. Wu Sangui was going to be given land in Guizhou, but he frantically sent word to Emperor Kangxi that he required a larger land because his officers families were many. It was a bit audacious and curious that Wu Sangui began with “settle down in some place” and turned it into “oh but I really need a much bigger place than that”, it was like he was asking for something he knew he could not have.  It turns out, Wu Sangui had assumed when he asked permission to retire that the Qing court would instead try everything they could to persuade him not to retire and to stay in Yunnan. That way they might give him even more autonomy and money thus enabling him to continue building his autonomous state even more. When the emperor said yes to his request it must have been a real shock and to make matters worse for Wu, the emperor immediately began the process of migrating him and his men so he freaked out.    So in 1673, Wu Sangui cut off his provinces connections to the Qing dynasty and began a rebellion under the banner of “Fǎn qīng fùmíng” “oppose the qing and restore the ming”. He was supported by his son Wu Shifan and other Ming loyalists in Yunnan, soon they all cut off their Manchu queues and he sent loyal commanders to garrison strategic passes into Yunnan.  The provincial governor of Yunnan Zhu Guo Zhi refused to join him and so Wu had him assassinated.  By 1678 Wu would declare a new dynasty, here we go again meme, giving himself the title King of Zhou and Great Marshal of the Expedition Army. And thus the Zhou dynasty was born. Wu Sangui ordered all of his followers to cut their Manchu queues and for all the banners to be white, and issued white military uniforms. The next order of business was sending word to Shang Kexi the Prince of Pingnan and Geng Jingzhong the Prince of Jingnan asking them to join the rebellion. Wu Sangui sent his loyal general Ma Bao to command a vanguard and march on Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou. All of Guizhou surrendered without a fight. Soon word got out of the rebellion and the colossal failure of Guizhou to defend itself. Emperor Kangxi immediately ordered the migration of Shang Kexi and Geng Jingzhong to be stopped and began to rally his army to meet the new threat. Generals from multiple provinces were assembled and estimates range quite a lot. Some say 500,000 some say up to a million troops, with the majority being Han Chinese of the Green Standard army were mustered. Emperor Kangxi promised any general who brought him Wu Sangui's head would receive all the titles which Wu had held and any general that brought the heads of Wu's generals would receive whatever titles those generals held, pretty big incentive. Emperor Kangxi also arrested and executed one of Wu Sangui's sons who unfortunately was still in Beijing at the time named Wu Yingxiong.    Wu Sangui's army set out of Guizhou and attacked Yuanzhou of Hunan province. Next Chenzhou, then his army split up taking Hengzhou, Lizhou, Yuezhou and Changsha. Most of the governors simply fled for their lives. Then Wu's army marched into Hubei province attacking Yichang, Xiangyang, Yunyang where he defeated multiple armies. Emperor Kangxi furiously ordered some of his generals to rush to Wuchang as it was strategically important and had to be defended. The southern Qing forces had not been prepared to face the well trained army of Wu Sangui and were falling like dominoes. To make matters worse many rallied to Wu Sangui's cause, such as Sun Yanling, a general in Guangxi. Soon Wu's army was in Sichuan causing havoc, everywhere Wu's army went there were either military defeats for the Qing, retreats or defections.    Then in March of 1674 Geng Jingzhong began a rebellion in Fujian declaring himself Grand General of All the Armies. Soon his forces took Yanping, Shaowu, Funing, Jianning and Tingzhou. Then Geng Jingzhong and Wu Sangui managed to form an agreement that they should combine forces and hit Jiangxi province together. At the same time Geng Jingzhong sent an envoy to our old friend Zheng Jing  the king of Taiwan to come join the party by attacking prefectures and counties across the coast. Soon Geng Jingzhongs forces took Jiangshan, Pingyang, Wenzhou, Yueqing, Tiantai, Xianju and Chengxian. He defeated countless armies, rallied many to his cause and earned many defectors amassing an army of 100,000. Then he set out to attack Shaoxing, Ningpo, Huangyan, Jinhua before marching into Jiangxi province. From there Geng and wu took Guangxin, Jianchang, Raozhou, Kaihua, Shouchang, Chun'an, Huizhou, Wuyuan and Qimen. Thus his forces had hit the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Anhui. The Southeast of China was in utter chaos.   Meanwhile Shang Kexi notified Emperor Kangxi of Geng Jingzhong's rebellion early. Shang Kexi was loosely related to Geng Jingzhong, his son Shang Zhixin's wife was Geng's younger sister. Now that Geng Jingzhong was rebelling, he knew people would suspect he was going to rebel, but he did not want to. I mean hell the guy is 70 years old, he just wanted to retire. So he asked Emperor Kangxi if he could prove his loyalty by protecting Guangdong Province from the rebels and give his life in doing so. The Emperor was moved by this and ordered more units and money be made available to Shang Kexi for the task. Now remember, Shang Kexi was also the guy who got the confirmation that his son Shang Zhixin would inherit all he had, titles and all.    When Wu Sangui began the rebellion, Emperor Kangxi was 20 years old and Wu assumed he was a “green horn” IE: a incompetant young man with no real experience and thus a push over. But very soon Wu Sangui would be facing the full might of the entire Qing Dynasty and he certainly began to regret his decision to rebel. When his army reached Lizhou he got word that the Emperor had executed his son Wu Yingxiong and his grandson. Allegedly he was eating a meal when a messenger told him this and he exclaimed “The young emperor is so capable! I am doomed to fail”. An odd quote to say the least given the circumstances, but thats how one of my sources put it….I'd rather think he'd shout in grief or something.    Emperor Kangxi dispatched many Generals to help Shang Kexi attack the rebels occupying Yuezhou as Wu Sangui set up defenses there and sent expeditionary forces to march into Jiangxi province. The expeditionary forces took Nankang, Duchang and then Wu Sangui sent more expeditionary forces out of Changsha to hit Pingxiang, Anfu, Shanggao and Xinchang. Emperor Kangxi responded by throwing titles out to countless officials ordering them to suppress all the rebel forces spreading like wildfire, honestly I can't list the mount of Princes that spring up. Countless Qing generals and governors fought and died to the rebel armies. By january of 1675 Emperor Kangxi ordered Grand General Yuele positioned in Yuanzhou to recapture Changsha. Yuele led his forces to take Nanchang, Shanggao, Xinchang, Donxiang, Wannian, Anren and Xincheng defeating countless rebels. When his force made it to Pingxiang they were repelled. At this point Wu Sangui ordered his men to build wooden fortresses to defend cities without natural defenses and to build log barriers to thwart cavalry, log obstacles in the rivers to thwart naval forces and traps everywhere. Then Wu Sangui told his troops he was going to cross the Yangtze River and break the dike near Jingzhou to immerse the city in water. While this was to occur he ordered some subordinates to attack Yunyang, Junzhou and Nanzhang.   In 1676 Wu Sangui's forces approached Guangdong and Shang Kexi was seriously ill leaving his son Shang Zhixin in charge of the defense. Many forces defected to Wu Sangui and allegedly in an effort to save his father, Shang Zhixin defected and became a grand general in Wu's army. Ironically and rather tragically it seems the surrender broke Shang Kexi's heart and he died. In December Shang Zhixin regretted his defection so much he sent a secret envoy to Emperor Kangxi begging to be allowed to defect back over to the Qing and Emperor Kangxi accepted him with open arms right back. Quite a few rebel generals began to defect back to the Qing and the Emperor kept a policy of extreme leniency hoping to win many over without bloodshed. These were after all his subjects and the emperor understood the need to avoid bloodshed whenever possible. Wu Sangui sent forces to attack Ji'an while Yuele made a second attempt attacking Pingxiang. Yuele's forces had destroyed 12 enemy fortresses and killed more than 10,000 rebels before the rebel commander of Pingxiang fled. After taking Pingxiang, Yuele marched on Liling and Liuyang before finally attacking his tasked objective Changsha. Meanwhile Emperor Kangxi also dispatched forces into Zhejiang Province to attack Geng Jingzhong. In 1676 they attacked Wenzhou fighting fiercely and taking multiple fortresses. Despite a fierce month long siege, Wenzhou withstood the Qing and thus they bypassed it to march into Fujian province taking Jiangshan first. Meanwhile Zheng Jing's force arrived at Xinghua Bay to attack Fuzhou, but Geng Jingzhong was at the end of his resources and ended up asking permission to defect to Emperor Kangxi. He asked Emperor Kangxi permission to show his newfound loyalty by attacking Zheng Jing's invading force at Fuzhou. Emperor Kangxi accepted the offer and said he could resume his title of King of Jingnan if he was successful. The forces of Geng Jingzhong, heavily supported by the Qing army sent initially to defeat him mind you, easily defeated Zheng Jing's force sending him packing back to Taiwan. A real game of thrones.    By 1677 Wu Sangui's army were facing stalemates all over the place and Yuele successfully captured Changsha. Then Ji'an fell as many of Wu's men simply retreated. By 1678 Yuele recovered Pinjiang and Xiangyin defeating countless rebels and accepting many surrenders. Then Wu Sangui sent one of his most formidable generals Ma Bao to attack Yongxing and he died in battle failing to take the city. Wu Sangui was 67 years old, 6 years had passed since he began the rebellion. The vast territory he had taken in its peak was declining rapidly. His army was greatly weakened, but despite all of this many of his officials pleaded to him that he should officially declare himself emperor. So he proclaimed his reign title as Zhaowu meaning “demonstrating great military power” of the Zhou Dynasty in march, I guess go big or go home right. He made Hengzhou of Hunan Province the new capital and like all the rest before him began issuing titles and so forth. Then in august he was stricken with dysentery and was so ill he apparently could barely speak. He ordered his son Wu Shifan to come to Hengzhou, and by September 11th he was dead. Wu Shifan decided to take the mantle and chose the title reign of Honghua. When Emperor Kangxi got news of Wu Sangui's death it was like a shark smelling blood in the water and he sent all his armies to crash upon Hunan, apparently the Emperor even considered leading the army he was that eager. Wu Shifan's forces fled for their lives when the Qing armies marched into Hubei, disarray was soon rampant. Soon Yuele's troops marched into Hunan and attacked Wugang which had a fairly stout defense of 20,000 troops. The battle was bloody, Wugangs commander was killed, his troops soon routed and the city fell. The rebel army's morale was low, the Qing took Yuezhou, Changde, Hangzhou. It got to a point where the Qing faced more issues with logistics than they did in the actual fighting of the enemy. By 1680 the provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Sichuan fell back to the Qing and Wu Shifan fled to Kunming.    Once Wu Shifan was pressed into a corner in Yunnan province the Qing General Zhao Liangdong formed a 3 pronged attack strategy to hit Yunnan. The attack would be performed by Cai Yurong, Zhang Tai and Laita Giyesu. They each marched through Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan respectfully taking territory as they did. Wu Shifan had no reinforcements and was greatly outnumbered. The Qing generals entered Yunnan and Kunming was besieged for months, but it still held firm. General Zhao Liang proposed they cut Wu Shifans supply route on Kunming lake and this provided quick results. The generals then led a fierce attack upon the city. But before they could capture Wu Shifan he had committed suicide. They decapitated his corpse and sent it back to Beijing. There lies just one more small story to end the tale.   All the way back in 1674 Geng Jingzhong as we know sent an envoy to Taiwan to ask the help of Zheng Jing. Zheng Jing sailed to Siming, the south part of Xiamen in southeast Fujian province. His army then captured Tong'an and marched north to attack Quanzhou which was defended by Geng Jingzhongs army. Geng Jingzhongs men fled the scene after a quick battle and Zheng captured Quanzhou. From there he took Chaozhou, defeating more of Geng Jingzhong's troops, making an enemy out of him. Then in 1675 Geng Jingzhong made peace with Zheng Jing, it seems it was all a misunderstanding and they began to collude. But in 1676 Geng Jingzhong surrendered to the Qing and personally asked to be tasked with defeating Zheng Jing, so perhaps there was something more personal going on between the 2. Well Zheng Jing began the new found war between them by besieging Quanzhou again. The siege lasted 2 months but he was unable to take it. Zheng Jing lifted the siege and instead attacked Fuzhou, but by now Qing forces were crashing into Fujian province. The forces fought for various cities such as Quanzhou, Tingzhou and Zhangzhou. In 1677 Zheng Jing laid siege again for a 3rd time to Quanzhou, but the Qing in the meantime had taken 10 counties back and were overwhelming Zheng Jings armies. He lifted the siege yet again and fled back to Siming, and by 1678 a Qing envoy showed up demanding his surrender. Emperor Kangxi followed this up by sending naval forces to Fujian to attack Kinmen island. Enroute a Qing naval force led by Wan Zhengse attacked Haitan island. During the ensuing battle 16 of Zheng Jing's ships were destroyed with more than 3000 soldiers drowned. Zheng Jing's admiral at the scene, Zhu Tiangui had to flee and Wan Zhengse pursued them. Soon Meizhou island, Nanri island, Pinghai county and Chongwu county were seized by the Qing naval forces. Then land forces and Wan Zhengse consolidated and attacked Zheng Jings forces in Xiamen. They smashed his army there, Zheng Jing tried to flee to Kinmen, but the Qing attacked it simultaneously forcing him to sail all the way back to Taiwan. In 1781 shortly after arriving in Tainan, Zheng Jing died of dissipation on march 17th.    Zheng Jing's eldest and illegitimate son Zheng Kezang was appointed as Supervisor of the state. Now Zheng Kezang was the next in line to take the throne, but this is where that “illegitimate” part comes up. Two political hungry officials hated Zheng Kezang, Feng Xifan the head of the bodyguards and Liu Guoxuan a high ranking military officer. Upon Zheng Jing's death they both began to slandere Zheng Kezang as not being a biological son of Zheng Jing in front of the Queen Dowager Dong. They then launched a coup with the help of Zheng Jing's brother Zheng Cong against Zheng Kezang, killing him and installing his 12 year old little brother Zheng Keshuang on the throne. Some real game of thrones shit. Meanwhile Emperor Kangxi and the Qing court heard about the coup and that a 12 year old emperor was just placed upon the throne and he realized the time was ripe to attack the politically divided and certainly weak island of Taiwan. Then a Qing court official recommended our old friend Shi Lang, the man who had a blood feud with Zheng's family, to command the entire Qing navy against Taiwan. Thus Shi Lang was made commander in chief of the naval force and ordered to take the Pengdu Islands and then Taiwan. Shi Lang rallied 20,000 crack troops and 300 warships for an invasion of Pengdu. Shi Lang also took the time to purchase a number of Dutch made cannons for his bigger ships. Liu Guoxuan of Taiwan knew the Qing would attack Pengdu first and sent a large force there to prepare it's defenses.   In june of 1683 Shi Lang's navy sailed out of Tongshan and captured a few small islands along the way to Pengdu. Now Shi Lang divided his force into smaller fleets before engaging the enemy. He sent one detachment to slip around the planned naval battle and land covertly near Liu Guoxuan's base on Pengdu. Liu Guoxuan was no fool however and placed numerous cannons and troops along the beaches to thwart such attacks. On June 16th the battle of Pengdu commenced and many of Liu Guoxuan's larger ships targeted the smaller fleets of Shi Lang encircled them. Seeing this unfold Shi Lang took his flagship personally in to break up the encirclements. As the battle raged, a stray arrow hit Shi Lang in the eye spraying blood everywhere, but Shi Lang fought on. Shi Lang managed to break an encirclement killing 3000 enemy soldiers and by June 18th captured Hujing island, just southwest of Pendu island proper and Tongpanyu island to its southwest. On June 22nd, Shi Lang organized multiple simultaneous attacks to throw the enemy off balance. He sent 50 warships to hit Jilongyu and Sijiaoshan situated on the west of Pengdu island. Another 50 warships to hit Niuxinwan Bay to attract the enemy's attention as he sailed off personally with 56 warships right through the center to hit Pengdu island proper. The enemy sent all their warships out to meet his separate forces and from 7am to 5pm they fought. The Qing managed to outflank and break the enemies formation, but they fought on tenaciously. In the end the Qing won a battle of attrition as they had significantly more ammunition than the rebel navy whom was forced to resort to boarding ships and melee fighting. Many rebel leaders chose not to surrender and went down fighting to the end in a blaze of gunfire and glory. Over 194 enemy warships were destroyed, more than 12,000 enemy soldiers were killed. Seeing he was going to lose the battle, Liu Guoxuan took his fastest ship and fled back to Taiwan. Shi Lang's detachment that slipped past the battle landed ashore and were met with an onslaught of cannons and arrows from the beaches. However the Qing warships began to tip the scale in firepower breaking open pockets for amphibious assaults and soon the Qing soldiers were breaking through towards Liu Guoxuans base. The Qing defeated the garrison at the base and raised the Qing banner triumphantly.    On july 15th, Zheng Keshuang sent envoys to Pengdu island to offer terms of surrender to Shi Lang. By August Shi Lang accepted their surrender in Taiwan and on August 18th, Zheng Keshuang and all his officers and officials shaved their heads in the Manchu style. They all then positioned themselves to face the direction of Beijing and bowed, Taiwan was now part of the Qing empire. Shi Lang was granted by Emperor Kangxi the title of General of Jinghai, Jinghai meaning “pacifying the sea”. Zheng Keshuang and his highest officials were escorted to Beijing and Zheng Keshuang was granted the title duke of Haicheng   I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.  The Qing war for unification was over, of course there would be countless rebellions during the reign of the Qing dynasty, but as for the threat of a Ming takeover that was not a thing of the past. A brand new world was emerging however, as the 19th century was soon rolling in and with it much much more devious trouble. For the century of humiliation was mere decades from commencing its ugly start.  9500

英语新闻︱“40℃进不了全国高温排行榜”冲上热搜，网友：我们正在见证历史The summer of 2022 is on track to become the hottest since China began compiling complete meteorological records in 1961 as a scorching heat wave is forecast to smother most parts of the country in the coming two weeks, triggering fresh concerns over drought, heat damage to crops and new peaks in energy consumption, China's weather authority said.气象部门表示，今夏有望成为中国1961年有完整气象记录以来最热的夏天。据预测，未来两周，中国大部分地区高温天气仍将继续，引发了人们对高温干旱影响农业生产以及能源消耗达到新高峰的担忧。The National Meteorological Center said extreme high temperatures will continue in many parts of the country, especially in the Turpan area of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Sichuan basin and regions in the middle and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.中央气象台表示，全国多地将持续极端高温天气，特别是在新疆维吾尔自治区的吐鲁番地区、四川盆地和长江中下游地区。It said that in some areas, high temperature could reach 40 C, possibly breaking records. Since Friday, the center has issued a red alert for extreme heat for three straight days.中央气象台称，部分地区可能会突破40摄氏度，或打破高温纪录。自12号以来，中央气象台连续三天发布高温红色预警。Chen Tao, chief forecaster at the National Meteorological Observatory, said a national temperature red alert is issued when the highest temperature in areas across four or more provincial-level regions in the past 48 hours hits 40 C and above and is forecast to persist in those regions.中央气象台首席预报员陈涛表示，过去48小时，四个及以上省区部分地区连续出现最高气温40度及以上，预计未来仍将持续，在这种状况下，中央气象台发布了高温的红色预警。"Since late July, there have been large-scale and high-intensity high temperatures in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River due to an abnormally strong subtropical high pressure system in the western Pacific," Chen Tao said. "Based on our analysis, the system will continue and high temperatures will persist in those regions for the coming two weeks."陈涛说：“今年7月下旬到现在，长江中下游地区出现了范围大、强度高的高温天气，其产生原因和大气环流异常状况有一定关系。”陈涛补充道：“预计在未来两周，副热带高压仍将控制这些地区，我国南方地区的大范围高温天气仍将持续。”Chen Lijuan, chief forecaster at the National Climate Center, said high temperatures have lingered in many parts of southern China since June.中国气象局国家气候中心首席预报员陈丽娟表示，自6月以来，南方多地持续高温天气。"While this year's duration of regional high temperatures has yet to surpass the record of 62 days in 2013, it is set to break the record and become the hottest year since 1961," she said.陈丽娟说：“此次区域性高温过程持续时间将超过2013年的62天，今年高温天气综合强度可能将为1961年有完整记录以来最强。”Shanghai, which entered its 41st day of temperatures above 35 C on Sunday, has experienced six days with high temperatures above 40 C this summer.8月14日，上海出现第41个高温日（气温超过35℃），上海今夏已有6天气温超过40℃。The city's temperature hit 40.9 C on July 13, equaling the highest temperature in Shanghai since records began in 1873. Wang Zhi, chief forecaster at the Shanghai Meteorological Observatory, said the city will continue to experience hot weather over the next 10 days, with the highest temperature up to 41 C.7月13日，上海的气温达到了40.9℃，创下了自1873年有正式气象记录以来新纪录。上海中心气象台首席预报员王智表示，未来10天，上海市将持续高温天气，最高气温可达41℃。The neighboring province of Zhejiang is expected to experience similar temperatures. Zhejiang has seen temperatures between 39 C and 43 C since July, with the highest reaching 43.1 C in Sanmen county, Taizhou city and 42.9 C in Yongjia county, Wenzhou city. Both readings are historical local new highs, the Zhejiang Meteorological Observatory said.浙江预计也将持续高温天气。7月以来，浙江大部分地区极端气温都在39℃到43℃，台州市三门县最高达到43.1℃，温州市永嘉县最高达到42.9℃。浙江气象台表示，这两地的数据都是当地历史新高。High temperatures in Chongqing are also forecast to continue. The Chongqing Meteorological Observatory said that through Aug 22, the highest temperatures in most parts of the municipality will be between 38 C and 42 C. It said that in some areas, the temperatures will reach 43 C and 44 C, close to or exceeding records for the city.重庆也将持续晴热高温。重庆气象台表示，到8月22日，该市大部分地区的最高气温将在38℃到42℃之间，部分地区的最高气温将达到43℃到44℃，将接近或超过历史同期极值。"High temperatures and heat waves in summer are normal from a climatic point of view, but the duration, intensity and scope of high temperatures and heat waves this summer have indeed reached a very strong level," said Chen Lijuan. "In the context of global warming, high temperatures and heat waves may become a new normal."“夏季出现高温热浪事件，从气候角度来讲是正常的，但今年夏天高温热浪事件持续的时间、强度，以及影响范围，确实达到一个非常强的水平。”陈丽娟指出，在全球气候变暖背景下，高温热浪事件可能成为一个新常态。Affected by the high temperatures, some areas in the Sichuan basin and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River have already experienced drought. In the future, this drought may continue or get worse, said Chen Tao.陈涛表示，受高温天气影响，我国四川盆地到长江中下游地区已经出现了气象干旱状态，未来一段时间，这种气象干旱有可能进一步持续或加重。"The high temperature weather has a certain adverse impact on agricultural production in the southern region, and continuous high temperatures are not conducive to the growth and development of some crops, especially some forest and fruit crops," Chen Tao said. "For example, tea trees or fruit such as citrus and mangoes in east and southeast China are vulnerable to high temperatures and heat damage."陈涛说：“高温天气对南方地区的农业生产有一定不利影响，持续高温不利于部分农作物，特别一些经济林果作物的生长的和发育。例如江南地区的茶树，或柑橘、芒果等水果，容易受到高温热害威胁。”Chen Tao suggested that measures be taken in response to high temperatures such as timely water replenishment and sprinkler irrigation to help cool down crops and remove fruit that has been affected by heat damage as soon as possible.陈涛提醒，针对高温天气，要尽早采取措施，及时进行补水作业和喷灌降温，尽快清除已经受到热害影响的果实。Chen Lijuan also cautioned that the drought may last through the autumn.陈丽娟分析称，未来可能会出现夏秋连旱。"According to our analysis, the possibility of less precipitation in the Yangtze River Basin in the later autumn is still relatively large, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the region," she said.陈丽娟说：“根据分析，后期秋季长江流域降水偏少的可能性仍然比较大，尤其是中下游地区有可能会出现夏秋连旱。”In cities, a surge in electricity demand is one of the most noticeable effects of excessive heat.在城市中，用电需求激增是持续高温所引发的最显著的影响之一。Chen Tao suggested relevant departments adopt emergency plans based on temperature forecasts to ensure power supplies and advised the public to minimize outdoor activities and drink lots of water to avoid heat stroke and other conditions easily induced by high temperatures.陈涛建议相关部门应根据气温预报做好应急预案，保障电力供应。高温天气期间，公众要尽量减少长时间户外活动，及时补充水分，避免热射病及其他高温易诱发的潜在疾病影响。"It is especially important to note that as the hot weather continues, students who are at home on vacation must stay away from dangerous waters to prevent drownings," said Chen Tao.“特别需要注意的是，正值暑期，在炎热的天气下，休假在家的学生游水避暑时，一定要注意远离危险水域，防止发生溺亡事故。”陈涛提醒道。记者：林淑娟编辑：李金昳scorching英[ˈskɔ:tʃɪŋ]；美[ˈskɔrtʃɪŋ]adj. 极热的，烧焦似的;苛刻的;尖酸刻薄的drought英[draʊt]；美[draʊt]n. 久旱，旱灾replenishment英[rɪ'plenɪʃmənt]；美[rɪ'plenɪʃmənt]n. 补给，补充

Last time we spoke, the Ming Dynasty had finally come to an end. After years of fighting, Li Zicheng had finally broken the Ming Dynasty and assumed the Dragon Throne, or sort of. As his rebel forces pillaged Beijing and Li Zicheng sought to establish his Shun Dynasty a rather large issue loomed, that of the Qing invaders. The Qing had bided their time waiting for the Ming Dynasty to rot from the inside before making their move. Li Zicheng took his army to go meet the foreign invader, but unbeknownst to him the remnants of the northern Ming military prefered to throw their lot in with the Qing rather than with him. Li Zicheng's army was smashed at the battle of Shanhai pass. Prince Dorgon took the dragon throne to serve as regent for the infant Qing Emperor Shunzhi marking the emergence of a new Dynasty over China, and they all lived happily ever after. Of course not.    Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on the history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War.   #6 This episode is the rise of the South Ming Regime   So perhaps a short recap of the end of the last series of episodes. The bandit army of Li Zicheng believed after taking Beijing that their revolution had succeeded and that they could all “live happily ever after”. They did not consider the threat in the north that was the Qing invaders. They had committed the mistake of arrogance and it cost them their newfound Shun Dynasty, it also would have future political and military consequences. The first Qing emperor was titled Shunzhi, meaning “smoothly ruling emperor”, however Prince Dorgon would act as his regent as he was only 5 years old. Thus at the offset, Prince Dorgon ordered the Han chinese civilians to leave inner Beijing city so he could resettle it was Manchu bannermen and establish some sort of order. Exceptions were made of course, remember countless Han defectors aided the Qing conquest and many would take up titles and positions within the new government. The Qing rulers were not naive, they knew opposition would be fierce if they did not incorporate Han chinese within their new hierarchy and thus the loyal Han Bannermen became the great administrators that allowed for the transition to run sort of smoothly. Some of the greatest Han bannermen that would aid the new administration would be Kong Youde, a long time defector, Shang Kexi and Geng Zhongming, who both would play very crucial roles much further into this story. Until 1658 the Qing would intentionally not install any Manchu or Mongol governors so as to make sure the transition worked. Yet also at the offset, the Qing did ruffle some feathers with a particular decision. In 1645 Prince Dorgon issued the infamous head shaving proclamation. Basically he ordered all subjects in China to shave their hair in the style of the Manchu, which is that of a long braided queue. You probably have seen countless movies showcasing this hairstyle, usually the men have a hat on and you see the long braid trailing under it. Now he proclaimed the punishment for those who did not perform the head shaving as that of any other rebel to the Qing, a death sentence. Now a ton of Han chinese shaved their head immediately to curry favor with Prince Dorgon and the new Qing dynasty. They were showered with titles and positions and such.The policy was something of a symbolic submission to the new dynasty and helped the Manchu from telling who was friend or foe. It also evoked the Confucian notion that the subjects of the Dynasty were like the adopted children of the Emperor and that they should look like their adoptive father. Regardless for many Han Chinese the head shaving order was humiliating, some sources I read deemed it a “loss of their manhood”. So as much as it helped the Qing see friend or foe, it also would be used as a symbol of resistance by those who refused to submit. As you can imagine it was inevitable that anti-Qing struggles would break out. From June of 1644 to the end of 1646, the remnants of the Dashun army of Li Zicheng and the Daxi army of Zhang Xianzhong spearheaded anti-qing movements. But unlike the failed Ming state, the Qing Dynasty possessed a powerful army, with high morale.    Politically it made sense to go after Li Zicheng first, for one thing he was the closest. Hell Li Zicheng actually handed the Qing a great situation if you think about it, they could now avenge the regicide of Emperor Chongzhen and be seen as saviors. Thus from the get-go their top priority was to eradicate the Dashun army. Now I did briefly mention the fate of Li Zicheng in the last series, but I will need to reiterate it here again a bit so the story is cohesive. The Dashun army and Li Zicheng fled the west of the Beijing area and lost a ton of territory, but there was a deep anti-qing feeling in the population leading to overwhelming support for them. The Dashun army took up defensive positions in Taiyuan, Yan'an and Suide led by the commanders Chen Youngfu, Li Guo and Hao Yao respectifully. Li Zicheng retreated to Xi'an and decided to seize Hanchung, Gansu and Lanzhou to the south, ensuring the safety of the central Shaanxi area. From there he hoped to have a base of operations for anti-qing action. The Qing army went south along the Taihang Mountain range and occupied Pianguan where they planned to seize Taiyuan.The Dashun army resisted them and managed to defeat the Qing army in Jingjian, Xuanhua and Weizhou. But despite the Dasun army's valiant efforts, it had a problem. The peasant regime in various areas had destroyed much land and resulted in a logistical nightmare.    By November of 1644, the Qing army broke up into 2 forces, one was led by Prince Ajige who was appointed as the Jinyuan general, assisted by Generals Wu Sangui and Shang Kexi. Wu Sangui as you might remember is the man who literally opened the door to the Qing in order to defeat Li Zicheng and Shang Kexi was Ming general who defected and would prove to be quite the loyal ally. They marched through Datong enroute for Xi'an. The other force was led by Prince Dodo also known as Prince Yu assisted by Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming marched on Tonguan. Both armies planned to meet up at Xi'an  where Li Zicheng had fled and defeat his Dashun army there. Ajige's army managed to capture Taiyuan, Pingyan and other cities, but paid heavily for it. Prince Yu's army fought a vigorous battle with the Dashun in the area of Luoyang, Shaanzhou and Baoling until they reached the outskirts of Tongguan. The siege of Tongguan lasted a month with Li Zicheng commanding the troops personally, but to no avail. Meanwhile Ajige's army conquered Yan'an and Shaanzhou and as a result Xi'an became the focal point for the Qing army to produce a hammer and anvil attack. By february 9th, Li Zicheng had to abandon Xi'an running south for the mountains of Shangluo. The Dashun army experienced tremendous defeats at the hands of the Qing, but still hundreds of thousands came rallying to the cause of resistance. Dashun armies led by Li Guo, Gao Yigong and Hao Yaoqi were stationed in the areas of Jing and Xiang while Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin took up positions in Chengtian. The Dashun army also held Wuchang and at this point Li Zicheng knew the north-east was unstable, but he could ill afford to allow the southeast to fall into disarray. Li Zicheng south to seize the eastern part of Zhoudong and the Xuan areas to establish a base of operations against the Qing armies. By the end of May as the Dashun armies prepared to leave, the Qing army suddenly surprise attacked them from both land and sea. As a result the Dashun army had to abandon Wuchang and run further south to Tongshan. The battle was a grave one and Liu Zongmin was severely injured before being captured and died in battle. Morale broke down for the peasants as more and more Han officials began to collude with the Qing against the peasants. The Dashun army faced enemies from all sides and the anti-qing movement was deteriorating. Then as I stated in the previous episode, by June of 1645, Li Zicheng was ambushed when he tried to cross the Jiugong Mountains. How Li died is not exactly known, some say he hung himself after being surrounded by some angry peasants. Others say peasants beat him to death looking for food. What is known is that his corpse was badly mutilated when it was found. Li Zichengs body was sent south to Ming authorities who decaptitied it.    Now Just a few weeks after Emperor Congzhen had committed suicide in Beijing, one of his Ming clasnmen Zhu Yousong known as Prince Fu arrived in Nanjing. Now there were a ton of Ming princes lying all about China, but it just so happened most of the surviving high court officials were in Nanjing and thus they began to debate who should take up the Dragon Throne. They eventually came to the conclusion Zhu Yousong would be best and asked him to step up. So with the support of Ming loyalist bureaucrats and generals, Zhu Yongsong proclaimed himself an Emperor in Nanjing with the reign title of Hongguang meaning “great light”. This marked the creation of what is known as the South Ming Dynasty. Now Zhu Yongsong was chosen mostly because of his bloodline rather than character or ability. He was the eldest son of Wanli's favorite son, a guy that Li Zicheng et al killed and ate if you remember rather gruesome stuff. His son Zhu Yongsong shared many of his fathers defects and he did not even really want the throne, he just happened to be in Nanjing and a prime candidate.   The original aim Hongguangs regime was to take revenge and suppress the bandit armies. Indeed Emperor Hongguangs court proclaimed the regime was formed to “ally with the Tartars to pacify the bandits”. Hongguang's new regime possessed quite a lot of military power. There was the grand secretary, Ma Shiying who  was the greatest pusher of Zhu Yongsong onto the throne and held a powerful war fleet. There was Shi Kefa the minister of war in Nanjing who further appointed the “sizhen” “Four guardian bastions” who would defend 4 territories; Huang Degong would defend Luzhou, Gao Jie held Sizhou, Liu Liangzuo held Fenyang and Liu Zeqing held Huan'an. All 4 were vested in titles of nobility, which would create a dangerous precedent for our entire story. Each man had an army of 20-30 thousands soldiers. All of this was established to protect the area of Nanjing from the Dashun armies. They also were preparing a northern expedition to eradicate the Dashun forces once and for all. The Hongguang regime seemed to not view the entrance of the Qing invaders as the main threat, most likely because the Qing went straight to work quelling the peasant rebels. In response to the Nanjing regime springing up out of nowhere, the Qing Dynasty chose to compromise for the time being while they consolidated further support for their own regime. They also quickly realized the Nanjing regime was extremely incompetent.    When the news spread of the death of Li Zicheng to Nanjing, the ruler proclaimed Wu Sangui as Ji lord protector. The Nanjing regime even sought to send Wu Sangui millions of taels of silver by sea as reward for “borrowing the Qing army” to defeat the peasant army, yes burrow. It seems the court of Nanjing thought that Wu Sangui could be bought back over to the Ming side. It is alleged that regent Dorgon proclaimed in July that the country should not belong to one person and thus the Hongguan regime made an imperial edict declaring its existence to Hebei and Shandong. They became known as the South Ming regime and they immediately began to send emissaries to Beijing for peace talks. They sent countless gold, silver as tribute and ceded territory to try and earn pledges that the Qing army would not march southwards upon them. They also strongly suggested cooperative action against the bandit armies.    The Hongguang regime was a product of conflict amongst big Ming warlords. There was a Zuo Liangyu bloc which began a campaign of suppression against Daxi bandit armies in Wuhan. Gao Jie, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo each held their respective areas north of the Yangtze River in the Jianghuai area. Each warlord had territory and an army, they began to snatch land from each other and this all hurt the common people. In each territory, 30 thousand soldiers needed to be drafted, 200 thousand kg's of rice handed over, 400 thousand liangs of silver turned in. The soldiers and civilians often fell into conflict with another, the civilians saw the military as thieves and the military saw the civilians as rebels, a vicious cycle. While some of the warlords proclaimed they were stamping out bandit armies, they were in truth attacking fellow warlords.    Meanwhile the South Ming regime was placing its entire hope in compromising with the Qing and only when messengers began to arrive who were sent to the Qing back, stating that peace talks were going nowhere and that a Qing army was preparing to march south did some officials begin to make other plans. Shi Kefa amongst many others began to realize that if peace could not be secured, warfare would be the only course of action. Emperor Hongguang for his part was nothing more than a puppet, being controlled by the warlords. He was busy drinking, eating and spending time with his harem without thinking too much about how to deal with the Qing threat seriously.    One serious problem Shi Kefa faced was the bickering amongst the warlords such as the 4 guardian generals. Shi Kefa went to Yangzhou in 1645 to try and smooth relations between the guardian generals. Yet as he began talks with them they did not stop their plundering of another's territories. Then in 1645 the Qing army began to move south occupying Tongguan and Xi'an forcing Dashun armies to flee south requiring the Ming warlord Zuo Liangyu to be dispatched out to suppress them. As the Qing kept moving, this pushed the Dashun armies, which Ming armies like Zuo Liangyu's would have to chase, and thus the Ming were further weakened. On top of this issue, Zuo Liangyu hated Grand Secretary Mu Shiying and for good reason the man was clearly using the emperor like a puppet and taking more power each day. Thus Zuo proclaimed he would get rid of Ma Shiying's influence in the court. All of this internal bickering is happening with the Qing literally pounding on the door of their regime.   Ming forces began to be attacked by the Qing as they marched south and many simply surrendered.The Qing sent Prince Yu to lead his army out of Xi'an to the east and his force soon captured Xuzhou, a strategically important Ming territory and word soon came to Hongguang. The court of Hongguang freaked out looking to their strongmen to resist the Qing invaders, but the warlords of the South Ming Regime were so corrupt and too busy attacking another to pay attention. Gao Jie who possessed the largest army out of the guardian generals was assassinated by another Ming general named Xu Dingguo who tricked him using the oldest trick in the book, a banquet. Xu Dingguo was planning on surrendering to the Qing and invited Gao Jie to a dinner, got him very drunk and using some very beautiful prostitutes managed to kill him during the night. The army of Gao Jie retaliated against the city of Suizhou, but by that time the army of Xu Dingguo had fled and surrendered to the Qing army. When word spread of Gao Jie's death, the other warlords stormed into his territory to divide up his army. In the meantime grand secretary Ma Shiying wanted to continue his dominance of the South Ming Court and was struggling against Zuo Liangyu for power. On may 8th, Zuo's army began a battle agaisn't Ma Shiying's in Anqing, while the Qing army crossed the Huai River and marched on Suizhou. The 2 warlords were shocked by the news and forced to flee south, leaving poor Shi Kefa with the untenable position of defending against the Qing.   You see, Shi Kefa early on had asked to be dispatched to the north to supervise defenses on the border. But due to the warlords fighting another, the Ming general was unable to establish a strong defense. Then Emperor Hongguang ordered, cough cough it is actually Ma Shiying, ordered Shi Kefa to divert his forces from the northern border which the Qing were about to attack, to instead go west and attack Zuo Liangyu. Ironically at this point Zuo Liangyu had died of illness unbeknownst to Ma Shiying, and his son Zuo Menggeng was engaging the enemy. Because of all this anarchy, the Qing saw the route was open to Yangzhou which was something of a bulwark for Nanjing and marched towards it.    Facing the Qing invaders completely alone, the Shi Kefa army was forced to retreat from their northern positions to Yangzhou. His army only made it within days of the city becoming besieged by Prince Yu's army on the 13th of april. Thus Yangzhou was besieged and Emperor Hongguang called on all his officials as to what should be done. Yet many of the officials were too busy attacking another. Some in the court said they had to send reinforcements to help Shi Kefa and pointed fingers at Ma Shiying for intentionally retreating his forces from the Qing areas to retaliate against Zuo Liangyu. It was at that moment that Allegedly Ma sent proclaimed that he would rather the Qing killed the emperor and all the Ming officials rather than they all be killed by the treacherous Zuo Liangui. Ma went on to make edicts that anyone who dared talk about guarding the Huai area would be sentenced to death by him. Apparently even the Emperor dared not speak up. Thus Shi Kefa who was pleading for help was completely ignored. The warlords continued their fight as the Qing were literally banging on the gates. Prince Yu sent a letter to Shi Kefa asking for his surrender, but Shi Kefa replied “My life is tied to the city. I would rather die than betray my heart”.  On April 24th the Qing army's cannons had broken the walls of Yangzhou and the city fell during the night. Shi Kefa attempted suicide by slitting his own throat, but failed to do so. It is alleged, he asked his subordinate Shi Dewei to kill him, but Shi Dewei refused even when Shi Kefa screamed “Im the military inspector Si, quickly Kill me!”. Thus Shi Kefa was captured by Prince Yu who tried to persuade him to surrender and serve him stating “we sent you a letter politely asking for your surrender, but you refused. Now that you've fulfilled your loyalty and righteousness, you should take on a new important responsibility, help me conquer Jiangnan”. Shi Kefa responded "I fall together with the city. My decision will not change. Even if I'm torn to pieces, my feelings will be as sweet as maltose. But do not harm the thousands of lives in Yangzhou!" Thus Shi Kefa was put to death, as his subordinate Liu Zhaoji led the rest of the soldiers and civilians of the city to resist the Qing, pelting them with arrows.   Prince Yu, furious about the heavy casualties his force took upon entering the city, ordered the entire city put to the sword. The tale of this is known as the Yangzhou massacre and according to an account given by the contemporary Wang Xiuchu, the event was a 10 day massacre in which up to 800,000 people were killed. Most modern scholars consider that number to be an exaggeration, but what is not an exaggeration is the hardship felt by the poor souls of the city. Here is an excerpt from Wang Xiuchu's account:   “Several dozen people were herded like sheep or goats. Any who lagged were flogged or killed outright. The women were bound together at the necks with a heavy rope—strung one to another like pearls. Stumbling with each step, they were covered with mud. Babies lay everywhere on the ground. The organs of those trampled like turf under horses' hooves or people's feet were smeared in the dirt, and the crying of those still alive filled the whole outdoors. Every gutter or pond we passed was stacked with corpses, pillowing each others arms and legs. Their blood had flowed into the water, and the combination of green and red was producing a spectrum of colours. The canals, too, had been filled to level with dead bodies. Then fires started everywhere, and the thatched houses...caught fire and were soon engulfed in flames...Those who had hidden themselves beneath the houses were forced to rush out from the heat of the fire, and as soon as they came out, in nine cases out of ten, they were put to death on the spot. On the other hand, those who had stayed in the houses—were burned to death within the closely shuttered doors and no one could tell how many had died from the pile of charred bones that remained afterwards” After the Qing were finished pillaging Yangzhou, they crossed the Yangtze River and captured Zhenjing which was one of the last gateway's to Nanjing. Apparently in the dead of night, a very drunk Emperor Hongguang then fled from Nanjing to Wuhu under the protection of Huang Degong, his chief general. This left the South Ming court in chaos, some officials fled, while others prepared to pay tribute and surrender to the Qing. Li Chengdong and Liu Liangzuo surrendered to the Qing early on, Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie were both dead leaving 23,000 defenders to guard Nanjing without any real leadership.    The betrayal and deaths of the warlords handed over the entire northwestern zone of the South Ming regime to the Qing. Ma Shiying then brought to Nanjing troops from the western provinces made out of non-Han Chinese indigenous fierce tribal warriors called the "Sichuan" soldiers to defend Nanjing against the Qing. Rather ironically the tribal warriors were deemed "barbarians" and slaughtered by the Han Chinese citizens of Nanjing. Mind you the person who was in charge of defending Nanjing was Zuo Liangyu so as you can imagine he probably had a heavy hand to play turning everyone against Ma Shiyang. It also turns out Zuo Liangyu and many citizens of Nanjing had decided to peacefully defect and turn over the city to the Qing when Emperor Hongguang abandoned them. Allegedly the citizens screamed out "These are the son and daughter-in-law of the traitorous minister Ma Shiying!" while parading the daughter-in-law and son of Ma Shiying as they stormed Ma Shiying's house. Thus when the Qing marched upon the city of Nanjing the defenders mostly threw down their weapons and by June 8th the South Ming Regime of Emperor Hongguang had collapsed. Zho Menggeng surrendered to the Qing, Huang Degong was killed fighting the Qing and for all it was on paper, perhaps upto a million men strong, the regime simply fell to pieces. Liu Zuoliang who had surrendered to the Qing managed to capture the fleeing Emperor Hongguang and sent him under escort back to Nanjing. It is said the citizens spat on him and cursed him and even threw rocks at him as he made his way along the street. Emperor Hongguang would die a year later in Beijing. The South Ming regime of Hongguang had not even lasted a full year and made one of the most pitiful attempts at trying to resist the Qing army.  It also exploited its own people and caused a ton of suffering, which will be the main theme of this entire story.   Within a year of their new Dynasty, the Qing armies had defeated Li Zicheng and his Dashun armies. They had destroyed the South Ming regime of Hongguang and had taken over the northern  half of China. Yet this was just to be the beginning of the seizure of national power. The bloody suppression of the bandit armies, the plundering and killing, alongside the coercive policies led the Manchu people into a lot of conflict with the Han majority. As the Qing armies continued to march south many Han rose up in defiance still. The Qing had a powerful and skillful military, but even they could not hope to control all of China with just military force. Emperor Hongguang was not going to be the last guy to proclaim himself an emperor and try to rally the Ming to his cause, not by a long shot.   In July of 1645 Prince Lu established a power base in Shaoxing and even proclaimed himself a regent. From there he created his own regime that soon held control over Shoxing, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Taizhou. With the support of the local populace and taking advantage of the rough terrain of the Qiantang River, his forces led by Fang Guo'an and Wang Zhiren fought the Qing off. However they were merely defending their territory, not seeking to confront the Qing army.  So  unfortunately for Prince Lu, before he could even toss around any reign title or proclaim a new Dynasty, the Qing showed up to the gates of Shaoxing and he had to surrender.    Much like the warlords, Prince Lu was too busy actively fighting against imperial family members such as the Prince of Tang, Zhu Yujian. When the Qing captured Nanjing, Zhu Yujian had fled to Hangzhou and at the behest of many of his officials ascended to the Ming throne in Fuzhou proclaiming himself Emperor Longwu meaning “plentiful and martial”. Now neither Prince Lu nor Emperor Longwu were even aware of another at first, it just so happens they figured out their situation when Emperor Longwu had sent regency letters to Shaoxing. Upon hearing of the regency of Prince Lu, Emperor Longwu demanded he step down, but the court of Prince Lu demanded he stand up to the challenge. Now neither side actually sent armies to fight another, instead they simply bickered about who needed to step down. Regardless this meant they were not cooperating or coordinating with another and who benefits from that, the Qing ofcourse. Bickering against Emperor Longwu deeply impacted Prince Lu's forces capability at defending against the Qing and alongside this in July of 1646 because of a drought the Qiantang river became shallow allowing the Qing army to simply cross it and march on Shaoxing. The army of Fang Guo'an fled at the mere sight of the Qing and soon everything fell into chaos. Fang Guo'an and his forces surrendered to the Qing and Prince Lu tried to flee for his life, but the Qing literally got to his gates by that point. The quasi regime if you can call it that had not even existed for a year before its collapse.    Meanwhile Emperor Longwu held control over Jianning, Tianxing, Yanping, Xinghua, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, Shaowu and Tingzhou. This was the region of Fujian and luckily for the new regime, its geographical position was on the margin of the Qing's empire, cut off from the heartland by several mountain ranges. His military sent 100,000 troops to defender the towns with another 100,000 set to suppress the enemy. Unfortunately for Emperor Longwu the military was not fully under his control. A large part of his military forces were loyal to the powerful warlord named Zheng Zhilong. Zheng also went by the name Yiguan, he used to be a pirate leader and was offered amnesty by the Ming dynasty. He had been a governor and military officer possessing up to 30000 troops while controlling significant maritime trade. Merchant ships coming and going from Japan and SouthEast Asia had to obtain his permission and pay taxes to him. This had made him the formidable warlord of Fujian by the time the Qing were spreading through China. The reason he chose to support the Longwu regime was because he wanted to take this opportunity to gain political influence and expand his own power further inland. So needless to say, Zheng Zhilong was not the most devout Ming loyalist. The Longwu emperor would have another ace up his sleeve, though like Zhen Zhilong not a very trustworthy one. A group known as the Loyal and True Brigades emerged. They were former Dashun leaders who had wandered leaderless after Li Zicheng died. They ran into the army of He Tengjiao who instead of simply smashing them, shared wine with the bandit leaders and asked them to join the Ming loyalists. They agreed to do so under his banner, greatly increasing his numbers, up to an estimated 200,000. He Tengjiao was showered with titles and gifts from Emperor Longwu for bringing so many to the cause, but as you can imagine taking in bandit leaders would have dire side effects. In reality, these bandit leaders and their armies were not really submitting under the Ming, nor were any really that loyal. It was just a means to an end, an allegiance and many of these bandit armies would simply go on to become bandits again. The precedent however was set, the South Ming Regime would continuously employ former bandit leaders, even installing some with titles which would hurt them further down the road.    While so many Ming loyalist armies fought the Qing armies on the border territory of Fujian and other areas, Zheng Zhilong made sure to hold back near the coast, despite having the most formidable force with abundant provisions. When the Qing armies approached Zhejiang and Fujian, Zheng Zhilong thought the Longwu regime could do him no more good. In order to maintain his power in Fujian and keep his tremendous wealth he decided to simply defect to the Qing. On top of this, something that is said all too often but gets disregarded occurred. Terrible weather led to terrible harvests which lead to starvation affected the troops and civilians alike.   Still in places like western Huguang the Loyal and True were unleashed upon the Qing invaders and they won several battles. But when the Qing crossed the Xianxia Mountains, Zheng Zhilong withdrew all his forces. The Qing army marched straight through the area encountering no defense and entered Fuzhou with ease. The civil and military officials of the Longwu regime fled for their lives or surrendered, no one really put up a fight. Zheng Zhilong shaved his hair for the Manchu queue and surrendered. He was sent to Beijing. A foreign missionary who witnessed the collapse of the Longwu regime stated “Emperor Longwu acted as if he was a cowardly sheep and fled with his mighty army. The word mighty here referred to the large number of the callous people. But his escape could not save his life. When the swift Qing army caught up with him, they shot these stupid sheep with arrows”. Longwu had no children and had adopted Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong and when Zheng Zhilong surrendered and left for Beijing, this left his army to be inherited by Zheng Chenggong and his uncle. Zheng Chenggong goes by another name in the west, Koxinga and will play a crucial role in this story later.   In December of 1646 the little brother of Emperor Longwu, the new Prince of Tang, Zhu Yuyue, proclaimed himself Emperor in Guangzhou, his title of reign was Shaowu. When the Qing forces captured Fuzhou and killed the Longwu Emperor, Zhu Yuyue had fled to Guangzhou and several high officials pressured him to take the throne. Unfortunately for him just a few days later the Prince of Yongming, Zhu Youlang also proclaimed himself emperor at Zhaoqing taking the title of Yongli which means perpetual calendar. Zhu Youlang was the grandson of Wanli and held a stronger claim to the throne than Zhu Yuyue. The Ming provincial governor of Guangxi, Qu Shisi who had served under both Hongguang and Longwu, championed Zhu Youlang early on claiming he had “dragon countenance” and a great character for rule.  Yet,according to some surviving sources, Zhu Youlang was said to be quite weak of body and spirit, and even his own mother urged against his enthronement “My son is soft and benevolent and lacks the talent to bring order to chaos. I wish you could choose someone else” ouch, Jeb Bush much? But as usually occurs, bloodlines won out over merit.   Now of all the Ming Princes to take up the dragon throne, Yongli's tenure would be the longest during this period. Yet it was also characterized by the same problems as the rest, rampant factionalism, indecisive leadership and an overreliance upon warlord military figures whose interests would more often than naught trump over his own. One of Emperor Yongli's first actions was to put He Tengjiao in charge of military affairs hoping he could rein in the Loyal and True who were not full on looting the hell out of the country side, bandits will be bandits afterall. Emperor Yongli then went a step further and began instilling titles upon the former bandit leaders, most likely fearing if he did not persuade them to his side they would join Emperor Shaowu or the Qing. This precedent would further hurt his reign down the road.   As you can imagine both new regimes began claiming to be the legitimate successor to the South Ming Dynasty as a whole and inevitably fell into war with another. They would be so consumed by this that neither regime would do much of anything to thwart the Qing invaders. Well as the war between the 2 emperors raged, in only 40 days of proclamation, Shaowu's forces were completely smashed at Guangzhou by the Qing and Emperor Shaowu was captured in January and committed suicide. Thus to start off his new regime, just a month or so after taking the throne Emperor Yongli would flee, not a good start. The Qing who smashed Emperor Shaowu had marched onwards and entered Guangzhou, prompting Emperor Yongli to fear for his life and flee from Zhaoqing going 170 kilometers upriver to Wuzhou. Emperor Yongli was abandoned by many members of his court and I would say rightfully so given his cowardly actions. Would you know it, the Qing army simply kept marching, as one does closer and closer to Wuzhou and guess what Emperor Yongli did, yes he fled again, this time to Guilin and even more court officials abandoned him. It was at Guilin where he made a distant relative, Zhu Rongfan Vice Minister of War and vice censor in chief and supreme commander of Sichuan and Huguang, yes the old practice of tossing a ton of different hats onto a single person. In 1647 Zhu Rongan would soon declare himself regent and cause a ton of chaos in Sichuan.    The Qing having blown right through Guangdong with incredible speed were fast approaching Guilin, prompting, you guessed it, Yongli to flee now to Quanzhou. Many in Yongli's court had reasoned that Quanzhou was an ideal area to have better access to the war efforts of the Loyal and True brigades. But Qu Shishi repeatedly argued they should make a stand at Guilin. ““If you want to defend Yue, you should stay in Yue. If you abandon Yue, then Yue will be imperiled. If we take one step forward, then the people will take one step forward. But if we flee far away in a single day, the people will also flee far in a day. If we run, then we cannot defend [territory]. How can we attract people to our cause?”. Qu Shishi believed they needed a stable base of operations in order to attract troops for more broad based support. He also kept arguing the previous south Ming regimes had all abandoned bases too swiftly and thus undermined their causes. We will come back to this, but now we need to look at another large aspect of the war for unification, the problem of the bandit armies and how suppressing them causes further problems. This is sort of a more micro look at how at the more local levels, certain groups of people would rise up to fight off the Qing invaders.    The Qing army scored a series of victories south of the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal regions. They defeated quite a few South Ming regimes and Dashun and Daxi armies. But with each victory came cities being burned, plundering, murder all contributing to the further suffering of the common people. With so many people suffering came more and more revolts. People south of the Yangtze and southeast coast regions continued to resist the Qing. Peasant revolutionary organizations which had developed even before the Qing were growing exponentially. In august and september of 1646, 20,000 strong peasant armies from Liyan, Jintan and Xinghua began to cooperate with the South Ming regime to besiege Nanjing. This was quite an incredible feat, it was the secondary capital after all. The peasant armies launched several attacks causing quite a lot of anxiety for the Qing rulers, but they never managed to take Nanjing. These anti-qing actions however spread like wildfire to the Taihu area. There under the leadership of Zhang San, a mass of poor farmers, and fishermen began an organized insurrection. They kidnapped the children of rich families, hid them in the mountains and began demanding ransoms which they took to pay for soldiers and provisions. This type of uprising then sprang in the area of Suzhou and Songjiang encouraged more and more people to struggle against the Qing rule. One Taihu peasant army that participated was named the “White Head Army”, because they wore white headcloths. They managed to overthrow Wujiang, attacked Haiyan, Zhejiang and Jiashan gaining considerable fame. But like so many, they were eventually smashed by the Qing armies and their leader Wu Risheng was killed. Still under the overall leadership of Zhang San, farmers and fishermen of Taihu continued to fight and captured Yixing and fought forces in Suzhou and Changzhou. The Qing kept defeating their forces again and again, but more kept springing up and thus the White Head Army became a banner of resistance in the area south of the Yangtze River.   When the imperial edict was given out by the Qing government that everyone should style their hair in the Manchu fashion it was stipulated that in 10 days of the edict that all should comply. The order was basically “keep your hair or your head”. Several anti-qing forces rose up claiming they would rather die than shave their heads and they began a campaign of anti hair shaving. Movements were seen in countless cities, but the anti-shaving movement became most violent in Jiangyin. Jiangyin was a prosperous city with 3 rivers and 5 lakes. It was also the gateway to Suzhou, Songjiang, Zhejiang, Fujian and Nanjing. Yan Yingyuan, a low level Ming official and a historical grapher was appointed as a commander of a rebel army in Jiangyin. Yan organized the army and deployed a pretty effective defense. The Qing sent up to 240,000 soldiers to fight the rebels, but peasants from over 18 miles away were coming to the city to fight and when they did they abandoned their farm work, hurting the overall agriculture production of the area. The peasants were quite disorganized and many times had no idea what they were doing, but they did not give up, and the Qing began to seriously worry about this.  Jiangyin held out against about 10,000 Qing troops for 83 days during a fierce siege. When the city wall was finally breached on 9 October 1645, the Qing army led by the northern Chinese Ming defector Liu Liangzuo, was  ordered to "fill the city with corpses before you sheathe your swords," It is estimated his army massacred a entire population, of  between 74,000 and 100,000 people. Despite the brutality, local people in nearby areas did not stop. The city of Jiading which was southeast of Jiangyin had a large scale anti hair shaving revolt rise up led by Huang Chunyao and Hou Tongzeng. The Jianding people firmly guarded their city from 3 successive Qing attacks. At Songjiang armies led by Chen Zilong and Xia Yunyi began to rebel. Both cities would see similar massacres like Jiangyin. More uprising sprang up in Kunshan, Maoshan, Huizhou and countless other places. The Qing dynasty hated these revolts because the outcome was always going to be the same thing, dead potential subjects, ruined cities and devastated agricultural production.    So as you can see, local level organizations, IE: rebel uprisings were honestly Dynasty breaking mechanisms if they were allowed to continuously grow. Perhaps you as the Qing dynasty, smash a few of these before they get too big, but what happens if one does get too big? As the Qing quelled more and more peasant uprisings and moved further south of the Yangtze river, an old enemy of the Ming was becoming more and more powerful. As a result of Li Zicheng's death, the Qing brutal suppression of peasants and the incompetent disorganized state of the South Ming Dynasty, many peasants fled into the arms of Zhang Xianzhong.    I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me.  Alrighty so we've gotten a taste of the situation right after Beijing fell to the Qing, things did not go so “happily ever after”. Yet the Qing smashed Li Zicheng and quite a few self proclaimed Emperors to the new South Ming Dynasty. The fleeing emperor Yongli was still kicking, but who next could possibly hope to challenge the Qing at this point? One of the arguably most evil men in history could, just you wait.  

Dragon Boat Festival food inventory, which one do you like best?The Dragon Boat Festival is one of the favorite festivals for foodies. During the Dragon Boat Festival, you can eat all kinds of delicious snacks, and these snacks have a lot of talk, let's take a look!Zongzi In Guangdong province, the dumplings are filled with five-spice coated fatty pork and plenty of mung beans cooked inside the rice. Often, traditional cooks also add a whole salted egg yolk. In Beijing and other northern provinces, the preference is for sweet dumplings, filled with sugary red-bean paste.Realgar Wine There is an old saying: 'Drinking realgar wine drives diseases and evils away!' Realgar wine, or xionghuangjiu, is a Chinese alcoholic drink consisting of fermented cereals and powdered realgar.Eggs Steamed with Tea It is a custom for people in Central China's Nanchang region to eat eggs boiled with tea at Dragon Boat Festival. The shells of the boiled eggs are then dyed red, put into colorful net bags, and hung round children's necks, which is believed to bring them good luck.Eggs with Garlic In the rural areas in Central China's Henan province and East China's Zhejiang province, people eat eggs with garlic on Dragon Boat Festival. Eggs are steamed with garlic and then shared with families as breakfast. Eating eggs with garlic is believed to promote health.Dagao - Glutinous Rice Cake Glutinous rice cakes are eaten by the Korean ethnic group, who live in Yanbian prefecture in Northeast China's Jilin province. Served with honey or sugar, it tastes delicious and chewy.Eel The custom of eating eel on Dragon Boat Festival day prevails in central China's Wuhan region. Eels are probably eaten simply because they are in season during the festival, fatty and tender, and rich in nutrition.Jiandui - Fried Cake Jiandui is a kind of fried round cake made of wheat and rice flour and something to sweeten them. In East China's Fujian province, every family eats jiandui on Dragon Boat Festival. A legend explains this custom. It is said that the area enters its rainy season during Dragon Boat Festival. People believed there were holes in the sky which, if not filled, would allow the rain to continue indefinitely. Eating jiandui is said to help mend the sky and fill the holes.Pancake In East China's Wenzhou area, every family eats a kind of thin pancake at Dragon Boat Festival. Green bean sprouts, leek, shredded meat, and mushrooms are then placed on the pancake, which is then rolled up and eaten as a wrap.Salted Duck Eggs Tradition has it that it is good to eat salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival as the burning summer is coming. The salted duck eggs are nutrient-rich and have some effect on the treatment of heat stroke.MianshanziMianshanzi is a kind of wheat flour food made in a fan shape. The custom of eating mianshanzi on the Dragon Boat Festival mainly prevails in Minqin county in Northwest China's Gansu province. This fan-shaped food is made up of five multi-colored layers, with each layer covered with fried sprinkles of pepper powder. The layers are pinched into a variety of patterns to make it appealing to eyes. This dietary custom is said to be trace back to the tradition of making and selling fans during Duanwu Festival in ancient times.What other traditional dishes of the dragon boat festival do you have in your hometown? Please tell us in the comments section!Thanks for watching~ Have a nice day!

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/east-asian-studies

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/buddhist-studies

An interdisciplinary collection in the new field of environmental humanities, Chinese Environmental Ethics: Religions, Ontologies, and Practices (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021) brings together Chinese environmental ethics, religious ontology, and religious practice to explore how traditional Chinese religio-environmental ethics are actually put into social practice both in China's past and present. It also examines how Chinese religious teachings offer a wealth of resources to the environmental project of forging new ontologies for humans co-existing with other living beings. Different chapters examine how: Buddhist ontology avoids anthropocentrism, fengshui (Chinese geomancy) can help protect the landscape from economic development, popular religion organizes tree-planting, ancient dream interpretation practices avoided constructing the possessive individual subjectivity of modern consumerism, Buddhist rituals and ethics promoted compassion for animals and modern recycling, Confucian ancestor rituals and tombs have deterred industrial expansion, and also how Daoism's potential role to deter desertification in northern China was stymied by state operations in contemporary China. A significant advance in the field of Chinese environmental anthropology, the outstanding scholars in this volume provide a unique and much needed contribution to the scholarship on China and the environment. Mayfair Yang is professor of religious and East Asian studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has authored two monographs: Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: the Art of Social Relationships in China (American Ethnological Society Prize) and Re-enchanting Modernity in China: Ritual Economy and Religious Civil Society in Wenzhou) and has edited two books: Chinese Religiosities: Afflictions of Modernity and State Formation and Spaces of Their Own: Women's Public Sphere in Transnational China. Gustavo E. Gutiérrez Suárez is PhD candidate in Social Anthropology, and BA in Social Communication. His areas of interest include Andean and Amazonian Anthropology, Film theory and aesthetics. You can follow him on Twitter vía @GustavoEGSuarez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

Rachel Hunt Steenblik founded the TinyKindness movement in 2019 as a natural extension to her work in feminism and philosophy. She is currently a professor of Philosophy teaching undergraduate courses at Kean University at the campus in Wenzhou, China. Rachel's work focuses primarily on women, mothers, and the power and importance of telling true stories.Read More » The post Dialogue Gospel Study #66 w/Rachel Hunt Steenblik first appeared on The Dialogue Journal.

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A chat with the maid from Wenzhou On a train from Beijing to eastern China's Wenzhou, Chinese American student Anna Lin starts a conversation with the Chinese woman next to her. The woman looks depressed. A: 你好！你也去温州吗？ B: 对。 A：你看起来好像不太高兴。你没事吧？ B: 我没事。就是我在北京的工作没有了，得回老家了。 A: 你在北京做什么工作？为什么你的工作没有了？ B: 我在北京做保姆(bǎomǔ)。在一位退休(tuìxiū)的老师家里工作。那位老师的女儿住在美国，不能照顾(zhàogù)她父亲，所以请我照顾她父亲，可是那位老师不想要保姆，要赶我走。 A: 他为什么不想要保姆？ B: 我也不知道，我觉得他有一点儿古怪。 A: 请问，古怪是什么意思？ B: 古怪就是奇怪，就是strange，知道吗？ A: 哦。你为什么想在北京工作呢？ B: 因为北京的学校比较好。我想给我女儿找一个好学校。 A: 你女儿多大了？ B: 六岁了。她今年九月就要上小学了。 A: 你一共有几个孩子？ B: 就一个，一个女儿。 A: 你的爱人工作吗？ B: 我没有爱人了。我离婚了。我前夫在上海工作，他现在很有钱。 A: 为什么不让你女儿去上海上学呢？上海的学校不好吗？ B: 上海的学校也好，不过她爸爸又结婚了，所以我不想女儿跟她的爸爸在一起。你去温州吗？ A: 对，我去温州看朋友。 B: 你家是哪儿的？ A: 我是华裔美国人，我家在美国的肯塔基州。 B: 肯塔基？肯塔基在美国的哪儿？ A: 在美国的中南部，田纳西的北边，华盛顿DC的西边。 B: 哦，你是在美国出生的吗？ A: 对，我是在旧金山出生的，然后在肯塔基长大的。 B: 哦，你的中文很好啊！学了多久了？ A：我在美国学了一年，现在在北京大学继续学习。 B: 哦，你是留学生啊。你要在北大学习多久？ A: 一年。我是去年八月来的，已经学了八个月了，所以快要回美国了。 B: 你去过温州吗？ A: 去过两次，这是第三次。我外祖父跟外祖母住在温州。 B: 哦，他们多大年纪了？ A: 我外祖父今年67岁了，我外祖母今年63岁了。你看起来很年轻，还不到30岁吧？ B: 我已经三十二了。你多大了？ A：我今年20岁。你有兄弟姐妹吗？ B: 没有。你呢？ A: 我有一个哥哥。他在英国留学。噢，你知道不知道厕所在前面还是后面？ B: 在后面。 A: 哦，谢谢。我去一下。一会儿再聊。 Were you able to guess the meaning of the following words? 保姆(bǎomǔ): nanny; housemaid 照顾(zhàogù): look after; take care of 退休(tuìxiū): to retire; retired

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Cheng Man-ch'ing lub Zheng Manqing (29 lipca 1902 - 26 marca 1975) był wybitnym chińskim ekspertem od tai chi ch'uan , medycyny chińskiej i tak zwanych trzech doskonałości : kaligrafii , malarstwa i poezji . Urodził się w Yongjia (dzisiejszy Wenzhou ), prowincja Zhejiang , Republika Chińska (ROC). Jego urodziny przypadły na 28 rok panowania cesarza Guangxu, 6 miesiąc, 25 dzień, co odpowiada 29 lipca 1902 roku. Cheng zmarł 26 marca 1975 roku; jego grób znajduje się w pobliżu miasta Taipei. Ze względu na swoje umiejętności w tych pięciu dziedzinach, uważanych za jedne z tradycyjnych umiejętności i rozrywek uczonego konfucjańskiego, często określano go mianem „Mistrza Pięciu Doskonałości”. Ponieważ był profesorem w college'u, uczniowie nazywali go „profesorem Cheng”. Wczesne lata Ojciec Chenga zmarł, gdy Cheng był bardzo młody.Około dziewięciu lat Cheng został uderzony w głowę spadającą cegłą lub dachówką i przez chwilę był w śpiączce. Powoli wracał do zdrowia i został uczniem znanego artysty, Wang Xiangchan, w nadziei, że proste prace, takie jak szlifowanie atramentu, pomogą jego zdrowiu. W ciągu kilku lat jego nauczyciel wysłał go, aby zarabiał na życie malowaniem. W dzieciństwie Chenga jego matka zabrała go, aby znaleźć lecznicze rośliny i nauczyła go podstaw tradycyjnej chińskiej medycyny ziołowej. W wieku dwudziestu lat zachorował na chorobę płuc (uważa się, że jest to gruźlica , częściowo z powodu kontaktu z pyłem kredowym z tablic szkolnych). Chory do tego stopnia, że ​​zaczął kaszleć krwią, zaczął pilniej ćwiczyć t'ai chi ch'uan, aby wspomóc swój powrót do zdrowia. Cheng wycofał się z nauczania i przez kilka lat poświęcił się studiowaniu tai chi chuan, tradycyjnej medycyny chińskiej i literatury. Cheng uczył t'ai chi ch'uan, praktykował medycynę i kontynuował praktykę artystyczną w prowincji Syczuan podczas wojny chińsko-japońskiej . W tym okresie uczył Abrahama Liu w Centralnej Akademii Wojskowej, chińskim odpowiedniku West Point. 1946 opracował znacznie skróconą wersję tradycyjnej formy Yanga, składającą się z 37 ruchów. W tym okresie napisał rękopis swoich Trzynastu rozdziałów i pokazał je starszemu koledze z klasy Chen Weiming , który nadał mu imprimatur . Tajwan Cheng przeniósł się na Tajwan w 1949 roku i kontynuował karierę jako lekarz i nauczyciel nowej formy tai chi chuan, a także aktywnie uprawiał malarstwo, poezję i kaligrafię. Opublikował 13 rozdziałów boksu tai chi Chenga w 1950 roku, które dwukrotnie przetłumaczono na angielski . Założył Stowarzyszenie Shih Chung Tai Chi w Taipei, w którym wielu obecnie znanych uczniów trenowali z nim. Stany Zjednoczone W 1964 Cheng przeniósł się wraz z rodziną (Madame Cheng, dwoma synami i trzema córkami) do Stanów Zjednoczonych , gdzie nauczał w nowojorskim Stowarzyszeniu Tai Chi przy 211 Canal Street na Manhattanie. Następnie założył i nauczał w szkole Shr Jung Tai Chi przy 87 Bowery w nowojorskiej dzielnicy Chinatown , z pomocą sześciu amerykańskich starszych uczniów, znanych jako „Wielka Szóstka”. Cheng odrzucił określenie „Krótka forma w stylu Yang”, aby scharakteryzować jego t'ai chi. Naciskany na ten temat, nazwał swoją formę „t'ai chi w 37 pozycjach w stylu Yang”. Jednak postawy w jego formie są liczone inaczej niż w formie Yang Chengfu. W starszej formie każdy ruch liczy się jako postawa, podczas gdy w formie Chenga postawy są liczone tylko za pierwszym razem, a powtarzane rzadko lub wcale. Te różnice w sposobie liczenia postaw doprowadziły niektórych praktykujących Cheng, takich jak William CC Chen, aby scharakteryzować ich własne formy jako przekraczające 70 „ruchów”, i rzeczywiście, po bliskim porównaniu z formą Yang Chengfu, postawy Chenga, jeśli liczyć je tak samo jak Yang, wyniosłyby ponad 70. Co więcej, nie ma nic w nauczaniu Chenga aby zabronić praktykującemu jego styl powtarzania dowolnej liczby ruchów tyle samo lub więcej razy, niż są one powtarzane w formie Yang Chengfu.

This week I have a conversation with photographer and artist Ferney Manrique Aragon. Our conversation focuses mostly around photography, the embodiment of taking a photo and the fundamental difference between digital and analog photography. It's a wide ranging and long conversation that addressed performance, abstractions, experimentation, Artificial Intelligence, and phenomenology. We get deep. Ferney and I work together at a University in Wenzhou, China and you'll hear us talk a little bit about that as well, and what it's like to be a street photographer in China. We mention, briefly, the philosophers Roland Bathes and Henri Bergson, as well as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. We also discuss the AI project that creates portraits of people who have never existed, which you can check out here: https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/ Ferney Manrique Aragon can be found here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manchuriandarkos/ website: https://ferneyphoto.myportfolio.com/ Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/volan/ Music credit: Song: Documentary, Music by Coma-Media from pixabay.com Follow ArtsUndone: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artsundone web: www.erin-schwartz.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/artsundone

Sensei David Hogsette is a Martial Arts practitioner and instructor at the Shorin Ryu Karate Academy. It just sort of dawned on me that I don't know how to use my hand. And then there was the Ohio State Karate Club that had a class after the Taekwondo Club. So I watched that one. I really liked what they're doing and I started training with them… Sensei David Hogsette - Episode 656 Gaining inspiration from the Movies and TV Shows in his time, plus the different places he lived as a kid because of his parent's work, Sensei David Hogsette found his way through Martial Arts. From Thai boxing to Taekwondo to Karate, Sensei Hogsette has trained in multiple disciplines throughout his storied martial arts journey. David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. is the founder and head instructor at the Shorin Ryu Karate Academy, and he is Professor of English and Executive Director of the School of English Studies at Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China. In this episode, Sensei David Hogsette talks about his journey as a Martial Artist, teaching in China, and his book, Training Ronin Style.

Andrea Cotti"L'impero di mezzo"Rizzoli Editorehttps://www.rizzolilibri.it/Dopo l'ultima, sfiancante inchiesta, il vicequestore Luca Wu ha bisogno di riposo e di ritrovare se stesso: lo deve a sua moglie, Anna, che lo ha cacciato di casa dopo l'ennesimo tradimento, e soprattutto a suo figlio Giacomo. L'occasione per allontanarsi da Roma e dal commissariato di Torpignattara si presenta quando i nonni di Wu decidono di tornare un'ultima volta al loro villaggio di origine, Caoping. Ma a pochi giorni dall'arrivo, l'ufficio sicurezza dell'ambasciata italiana in Cina lo contatta per chiedere il suo aiuto su un caso molto delicato: un importante imprenditore italiano è morto precipitando dal diciassettesimo piano di un parcheggio a Wenzhou. Il sospetto è che si tratti di un incidente, ma qualcosa nella ricostruzione delle autorità cinesi non torna. Insieme alla poliziotta Yien Bao Yi, quello che sembrava un semplice contrattempo si trasforma in una corsa impazzita tra i locali controllati dalle Triadi, le stanze della politica e le fabbriche dei colossi mondiali della tecnologia. Un intrigo internazionale fatto di affari miliardari, depistaggi, omertà e lotte di potere nei territori più oscuri dell'Impero di Mezzo.Dopo la Roma multietnica de Il cinese, Andrea Cotti spedisce Luca Wu alla scoperta delle sue origini, e dipinge un affresco della Cina sospesa tra tradizioni millenarie e futuro accelerato, dove spesso il confine tra legge e crimine, tra colpevoli e innocenti è troppo sottile per essere individuato.Andrea Cotti è sceneggiatore, editor, scrittore di romanzi per ragazzi, autore radiofonico e televisivo. Ha adattato crime fiction di successo tra cui la serie de L'ispettore Coliandro. Per Nero Rizzoli ha pubblicato Il cinese (2018).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

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TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6430CENTO ANNI DI COMUNISMO NEL MONDO (1921-2021)Con la scusa dell'emergenza Covid le autorità di Pechino hanno chiuso i 155 luoghi religiosi della città (eppure nessun contagio è stato trasmesso in chiesa)di Mauro FaverzaniLa notizia potrebbe esser considerata sin ridicola, se in realtà non fosse estremamente tragica: col pretesto dell'«emergenza Covid», le autorità di Pechino hanno chiuso a chiunque tutti e 155 i luoghi religiosi della capitale, sospeso le «attività religiose collettive» e deciso un'ulteriore stretta sulle «attività illegali» delle comunità sotterranee. Ciò, nonostante la pandemia sia esplosa in un laboratorio e non certo in un edificio sacro. L'annuncio ufficiale è giunto nel corso di un'apposita conferenza-stampa, promossa lo scorso 8 gennaio dall'Ufficio di informazione del governo della città, lo stesso che curiosamente ha dichiarato quanto segue: «Finora non si sono verificate nuove infezioni di polmonite e nessun caso sospetto fra gli 840 religiosi in 155 sedi religiose della nostra città e l'obiettivo "zero contagio" è stato raggiunto». E allora, verrebbe da dire?Il lockdown ha sbarrato i luoghi di culto sin dal gennaio dell'anno scorso con una breve riapertura a luglio, sia pure a condizioni rigorosissime: ingressi contingentati, rilevazione della temperatura, distanziamento, riti brevi e via elencando. Nessun'altra concessione.Già a Natale i continui controlli condotti dalla Polizia e le restrizioni strettissime imposte spinsero già molti sacerdoti a gettare la spugna ed a chiudere le proprie chiese, affidandosi alle celebrazioni online. Ora, assurdamente, ci si son messi pure i messaggi anonimi sui social, che accusano i cattolici ed i missionari stranieri d'essere i nuovi "untori" e di diffondere il virus nell'Hebei, guarda caso la provincia con la maggiore percentuale di cattolici. Persino l'Associazione patriottica ha precisato come tali affermazioni siano assolutamente infondate, essendovi finora un solo cattolico di Shijiazhuang, la capitale provinciale, risultato positivo al Covid-19.Ma niente da fare. Le chiese resteranno chiuse ed, anzi, le autorità hanno assicurato di «condurre indagini speciali sulle attività religiose illegali nelle aree rurali, frenarle risolutamente e prevenire il rischio di diffusione dell'epidemia». E precisano come «il virus trovato a Shijiazhuang ed a Xingtai sia importato dall'Europa». Ovvero la Cina accusa l'Europa d'aver diffuso il Coronavirus. Anche questa sarebbe forse un'affermazione esilarante, se la faccenda non fosse drammaticamente seria. Tant'è vero che tra i fedeli circola la convinzione che, in realtà, il virus abbia rappresentato per Pechino l'occasione per azzerare le comunità sotterranee. [...]Poche settimane fa, il Partito comunista di Wenzhou, nella provincia dello Zhejiang, ha imposto a tutti gli insegnanti di impegnarsi per iscritto a non professare alcuna religione ed a proporre in merito anzi l'opinione marxista, a promuovere attivamente l'ateismo tra gli studenti e la «nuova civiltà socialista», riservandosi ispezioni ed azioni disciplinari tra docenti ed alunni, qualora qualcuno si dichiarasse credente. Va qui ricordato come già il regime abbia vietato a tutti i minori di 18 anni la partecipazione alla S. Messa. [...] Più o meno nello stesso periodo, la Sara ovvero l'Amministrazione statale cinese per gli Affari religiosi ha introdotto nuove norme circa le attività religiose straniere nella Repubblica popolare, sospettando che in esse possano intrufolarsi operazioni di "spionaggio". Per questo è stato imposto loro una piena e totale sottomissione a leggi e regolamenti cinesi, devono registrarsi, accettare controlli sui propri membri (devono essere tutti, rigorosamente stranieri) e sul materiale in essi utilizzato, inoltre tali comunità devono restare del tutto isolate e non aver contatti con quelle analoghe cinesi. All'esterno delle attività religiose straniere non devono esservi simboli religiosi evidenti, non possono fondare scuole, fare "proselitismo" o accettare donazioni da cinesi. L'elenco potrebbe tristemente continuare. [...]Qualcuno potrebbe ritenere che, in ogni caso, non vi sia granché di cui preoccuparsi, poiché queste situazioni riguardano la sola Cina comunista. Certo, se proprio qualche giorno fa in Scozia il governo non avesse deciso di chiudere indiscriminatamente e completamente tutti i luoghi di culto, per contrastare l'«emergenza Covid», consentendo solo cerimonie online, tra lo sconcerto della Conferenza episcopale scozzese, secondo la quale non sussistono prove scientifiche, che possano «giustificare l'inclusione dei luoghi di culto tra i focolai di contagio», il che fa ritenere «arbitrarie ed ingiuste» le restrizioni imposte solo ai cattolici e non, ad esempio, al settore edile, né agli sport d'élite. Anche altri Stati europei si starebbero preparando per fare altrettanto. Discriminazioni, queste, di cui non è responsabile certo il Coronavirus. Il virus, in questi casi, è un altro, è ideologico, ma non è meno pericoloso e sta già circolando ovunque...Nota di BastaBugie: Roberto de Mattei nell'articolo seguente dal titolo "1921-2021: il comunismo sempre al potere" parla dei cento anni di comunismo al potere nel mondo: Corea del Nord, Cina e anche Italia.Ecco l'articolo completo pubblicato su Radio Roma Libera l'11 Gennaio 2021:Il 7 gennaio, il leader nordcoreano Kim Jong-un è stato eletto segretario generale del Partito dei lavoratori, in occasione dell'ottavo congresso del Partito, il primo negli ultimi cinque anni.Il ruolo di Kim come dittatore comunista della Corea è stato dunque ufficialmente riconfermato.Il Partito dei Lavoratori è infatti l'erede diretto del Partito Comunista Coreano fondato nel maggio del 1921, tre mesi dopo la fondazione del Partito Comunista Italiano, di cui sarà celebrato tra qualche giorno il centenario della fondazione, avvenuta a Livorno il 21 gennaio 1921.Nel 2021 ricorre anche il trentennio della auto-dissoluzione dell'Unione Sovietica. Dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino abbiamo assistito alla liquefazione dell'apparato burocratico comunista in Russia. Però, la fine del regime sovietico non segnò la fine del comunismo, ma la fine dell'anticomunismo, che si illuse che, dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino e dell'Unione Sovietica, il comunismo sarebbe scomparso dalla storia.Non è stato così. Il comunismo ha subito una metamorfosi, ma il suo nucleo dottrinale, il materialismo dialettico, continua a dominare in tutto il mondo. L'Occidente oggi è immerso in una filosofia di vita materialista e relativista. Come negarlo? E come negare che l'Occidente sia ancora guidato da una classe dirigente e intellettuale di origine comunista?In Oriente, la Corea di Kim Jong-un è la longa manus della Repubblica popolare cinese, governata da un dittatore, XI Jinping, che rivendica continuamente la dottrina e la prassi del comunismo. In Cina c'è l'obbligo di studiare Marx, Lenin, Mao e lo stesso pensiero di Xi Jinping, se non si vuole perdere il posto e scomparire nei campi di concentramento, più che mai affollati da schiavi che, con il loro lavoro, permettono la sussistenza dell'economia cinese.Xi Jinping ha detto che la religione è incompatibile con la "fede" marxista e ha presentato se stesso e il Partito Comunista Cinese come «atei marxisti inflessibili». Nel 2020 è stato pubblicato un importante libro della sinologa francese Alice Ekman, dal titolo Rouge vif, che smentisce abbondantemente le teorie di chi pensa che la Cina non sia più comunista.La Cina è comunista e si avvia ad essere la prima superpotenza mondiale. La Corea del Nord è una proiezione politica della Cina. Il suo capo, Kim Jong ha ribadito nell'ultimo congresso del Partito Comunista che il nemico più grande della Corea sono gli Stati Uniti e ha ordinato di sviluppare missili nucleari terrestri e subacquei, perché il suo paese, deve rafforzare la sua capacità militare contro gli Stati Uniti. Lo stesso pensa e fa la Cina di Xi Jinping, che alle armi nucleare, aggiunge quelle informatiche e biologiche, su cui si lavora senza sosta nei suoi laboratori. Titolo originale: In Cina chiese chiuse per Covid. Ma anche in Scozia...Fonte: Corrispondenza Romana, 13 Gennaio 2021Pubblicato su BastaBugie n. 699

Thank you for joining me for this episode of Speaking Tongues- the podcast in conversation with multilinguals. Today we are going on a linguistic journey around the world speaking Wenzhou, French and Mandarin with Lihui Ke, the founder and creative director of Kerisma Knits, a family owned, Los Angeles based knitwear design company. In this episode, Lihui tells us some of her story from her time growing up in China, moving to Paris at a young age, moving once again to New York City before ultimately settling in Los Angeles. I was so happy to have this conversation because Lihui has spent her life between many different cultures and has learned four different languages in an immersive context. I love adding voices like hers to this show because as I’ve said many times, we all come to and come through language learning and cultural experience so differently. Topics and diversions of this episode include: language preservation of Wenzhou, cultural identity, a desire to learn sanskrit and the influence of culture on design! I have one surprise for you listeners - Kerisma Knits has been gracious enough to include a special limited time discount code for you to shop and receive 20% using the code speakingtongues20. So make sure you visit Kerismaknits.com before December 31, 2020 to shop and redeem this offer. Huge thanks to Lihui for sharing bits of her languages and heritage with us and to the Kerisma knit family for this generous offer and for being supporters of the show. As always, don’t forget to like, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts because the more positive reviews we get, the more likely for other language lovers like ourselves to find the show. To find Kerisma: Retail: shopKerisma.com Wholesale: Kerismaknits.com Instagram: @shopkerisma Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shopkerisma/ Speaking Tongues Podcast: www.speakingtonguespodcast.com Follow on IG: @speakingtonguespod Follow on Twitter: @stpodcasthost Like our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/thespeakingtonguespodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/speaking-tongues/message

“In the world there is the spirit of righteousness, taking many forms,  bestowed on the ever-changing things. Below they are the rivers and mountains; above they are the  sun and stars, With people it is called the spirit of honour and fearlessness, so vast it fills the universe. When the empire is tranquil one pours forth harmony in the splendid court. When times are extreme true fidelity is seen, and goes down in history case after case.”       So goes a poem written by one of the last defenders of the Song Dynasty, Wen Tienxiang, as translated by Feng Xin-ming. Held prisoner by Kublai Khan after the fall of the Song Dynasty, Wen Tienxiang wrote this poem as a part of his refusal to accept to Mongol rule before his ultimate execution. Such defiance was a surprising hallmark of the final years of the fugitive Song court, reduced to a collection of hardliners and loyalists unwilling to peacefully surrender the Mandate of Heaven to the house of Chinggis Khan. Today, we look at the flight of the fugitive Song court after the fall of their capital of Hangzhou in 1276. We will follow brave men like Wen Tienxiang, Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu in the final days of the Song Dynasty, a hopeless struggle culminating in the bloody waters of Yaishan in 1279. I’m your host David, and this is Kings and Generals: Ages of Conquest.       Our previous episode brought us to the early months of 1276 with the surrender of the Song capital city of Linan, modern day Hangzhou. The child emperor, Gong of Song, and the elderly Empress Dowager, were brought into the hands of Mongol general Bayan, who escorted them north to bow before Kublai Khan. Organized Song resistance seemed broken, and while the Mongols would need to ensure the official submission of the southernmost regions of Song China, such actions were a mere formality compared to the effort needed to seize the Yangzi River cities. Most of the Mongolian army returned northwards soon after, intent on sparing Mongols and their horses from the worst of the south’s summer heat and humidity. There was but one issue: two of the Song Emperor’s young half-brothers had been smuggled out of Hangzhou under a small guard of soldiers. Bayan had sent riders to pursue them, but the fugitives escaped them in the mountains south of Hangzhou. Fleeing to southern Zhejiang province, they made it to Wenzhou, a city on the coast. From there, they took ships to Fuzhou, just across the straits from Taiwan, where they were joined by other loyalists who had abandoned Hangzhou in the days leading up to Bayan’s arrival. These included the general Zhang Shijie, who had repeatedly fought with the Mongol fleet on the Yangzi in the last episode; Chen Yizhong, the former Song chancellor who had succeeded Jia Sidao; Wen Tienxiang, Yizhong’s brief successor who was temporarily held captive by the Mongols before escaping; and other courtiers and generals, like Li Xiufu and Xia Gui. News of the gathering at Fuzhou spread across the south and brought other hiding loyalists to come out of the shadows in early summer 1276, encouraged by the Mongol withdrawal back over the Yangzi River.       By June 1276, the older of the two half brothers, the five year old Zhao Shih, was declared the 17th emperor of the Song Dynasty, temple name Duanzong of Song. The enthronement prompted a wave of loyalist uprisings in the south and over the summer, growing into an actual offensive against the Mongols. Citizen armies retook cities in Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces. Most of the south and southwest of the Song realm were still outside of Mongol control, and in Sichuan those still resisting found new heart. At Fuzhou, the court built a new navy from those ships which had escaped destruction on the Yangzi, some provided by patriotic ship owners in the south, and some which were forcibly seized from private hands. For a few weeks, there was actual momentum against Mongol rule.   By the fall of 1276, this momentum had largely burnt itself out. The infighting which had been endemic to the Song court reared its head in this fugitive court. Chen Yizhong, who had only come out of hiding after the royal boys had arrived in Fuzhou, had again been made Chancellor, despite the fact his performance as Chancellor in Hangzhou was generally ineffective. Once more the Song Chancellor, Yizhong immediately fought with the others for influence over the young emperor, a stupendously stupid act when all of their energies should have gone against the Mongols. His conflict with Wen Tienxiang forced the latter to abandon the court to fight on his own in his home region of Jiangxi, raising troops there to resist the Mongols. From his base in Jiangxi, Wen Tienxiang led hit and run attacks against the Mongols as far as Lake Poyang. With Tienxiang out of the way, Yizhong butted heads with the most important and capable military leaders left in the fugitive court, Zhang Shijie and Xia Gui. Xia Gui grew so frustrated that he defected to the Mongols, bringing with him a number of districts in Huainan. The infighting predictably hamstrung the already limited capabilities of the Song court. With a mere boy as emperor, there was no one to mediate over Yizhong’s actions, causing them to hemorrhage much needed men they couldn't afford to lose.    And of course, the Mongols were not keen to allow these fugitives to claim legitimacy or strike at such newly taken territory; though they held by now no hope of truly overthrowing Mongol rule. News came of the fall of the Yangzi cities of Yangzhou and Chenzhou after prolonged resistance to the Mongols, soon followed in the autumn with a Mongol invasion of the south. More accurately, we should describe this as a Yuan invasion. While serving the Mongol Khaghan, often commanded by Mongols and Central Asians and with a core Mongol cavalry, the main body of these troops were Chinese, largely northerners but a great number of former Song soldiers and levied southerners. In large part, this was due to the conditions and environment; the climate of the south was difficult on those used to the drier and cooler north, and much of the geography was simply unsuited to large scale cavalry warfare, though Mongol horsemen were employed when appropriate. Under the command of the Uighur, Ariq Khaya, the armies of Kublai’s Yuan Dynasty came in a great pincer movement towards Fuzhou late in 1276. By the end of the year, the boy emperor and his court took to the sea to escape Fuzhou, which soon fell to the Yuan armies.    The young emperor and court had begun what was to be a dreadful pattern. Their ships would find some coastal city to make their new sanctuary, only to be forced to flee in a matter of days, weeks or months as Yuan armies or ships converged on their position. From the last days of 1276 to until 1278, this was the wretched life the court lived, a constant fear for when the banners of the Yuan would arrive on the horizon. From Fuzhou they stayed in Quanzhou, perhaps the wealthiest port in the world and a gateway to the seatrade of southeast Asia. Here, the court sought to ally with their former subject, Quanzhou’s Superintendent of Maritime Trade, the immensely wealthy Fu Shougeng. A highly talented fellow, Fu Shougeng was a descendant of Arab traders, his wealth, influence and veritable armada of ships making him a powerful ally for anyone seeking to control the southern Chinese coast. Both Kublai and the Song court sought to gain his support, but the Song had little patience for carefully cultivating a relationship. The Song general Zhang Shijie attempted to sidestep Fu Shougeng and just commandeer ships and resources for their purposes. Alienated, Fu Shougeng tried to trick the boy emperor into following him in order to capture him for the Mongols, but the ruse was spotted and the court escaped. With their flight, Fu Shougeng officially declared for Kublai, who rewarded him by making him the military governor of much of Fujian and Guangdong provinces. As revenge, Zhang Shijie blockaded Quanzhou’s port late into 1277 until Yuan ships drove him off. Fu provided his ships and resources to the Yuan, enlarging their growing presence on the South China sea, while Fu encouraged other holdouts in the region to submit to the Khan.    As the Song court moved from port to port along the southern coast over 1277, the Yuan continued to strengthen their hold on the mainland. Ariq Khaya focused on holdouts in the south in a methodical campaign; not a great tidal wave of destruction like Chinggis Khan had unleashed upon Khwarezm nearly 60 years prior, but a thorough effort which instituted civilian administration as he went. The area Ariq Khaya took was immediately brought into the Yuan Empire, rather than left a ruinous buffer. Another general, Sogetu, meanwhile pursued the Song along the coast, mirroring their movements from the land and falling upon any city which gave shelter to the emperor. The Mongol advance even encouraged local uprisings against the Song; one fellow leading such an uprising in the interior of Fujian was caught and executed by the loyalist Wen Tienxiang, but it was a minor success as the Yuan hold on the south grew. Wen Tienxiang and his army was forced to the coast, and over 1277 and 1278 Song territory along the southeast was reduced to a few well fortified but isolated coastal holdouts. In the first month of 1278, while in the midst of once again sailing to a new port, the Song fleet was caught in a storm, sinking several ships. The young emperor was among those who fell into the cold waters. Though he was rescued, the poor lad fell ill.  The stress of the flight coupled with illness rapidly eroded his strength. In May of 1278, Zhao Shih, temple name Duanzong of Song, succumbed, not even 9 years old by the European reckoning. The fact the disillusioned Song court did not immediately dissipate is due to Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu, who rallied them around the late-emperor’s even younger half brother, the 6 year old Zhao Bing, who they quickly enthroned. It was not enough for some, and no one was happy to fight for the third child-emperor in a row, when most of China was now in Mongol hands. Chancellor Yizhong suggested the court could find refuge in Dai Viet in northern Vietnam, the kingdom known to the Chinese as Annam. Yizhong offered to go himself as an envoy, but the reception among the court was cool. He left for Vietnam anyways; judging by summons by the Song for him to return, this may have just been him abandoning the cause. Yizhong never returned to the fugitive Song court, spending a few years in Dai Viet before fleeing to the Kingdom of Sukhothai in Thailand for the last years of his life.   In June 1278, the Song imperial fleet, now largely under the thumb of Zhang Shijie, settled on Yaishan, some 120 kilometres west of modern Hong Kong. Yaishan was a difficult to reach island nestled in the Chinese coast; surrounded by rivers, mud flats sides and mountains. The island has access to the sea via a narrow waterway, a lagoon on its south side which cuts between two steep cliffs, from which the area’s name is derived. It was a defensible base and large enough to hold the considerable population they brought with them. The sources speak of 200,000 aboard over 1,000 ships: soldiers, ships crews, families, court officials.  Zhang Shijie ordered them onto the island, where they immediately built a small city, cutting down trees for palaces and barracks. The river systems around Yaishan led deeper into Guangdong province and to the city of Guangzhou, from which the Song court was supplied. Zhang Shijie had had enough of running, and was intent on making Yaishan the location from which they would retake the Song realm, or make their final stand.    As the Song settled on Yaishan, the remnants of their empire fell to the Mongols. The western end of the Yangzi River in Sichuan was, after decades of effort, finally subdued over 1278. New offensives into Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong strengthened the Yuan hold over China’s southwest, bringing them dangerously close to Yaishan.   Just as Bayan had been placed in supreme command in 1274, Kublai wanted a supreme commander to control the Yuan forces operating in the south and bring them all to bear on wherever the Song court was hiding. In June of 1278, the same month that the fugitive court took shelter on Yaishan, Kublai appointed Zhang Hongfan to be this commander. Zhang Hongfan was a man of northern China who had never served the Song; yet, in one of those twists of fate, he was related to the Song’s great general, Zhang Shijie. Zhang Hongfan had led in the river warfare along the Yangzi, and now Kublai wanted him to personally supervise the Yuan’s new ocean fleet as well. This also highlights the nature of the Mongol Empire of Kublai Khan: an ethnic northern Chinese was, for the first time, being placed in supreme authority over Mongol, Central Asian and Chinese forces in order to destroy the remnants of a Chinese dynasty. A diligent and loyal subject of the Great Khan, Zhang Hongfan worked with great speed. The offensive he led at the end of 1278 swallowed up what was left of the Song Dynasty. In an arc from east to west, Zhang Hongfan led his ships along the southern coast, collecting men and ships as he went and turning over every stone for the Song emperor. Assisting them were many former Song commanders and their ships who had thrown their lot in with the Mongols, eager to demonstrate their loyalty to their new masters. Zhang Hongfan’s second-in-command, a Tangut named Li Heng, led the second prong of the assault on land, linking up with Zhang Hongfan’s fleet for those coastal sites still holding out. In the first weeks of 1279, Li Heng surprised and captured the brave Song captain, Wen Tienxiang, handing him over to Zhang Hongfan as prisoner at the start of February.    From there they advanced west, making their way to perhaps the most significant city still resisting Mongol rule, Guangzhou. The Yuan commanders did not know it yet, but Guangzhou was only a few kilometres north of where the Song court was hiding at Yaishan. Guangzhou had thrown off a few Yuan assaults before finally falling to a combined effort by Li Heng and Zhang Hongfan. Twice, ships came up the Xi River in an attempt to relieve Guangzhou. On the second attempt, ships under the command of Omar, grandson of the Yuan governor of Yunnan Sayyid Ajall, followed them, tracking the Song ships right back to Yaishan.  Quickly, Omar confirmed it was the Song hideout and sent messengers back to Zhang Hongfan. It was time to prepare the final battle against the Song.   At the end of February 1279, Yuan ships began to join Omar outside the sea entrance to Yaishan, a 1.5 kilometre wide lagoon protected by steep cliffs on either side. Over the following days, the rest of the Yuan fleet joined them. The news prompted panic on Yaishan, and many demanded Zhang Shijie organize another escape. But Shijie was done running. “Lo these many years we have voyaged on the seas. Now we must decide between us and them the victor and the vanquished.” Setting fire to the palaces and buildings of Yaishan, he ordered everyone aboard the ships. The plan was simple. From reports his scouts had gathered, his fleet outnumbered the Yuan greatly, perhaps 1100 Song vessels to 300 for the Yuan. Shijie also considered his men the superior fighters at sea. But morale was low, and in open water the men could find it more persuasive to flee rather than fight. Figuring the Mongols would gamble on an immediate assault to put an end to the campaign, Zhang Shijie needed to make best use of both his greater numbers but worse morale. He settled on chaining his ships together in a great, fortified line. Not at the entrance of the lagoon, where some ships might be able to slip away, but situated deeper down the waterway, where their flanks were securely protected by the steep cliffs. Anchors were dropped, and ramparts and towers were built on the ships, a massive, immobile floating wall. The young emperor, Zhao Bing, was placed in the largest ship at the centre under a secure guard. To protect against incendiaries, the ships were coated with mud and provided long poles to push away fire ships. Finally, catapults were set up to send projectiles at any approaching vessel. Set up, Zhang Shijie prepared for the expected attack.   Shijie’s Yuan counterpart, Zhang Hongfan was no fool and recognized a frontal attack against this entrenched position was very risky. He sent first a small ship with negotiators, among them the captive Wen Tienxiang, who Hongfan hoped would convince Shijie to step down. Tienxiang refused however, and negotiations went nowhere. An effort to send fire ships into the Song line was likewise repulsed, the poles of the defenders keeping the fireships at bay until they burned themselves out. Zhang Hongfan then did the unexpected. He waited.   In doing so, he had the one tool which Shijie had no defence against. Locking the Song ships into place as he had done gave all the mobility, and the initiative, to the Yuan fleet. With so many men and families aboard the Song ships, they quickly used up the food and freshwater that they had brought aboard. Destroying their island buildings and pulling all troops onto the ships meant they had no land forces to scavenge for them or fall back to. Quickly, Yuan scouts found a small creek the Song had considered impassable for ocean vessels. The Yuan instead sent smaller craft up this creek, coming out behind the Song line and surrounding them. Zhang Shijie sent out small sorties to attempt to get through the Yuan lines and acquire supplies, but each time these were pushed back. Unintentionally, Zhang Shijie had settled on the plan that left the remnants of the Song trapped in place.   The two fleets sat in place for two weeks. Running out of freshwater and firewood, the Song soldiers resorted to drinking seawater and eating uncooked meals. Dysentery, sickness and starvation ravaged them. Zhang Hongfan sent one final letter to Zhang Shijie, imploring his kinsman to surrender. Three times letters were sent to Shijie, carried by Shijie’s nephew Han, who alongside Hongfan served the Mongols. The letters carried by Han told Shijie of the rewards that awaited him if he surrendered, but warned of the destruction that awaited him if he refused.   Zhang Shijie’s reply, as recorded by Yuan Dynasty sources, ran thus: “I know that if I surrender I would have life, and also noble titles and riches, but my ruler lives and I cannot desert him. If you wish me to surrender, lift your blockade and permit me to sail out.” But Zhang Hongfan knew he could not trust this. For the next five days, Hongfan and his officers made the final plans and moved ships into place. At dawn on the 19th of March, 1279, anchors were weighed and the Yuan fleet advanced onto the Song from both north and south. Zhang Hongfan led his flagship against the most dangerous section of the Song line. The Yuan ships crashed into the larger Song vessels, the Yuan soldiers climbing aboard to fight on the Song decks, Mongol archers picking off Song defenders. The decks ran red with blood, men locked in combat fell into the churning waters and were crushed between ships. Spears pushed climbing Yuan soldiers back into their ships; grasping hands pulled Song defenders off the decks. Zhang Shijie’s catapult crews fired until they ran out of projectiles. The Song fought with courage, battling for every metre. It was a full day of fighting, but the sickness and hunger of the Song troops was a knife in their backs. Dropping from exhaustion, the Yuan soldiers stepped over their bodies as they steadily advanced along Zhang Shijie’s makeshift wall. Unexpectedly, one Song ship dropped its colours, the signal to surrender. Then another, and another. Such an order had not been given, but in the confusion of battle it could not be undone. The Song began to surrender en masse. Zhang Shijie desperately ordered troops to withdraw to the centre ship housing the emperor, but it was clear the day was lost. As fog rolled in that evening, Zhang Shijie ordered some ships to be cut loose to break out. 16 out of the 1100 Song ships escaped Yaishan with Zhang Shijie, evading the Yuan pursuers in the fog and the confusion. The Emperor, Zhao Bing, was not among them, the imperial barge too large and too slow to break free.    The courtier Lu Xiufu stayed close to the boy emperor, but there was now no escape left on those bloody decks. The last emperor of the house of Zhao would not fall into these barbarian hands, Xiufu decided. Tearfully, Xiufu forced his own wife and children to jump into the sea. With Zhao Bing still in his royal robes and clutching the imperial seals, Lu Xiufu took the 7 year old Son of Heaven into his arms, and carried him beneath the waves. Yuan sources assert 100,000 distraught Song loyalists followed in a mass suicide, the lagoon red and filled with bodies. Whoever still lived surrendered along with some 800 ships. The Song Dynasty’s 300 year rule was over.    Zhang Shijie did not flee far: not long after the battle, while sailing to seek shelter in Vietnam his small fleet was caught in a storm and sunk, and he joined his emperor beneath the waves. Zhang Hongfan commemorated the battle with a simple stone inscription at Yaishan, stating “here the great Yuan general Zhang Hongfan destroyed the Song,” and was richly rewarded by Kublai Khan for his victory. He could not long enjoy his spoils. He died the next year, an ailment brought on by the heat and humidity of the south. Later nativist Chinese historians ravaged Hongfan’s reputation as a Chinese “betraying” the Song to serve northern barbarians. But Zhang Hongfan and his family had never been Song subjects. Their native area had been controlled by the Khitan Liao Dynasty since 939, before the Song Dynasty had even been founded. In fact, Zhang Shijie had briefly served the Mongols, making him the traitor to his emperor.        Wen Tienxiang outlived both Zhang Shijie and Zhang Hongfan, offered a respectable position in Kublai’s empire. But Tienxiang refused again and again, unwilling to betray the memory of the Song. Spending his last years imprisoned, he wrote poetry and proudly denied Mongol offers, until finally executed in the early 1280s, the last patriot of Song.    Yaishan was perhaps the largest naval battle in Chinese history after Lake Poyang in 1368, if the sources are accurate with their numbers. It was a major and decisive victory. While some regions in the south still needed to be fully incorporated into the Yuan Empire, and there would be local uprisings, organized resistance against Mongol rule was broken. The Song Emperors were dead, the loyalist infrastructure crushed. Kublai Khan had unified China for the first time since the fall of the Tang Dynasty almost 400 years prior, and was the first non-Chinese to do so. Kublai was now the ruler of All Under Heaven, master of China and the single most powerful man on earth. Those Song loyalists who had escaped to the Vietnamese kingdoms of Dai Viet and Champa would need to be pursued, and Kublai was not a man to believe China was the limits of his empire.  Even as the last Song Emperor disappeared beneath the waves at Yaishan, Kublai’s eyes darted to those kingdoms on his horizon, revenge against Japan plotted and his relatives in Central Asia punished. More battles were planned beyond the waters of Yaishan; but not many of them would be victories.    Before we discuss Kublai’s further military ventures though, we must discuss Kublai the man, and the actual empire he built in China, so be sure to subscribe to our podcast. 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Aujourd'hui, à travers l'interview de Grégoire, je vous propose d'explorer la communauté des Chinois Wen - de Wenzhou, de la région du Zhejiang (Chine) - et leur esprit d'entreprise. Grégoire est parisien, ses parents sont venus très jeunes de Wenzhou et ont travaillé notamment dans la maroquinerie. Lui est maintenant entrepreneur à Singapour où il est installé depuis quatre ans, et il a aussi vécu deux ans à Shanghai. Quelle perception avait-t-il de la Chine, et comment a-t-elle évolué ? A quel point le racisme et l'insécurité vécus en France l'ont-ils incité à partir à Singapour, et y a-t-il finalement trouvé sa place ? Suivez-nous aussi sur Instagram et Facebook pour voir nos invités en vidéo et approfondir certains sujets !

Rev. Dr. Zach Mills is a communications instructor, consultant, and author of the award-winning biography and Amazon Bestseller, The Last Blues Preacher: Rev. Clay Evans, BlackLives, and the Faith that Woke the Nation. The Last Blues Preacher won the best biography in the 2019 International Book Awards and was named an Award-Winning Finalist in the Biography category of the 2019 Best Book Awards. This fall he will join the faculty at Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China as a lecturer in the School of Communication, Media, and Journalism and as the founding director of the university’s first Speech & Communications Lab. He earned his Master of Divinity degree and his Master of Arts in Preaching degree from Vanderbilt University, and his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University. His dissertation on Chicago’s historic black radio station WVON Radio entitled, “Talking Drum” won the 2017 Graduate Dissertation Award at Northwestern. Rev. Dr. Zach Mills is a storyteller who uses the power of words to inspire people to accomplish their goals personally and professionally. Website: www.zmills.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drzmills Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZachWMills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach.w.mills/

Rev. Dr. Zach Mills is a communications instructor, consultant, and author of the award-winning biography and Amazon Bestseller, The Last Blues Preacher: Rev. Clay Evans, BlackLives, and the Faith that Woke the Nation. The Last Blues Preacher won the best biography in the 2019 International Book Awards and was named an Award-Winning Finalist in the Biography category of the 2019 Best Book Awards. This fall he will join the faculty at Wenzhou-Kean University in Wenzhou, China as a lecturer in the School of Communication, Media, and Journalism and as the founding director of the university’s first Speech & Communications Lab. He earned his Master of Divinity degree and his Master of Arts in Preaching degree from Vanderbilt University, and his Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Northwestern University. His dissertation on Chicago’s historic black radio station WVON Radio entitled, “Talking Drum” won the 2017 Graduate Dissertation Award at Northwestern. Rev. Dr. Zach Mills is a storyteller who uses the power of words to inspire people to accomplish their goals personally and professionally. Website: www.zmills.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drzmills Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZachWMills Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zach.w.mills/

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of... Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/chinese-studies

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Re-enchanting Modernity: Re-enchanting Modernity: Ritual Economy and Society in Wenzhou, China (Duke University Press, 2020), Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity. Victoria Oana Lupascu is a PhD candidate in dual-title doctoral program in Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. Her areas of interest include 20th and 21st Chinese literature and visual art, medical humanities and Global South studies.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Show #817   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Monday 22nd June 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   MUSK ANNOUNCES TESLA BASIC AUTOPILOT DEAL "With the July price increase to $8000 for FSD (Full Self-Driving) capabilities on the horizon, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a surprise on Tesla owners that if they already own one of the company’s cars and don't have Autopilot installed, they can add the basic Autopilot feature for $2000 until July 1." says Car and Driver: "Currently, Tesla’s basic Autopilot features are standard on all vehicles. But if you bought one of its vehicles before this was the norm, you can now upgrade at a discount. For the company's additional FSD features—Navigate on Autopilot, automatic lane changing, auto parking, Summon, traffic light control, and future self-driving capabilities once Tesla has finalized software—you'll have to pay extra. This deal is only available for vehicles without Autopilot. For those looking to upgrade their current Autopilot suite, you might want to do so before the price is increased on July 1."   @elonmusk Enabling basic Tesla Autopilot via Tesla in-app purchase is reduced to $2k until July 1   https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a32935630/musk-tesla-autopilot-upgrade-deal-june/   JAY LENO TAKES THE TESLA MODEL Y FOR A SPIN "We saw that a few weeks ago when Leno had Musk in the shop with the Cybertruck, and there's more today with the Model Y making its first appearance on the show. Leno gives it a thorough once-over before taking a spin, noting that even he thinks electrified vehicles will be common day-to-day transportation in the near future." writes Autoweek: "On the road, Leno notes the Model Y's speed, obviously, as well as the range and general driving dynamics. He also breaks down the pollution aspect and how he understands that the electricity is still coming from polluting power plants, but the vehicle itself is clean. Leno also owns a Tesla Model S, for what it's worth."   https://www.autoweek.com/car-life/a32935550/jay-leno-takes-the-tesla-model-y-for-a-spin/   MUSK TWEETS TESLA MODEL Y 3-ROW 7-SEATER MAY LAUNCH SOON "When Tesla CEO Elon Musk first talked about the Model Y, he said it would be built on a brand-new platform. However, that tune changed later, when he said it would actually be built on the same platform as the Model 3 and share many of its sibling's parts, though it would have third-row seats." according to Steven Loveday at InsideEVs: "The Model Y came to market in March and is available in two all-wheel-drive versions: The Long Range and Performance. Much like the Model 3, it should be available in less expensive Standard Range variants in the future. The three-row seven-seat Model Y is also coming later. When people started getting notifications to configure their Model Y, there was some confusion, which caused plenty of speculation. The automaker was telling people to prepare for delivery of Model Y versions that weren't yet available, such as the three-row model"   @elonmusk: "probably early Q4"   https://insideevs.com/news/430028/elon-musk-tesla-model-y-7-seats/   TESLA BATTERY CELL PRODUCTION TOUR INCLUDED AT COMING TESLA SHAREHOLDER MEETING   @elonmsusk: "Tentative date for Tesla Shareholder Meeting & Battery Day is Sept 15. Will include tour of cell production system."   "Elon Musk tweeted recently that a new date has been set for the annual meeting of shareholders and Tesla Battery Day, both of which have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came with a bonus." says Clean Technica: "Elon said on Twitter that the event would probably be held in Fremont, California.The list of topics people want to hear about during Battery Day includes news about the so-called million-mile battery, information about what Jeff Dahn and his researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia are up to, news about changes to battery chemistry, electrode composition, how the technology developed by Maxwell is being incorporated into Tesla’s batteries, how the technology developed by Maxwell is being used to manufacture batteries more cheaply, and what Tesla’s plans are in the medium to long term for producing its own battery cells (it currently produces its own modules and packs, but not the cells)."   https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/22/tesla-battery-cell-production-tour-included-at-coming-tesla-shareholder-meeting/   WELTMEISTER EX5 IMPRESSES WITH LOW BATTERY CAPACITY DEGRADATION "Launched last year in China and sold for 139.800 yuan (17.561 euros) after subsidies, the Weltmeister EX5 is a very appealing electric car sized between the Kia e-Niro and the Tesla Model Y" says PushEVs.   Motor: 160 kW and 315 Nm of torque Acceleration: 0-100 km/h in 8,3 seconds On-board charger: 6,6 kW DC fast charging: 30 to 80 % in 30 minutes at 120 kW chargers Battery capacity: 69 kWh with lifetime warranty Battery weight: 432 kg Battery energy density: 160 Wh/kg, they use NCM 811   "To help alleviate concerns surrounding one important consideration among car buyers, the degradation of EV batteries over time, WM Motor has long promoted the benefits of high-quality thermal management and battery management systems (BMS) in EV’s to maintain the long-term stability of a battery’s capacity. Data from one of WM Motor’s EX5 models purchased in January 2019 has provided an insight into the car’s long-term battery degradation rate. The driver of this EX5 undertakes lengthy commutes between Wenzhou, Ningbo and Hangzhou, among other cities, and has averaged approximately 500km daily and accumulated over 200,000km of driving since purchasing the vehicle last year. Having been brought in for a regular check-up this week, the battery was found to have degraded by only 2.85% from its original capacity."   "Battery data after 200.000 km (124.274 miles): Charged 90 % of the times at DC fast chargers, Charged 1.500 times (partial charges), Battery capacity only dropped by 2,85 %"   https://pushevs.com/2020/06/22/weltmeister-ex5-impresses-with-low-battery-capacity-degradation/   CHINA EASES GREEN RULES TO PROMOTE REGULAR HYBRIDS "China re-classified gas-electric hybrid vehicles on Monday so they get more favorable treatment than all-gas or diesel counterparts under new clean car rules, making it easier for automakers to meet environment quotas and offer more choice." says a Reuters reports today: "Automakers in China are obliged to manufacture NEVs to win "points" to make up for a portion of the negative points they incur when they produce internal combustion engine vehicles. However, the system has been criticized for offering few incentives for automakers to improve gas-only cars' efficiency. The policy published on Monday by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology allows automakers to gradually make more gas-electric hybrids and less of the more costly all-electric vehicles from 2021 through 2023."   https://www.autoblog.com/2020/06/22/china-easing-green-rules/   APPLE'S NEW IOS COURTS EV DRIVERS "Apple has announced at this year’s WWDC [that] Maps in iOS 14 will get a new “EV routing” feature, too, making it possible for users to plan trips around where and when they’ll need to charge their electric vehicles. The company previously only allowed users to route to or from certain chargers in Maps, but now it will be able to include or add chargers to a trip, even on the fly." reports The Verge: "Apple says Maps will be able to “track your current vehicle charge and factor in things like elevation to automatically add charging stops along the way,” and that it will only route to compatible chargers. Of course, to get that deeply integrated means the company needs cooperation from automakers, and so Apple said it’s only working with Ford and BMW to start."   https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/22/21299325/apple-ios14-maps-updates-cycling-directions-electric-charging-wwdc-2020   QUESTION OF THE WEEK   How would you like to see Green Plates or Green Stickers used to incentivize EVs?   I want to say a heartfelt thank you to the 231 patrons of this podcast whose generosity means I get to keep making this show, which aims to entertain and inform thousands of listeners every day about a brighter future. 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In an ominous new development, the Chinese government has locked down the city of Wenzhou, China’s 15th largest, a growing sign that the coronavirus outbreak is defying efforts of the Chinese government to contain it. Wenzhou is a very important industrial, technological, cultural, and academic center on the coast of southern Zhejiang Province, across from Taiwan. Wenzhou has become the first Chinese city outside of the Wuhan area to be locked down. Wenzhou’s nine million inhabitants are known for their strong business aptitude, and are nicknamed the “Jews of China.” Wenzhou is also known for producing hundreds of world-class mathematicians, and for forging close ties with Taiwan’s tech sector. The city also has one of China’s largest concentrations of Christians, who have sporadically come under severe persecution since the Chinese communists came to power in 1949. Read the article here!  

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Show notes & links available here. In this episode, I'm chatting with Dr. Chris Thurber, a legendary trainer in the camp industry and a clinical psychologist who works at Phillips Exeter Academy, about how important it for parents to connect with their teens. Chris has developed online training programs for educators and youth leaders around the world and many of the best practices and concepts he teaches apply to parents. We also discuss how the skills kids learn at camp can help them to thrive in life. Big Ideas Even one summer working at a summer camp can be so valuable for the experience gained and training in relational, leadership, and communication skills. Much of the training camp counselors receive is helpful for teachers and parents. Thurber's Tic-Tac advice: Expend as little energy as possible, “no more energy than a Tic-Tac.” Take a break from lecturing or nagging and instead use the low-energy responses of a look, a point, or just saying the child’s name. In our society today, it is harder than ever to be an adolescent. One big reason is the competitiveness of education. Colleges are getting more applications from students around the world as high school graduation rates continue to climb. Parents and students should consider alternatives to college such as apprenticeships and vocational training. Parents need to have more conversations with their kids--girls and especially boys--about their emotions.  Expressing empathy helps to alleviate the pressure that kids are feeling these days. When parents minimize or downplay their feelings, kids do not feel connected. Quotes: Chris: "The reason I think Happy Campers is a brilliant book is you've taken the lessons that we get to practice in a very intense way as camp professionals for, you know, seven, eight, nine weeks with constant feedback about whether it works or not. And I don't mean that kids were filling our questionnaires. I mean, they're either listening or they're not, or they're being compliant or they're not...It's a wonderful laboratory and classroom for parenting." Chris: "We have an untapped resource in a sense at camp. Everyone who is lucky enough to be a staff member at a camp is going to be that much better as a parent. The rest of the world can benefit from what we've understood about child development and behavior management, leadership, supervision, physical and emotional safety." Chris: "Instead of having high school graduates who are excited about going to college or university, they're starting to feel the pressure, even in elementary school or early middle school, to set themselves apart from the crowd, to develop a unique talent, to begin preparing their resume for college." Chris: "It's creating a tremendous amount of pressure for adolescents and that's a problem. They're more anxious, more depressed. It's taking an emotional toll.  Also, we're not thinking creatively as adults about education broadly construed. You don't necessarily need a college degree." Chris: "Apprenticeship is the model we use at summer camp. We have younger leaders apprenticing with older leaders or younger counselors with older counselors so you're learning on the job. We should be applying that to more things." Chris: "It's awesome if you get a bachelor's degree in English literature or physics or computer science, but not everyone wants that, needs that or has that as a career path. And I think we have, as a society, fallen victim to the perceived prestige of a college or university degree and completely overlooked expanded opportunities for vocational training and apprenticeships." Audrey: "You know that what makes a thriving adult is not a test score or even a degree from us particular place. It's these character traits and these interpersonal skills and this emotional depth and all these things that actually can be counter to when we're so focused on these specific metrics." Audrey: "What do you want to be building and growing in yourself and in the kids you work with? You want people who are going to be great friends, who are going to stop and help someone who needs help. When you're so busy climbing your way up to something, you make decisions and sometimes you're not your best self." Chris: "I recommend camp because it's the ideal complement to a traditional or non-traditional classroom setting. You take kids from being mostly inside and bring them outside. You take kids from mostly sitting to mostly running around. You take kids from doing things that have a lot of numbers, quantitative marks associated with them and put them in less structured, less evaluative circumstances." Chris: "It's a way of stretching your brain and building resilience that will not only relieve stress and boost your mood, but also make you more resilient to future challenges. Camp is not the panacea, but it's a huge part of robust youth development." Chris: "Ask better questions. Students here, like students at a lot of schools, are really sick of parents asking, what were your grades? Or if we want to steer clear of performance markers, what'd you do today? How was school? Those are well-intentioned questions. They're benign but they're not nurturing a relationship." Chris: "There are many students here with wonderful relationships with their parents. And I think a big key to that is taking an interest in your child as a person and how are they unique and how are they evolving, developing rather than continuing to try to fit them into some mold." Chris: "Kids need, people need room to be creative and be themselves. I want parents to encourage, to say that it's okay, who knows what it will lead to, but it doesn't need to lead to anything if it feeds your soul. The most authentically happy people in the world are the ones who tap into one of their signature strengths in service to other people." Audrey: "I think there's a lot of value in adults and parents showing kids what it's like to tap into those things even if it's different. If they see you doing something you enjoy, they learn that adults do things they enjoy and they're having fun and they meet other friends that way. So that modeling is really important." Chris: "Model this kind of humility and show your kids, not tell them, how to live. Show them what it is to balance work and play and sleep and get a little exercise and model what it's like to bounce back from failure. If you say something that you realize didn't have the intended effect or was the wrong thing to say, don't move on and pretend like nobody heard it. Talk about it, fix it. If you're enraged, that's not the time to debrief it, but you can always circle back." Chris: "Talk with your kids about what your vulnerabilities are. It's such an important thing to be able to do. For well-intentioned parents who make missteps, you shouldn't view your kids as fragile. They can bounce back from something you said or didn't say or forgot. They need to see you trying hard. They need to see you learning from mistakes." Chris: "Provide empathy but when you get to the end of your empathic statements, full stop, let it sink in. Let your kid respond. Let them just process the fact that you acknowledged some of the dimensions of their emotional experience. We are all tempted to immediately follow our empathic statement with problem-solving. But when someone is in distress, whether it's they didn't like the news they heard from a college or the grade they got on a test or the fact that you know their significant other just broke up with him by text message, or whatever it might be, they don't want to hear the solution right now and they probably know what the solution is anyway."   About Dr. Chris Thurber Dr. Christopher Thurber enjoys creating and sharing original content for business leaders, independent educators, and youth development professionals. He is a board-certified clinical psychologist, educator, author, and father. Chris earned his BA from Harvard University in 1991 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from UCLA in 1997. A dedicated teacher from a young age, Chris has more than 30 years of experience working with camps and independent schools. He has written numerous book chapters and scholarly articles on leadership, homesickness, and youth development. An award-winning contributor to Camping Magazine and Camp Business, Chris has also shared his opinions and expertise on national and international radio, television, print media, podcasts, and webinars, including The Today Show, Martha Stewart, and CNN. In 1999, after a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Chris accepted a position as psychologist and instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, a coeducational, independent school in seacoast New Hampshire. Combining his love of research, teaching, and clinical work, Chris’s work at Exeter has grown to include publications and presentations for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) the British Boarding Schools Association (BSA) and the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA). Chris has keynoted conferences for all three associations and has delivered guest lectures on the differences between Chinese and American public education, as well as the complementary nature of schools and camps at schools in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Wenzhou. In 2000, Chris and his lifelong friend, Dr. Jon Malinowski, co-authored the critically acclaimed Summer Camp Handbook, hailed by psychologist and parent, Dr. John Weisz, as “a remarkable accomplishment…the best in its field…required reading for every camper’s family…the most comprehensive and scientifically sound coverage of the camp experience available.” The Summer Camp Handbook has since sold tens of thousands of copies, won a Parenting Press Gold Award, and been translated into Chinese. As part of his lifelong effort to enhance the camp experience for young people, Chris has been a guest on The Today Show, Martha Stewart, CNN, Fox, CBS Morning News, and NPR. Chris is the Founder and CEO of CampSpirit, LLC,  which provides consultation and training to professional educators and youth leaders around the world. As he traveled across five continents to present in-person staff training workshops, Chris realized that no directors of summer youth programs had enough time with their employees to provide all the necessary training prior to opening day. The increased complexity of health regulations and accreditation standards, as well as heightened awareness of child abuse and risk management, made training demands higher than ever, especially for seasonal employees and volunteers. But with a fixed period of time during which to conduct on-site training, an innovative educational solution was imperative. Resources Mentioned Chris Thurber Prep4Camp.com Expert Online Training David Brook's Road to Character Bill Pollack's Real Boys Michael Thompson Related Posts/Podcasts Why Teens Need Summer Camp More Than Ever Ep. 89: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men with Michael Reichert, Ph.D. Ep. 92: Creating Strong Relationships with Teens Ep. 32: 10 Benefits of Summer Camp for Teens Ep. 27: Raising Teens who Thrive with Stephen Wallace 11 Ways to Help Kids Create REAL Connections

Kevin vit et travaille depuis 5 ans à Singapour. Il est français d'origine chinoise, ses parents sont arrivés jeunes du Wenzhou ; il est né en France et a grandi à Paris. Il nous raconte son rapport avec sa famille, les valeurs transmises, mais aussi la difficulté à communiquer due à la barrière langagière. Nous découvrirons aussi les rencontres faites à Singapour, et sa grande curiosité pour d'autres cultures. Kevin est à l'aise avec son identité, cela se sent, il aborde la multi-culturalité avec philosophie. Ecoutez pour connaitre son parcours, sa relation avec la Chine, le mandarin, le dialecte du Wenzhou, et la manière dont il se voit évoluer en Asie. C'est passionnant et rafraichissant ! Et après l'épisode, retrouvez-nous sur Instagram et Facebook pour des bonus videos de nos invités et suivre notre actualité !

Isabelle Kam est française d'origine chinoise, ses parents sont de Hong-Kong et du Wenzhou ; elle est née à Paris, y a grandi et étudié, puis est partie en Chine y vivre pendant 6 ans. Elle a travaillé à Canton, Pékin, Shanghai, et elle est maintenant à Singapour depuis quatre mois. Nous voici après un bon déjeuner indien ensemble, elle est disposée à nous raconter son expérience... Ecoutez bien, il sera question de ses supers pouvoirs, de son niveau de mandarin, de son passage en Afrique, et de son addiction pour l'Asie. Et après l'épisode, retrouvez-nous sur Instagram et Facebook pour des bonus videos de nos invités et suivre notre actualité !

durée : 00:04:11 - Les migrants - Olivia Chen raconte à Thibault Lefèvre, reporter à France Inter, l'émigration difficile de ses parents depuis la Chine dans les années 1980. La fille porte le nom de sa mère divorcée, une rareté très mal vue dans la communauté Wenzhou.

This week's podcast was recorded at the Caixin "Talking China's Economy: 2019 Forecasts and Strategies" conference in Chengdu in April. Kaiser spoke with Professor Hé Fān 何帆 of the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Michael Anti, CEO of Caixin Globus, which tracks Chinese global investment. They chat about how "globalization," which once meant "Americanization" to many Chinese, has taken on a much broader meaning as SAFE concerns over capital flight have reeled in the "gray rhinos" after an investment spree, and as a stricter CFIUS regime has made U.S. investments more difficult. What to listen for on this week’s Sinica Podcast: 7:04: Professor He Fan explains the nature of the bilateral investment relationship between the United States and China in the 21st century: “Recently, the number [of Chinese investment in the United States] in 2017 is above six billion US dollars and accounts for four percent of China’s outbound foreign direct investment. And I haven’t seen — even when talking about [China’s investment in] other parts of the world, the Belt and Road, other countries — but I haven’t seen a dramatic decline of China’s investment in the United States. And if you look at the numbers, I think we tend to overestimate the importance of bilateral investment.” 14:13: How much scrutiny is being placed on Chinese investment in the United States, and what does the outbound investment landscape from China look like at the current moment? Michael: “Actually Chinese companies have two challenges to put the investment out: first, is the government ... But, in terms of the many Chinese internet companies — they have US dollar funds. Because they have US dollars in Hong Kong. Not all in Silicon Valley, not necessarily in Beijing. So that kind of money isn’t really controlled by the Chinese government. Then, they meet the second challenge. The American government, [or] CFIUS. CFIUS is now blocking, I would say 90 percent of Chinese tech investment in the United States.” 19:10: Are immigration and Chinese investment linked? Michael sees a link, and points out investment in southern Europe and Japan as examples - however Professor He Fan pushes back: “I think we can find this link between immigration and investment, but then, it would be very difficult to use this as a proxy to predict where Chinese money will go, because Chinese people are everywhere. I’ve traveled to more than fifty countries and there is only one country where I cannot find many Chinese people. It’s Cuba. Because it’s a planned economy and Chinese people are not allowed to do business there.” He Fan continues, “People are talking about decoupling of China and the United States. For me, it’s very difficult to imagine the decoupling of the two largest economies in the world … to be frank, I think people in Washington D.C. and Beijing tend to overestimate their influence. And people in Chengdu are much better.” 28:13: Who is doing the overseas investment in areas outside of the United States, state-owned enterprises or privately owned enterprises? Professor He Fan introduces the Wenzhou index: “In other foreign markets, in Africa and Southeast Asia for example, my understanding is private companies discovered those new markets first and then [were] followed by some of the state-owned enterprises. So, private companies, like businessmen in Wenzhou and Yiwu, they always move faster than state-owned enterprises.” 42:14: He Fan give a prognosis for China’s relationship with its regional neighbors, Japan and Korea. Besides a notable warming of relations — could the downturn in U.S.-China relations rekindle the bilateral relationship in these countries? He Fan doesn’t think so, whose compass points southward: “I think this improvement of the bilateral relationship between China and Japan is a strategy …  there’s no place where China can close the gap, if there’s really decoupling between China and the United States. But, maybe a new market in China will increase their investment and trade in the near future — my guess is Southeast Asia.” Recommendations: Michael: Two TV shows: Billions and The Good Fight. He Fan: His new book, 变量 biàn liàng by Hé Fān 何帆, and a French book, Le piège américain (“The American Trap” in English). Kaiser: A Woman First: First Woman by Selina Meyer and Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah.

过马路做低头族要罚款了！ 世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死，而是我就在你身边，你却在玩手机。”这句话，道出了大家面对“低头族”的无奈。Starting January 1, people in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, could be fined for looking down at their phones while crossing an intersection. The “Regulations on the Promotion of Civilized Behaviors,” went into effect at the beginning of this year, and some have already been fined. On January 14, someone was fined 10 yuan for using her phone at a crosswalk.从1月1日起，浙江省温州市的居民在过十字路口时低头看手机将被罚款。《文明行为促进条例》于今年年初开始实施，其中一些已经被罚款。1月14日，有人因为在人行横道上使用手机被罚款10元。 Word of the day 每日一词Pedestrian 行人someone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by cars 行人，步行者1.relating to pedestrians or used by pedestrians 行人的；行人使用的Eg.pedestrian flow人流量Eg.a pedestrian walkway人行通道 pedestrian street 步行街行人要走人行横道pedestrian crossingzebra crossing : a place marked with black and white lines where people who are walking can cross a road safely 斑马线 crosswalk人行道：1.pavement (英)2.sidewalk （美） 不遵守交通规则的人怎么说呢？ Jaywalker乱穿马路的人Jaywalk to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally 乱穿马路 所以要遵守交通规则abide by the traffic regulations否则会受到罚款fine 罚款Eg.A girl was fined 10 Yuan when crossing the road while playing her mobile phone.一个女孩玩手机过马路时被罚款10元。

过马路做低头族要罚款了！ 世界上最遥远的距离，不是生与死，而是我就在你身边，你却在玩手机。”这句话，道出了大家面对“低头族”的无奈。Starting January 1, people in the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, could be fined for looking down at their phones while crossing an intersection. The “Regulations on the Promotion of Civilized Behaviors,” went into effect at the beginning of this year, and some have already been fined. On January 14, someone was fined 10 yuan for using her phone at a crosswalk.从1月1日起，浙江省温州市的居民在过十字路口时低头看手机将被罚款。《文明行为促进条例》于今年年初开始实施，其中一些已经被罚款。1月14日，有人因为在人行横道上使用手机被罚款10元。 Word of the day 每日一词Pedestrian 行人someone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by cars 行人，步行者1.relating to pedestrians or used by pedestrians 行人的；行人使用的Eg.pedestrian flow人流量Eg.a pedestrian walkway人行通道 pedestrian street 步行街行人要走人行横道pedestrian crossingzebra crossing : a place marked with black and white lines where people who are walking can cross a road safely 斑马线 crosswalk人行道：1.pavement (英)2.sidewalk （美） 不遵守交通规则的人怎么说呢？ Jaywalker乱穿马路的人Jaywalk to cross or walk in a street recklessly or illegally 乱穿马路 所以要遵守交通规则abide by the traffic regulations否则会受到罚款fine 罚款Eg.A girl was fined 10 Yuan when crossing the road while playing her mobile phone.一个女孩玩手机过马路时被罚款10元。

Quando si parla di guerra commerciale non ci si può distrarre un secondo!La settimana si era aperta con la convinzione che la guerra commerciale tra gli Stati Uniti e la Cina fosse instradata verso una tregua o qualcosa di simile, ma ancora una volta è arrivata una svolta, quindi tutte le carte sul tavolo sono state di nuovo rimescolate.Al G20 i due paesi avevano deciso di riprendere le trattative sui dazi. Dopo la cena tra Donald Trump e Xi Jinping a Buenos Aires, al termine del lavori del vertice tra le 20 principali economie del mondo, i due leader si erano messi d'accordo per non imporsi reciprocamente nuovi dazi a partire dal primo gennaio, promettendosi anche di avviare nuovi negoziati a tutto campo.Per entrambi la scelta era quella di convergere su posizioni di parziale compromesso: a fronte di quella che è la situazione del suo mercato interno la Cina si era detta pronta ad aumentare le importazioni, con l'acquisto di più materie prime negoziabili dagli Stati Uniti, in modo da mitigare gli squilibri commerciali.Ma durante la settimana c'è stata appunto una nuova rottura.Tutto parte da un arresto, quello di Meng Wanzhou, la direttrice finanziaria di Huawei, gigante cinese della tecnologia. Meng, che è figlia del fondatore di Huawei, è stata arrestata in Canada su richiesta degli Stati Uniti, che ne hanno chiesto l'estradizione.L'arresto in realtà è avvenuto il primo dicembre scorso, cioè proprio mentre Xi e Trump erano a tavola insieme, ma la notizia è stata diffusa dalle autorità canadesi nella serata del 5 dicembre.Tutta questa storia va inscritta all'interno di un processo più ampio, perché il confronto tra Stati Uniti e Cina nel settore tecnologico, che è un piano pienamente politico, si è fatto molto serrato da quando Trump è presidente. Dobbiamo tornare allo scorso marzo, quando, citando motivi di sicurezza nazionale, il governo degli Stati Uniti bloccò un'offerta da 117 miliardi di dollari presentata da Broadcom, un produttore di microchip di Singapore, interessata ad acquistare la concorrente statunitense Qualcomm. Era un primo segno del protezionismo tecnologico di Trump.Poi un mese dopo il dipartimento del Commercio vietò a ZTE, cioè il secondo più grande produttore cinese di sistemi di telecomunicazioni, di accedere ai componenti prodotti dagli Stati Uniti. Ecco, in quel caso, il divieto fu motivato proprio sostenendo che ZTE avesse violato le sanzioni imposte contro l'Iran e la Corea del Nord. La Cina rispose bloccando buona parte delle attività commerciali di ZTE negli Stati Uniti, causando un serio danno economico, e alla fine Trump intervenne per sbloccare la situazione, dando nuovo accesso a ZTE in cambio del pagamento di una multa da 1 miliardo di dollari, della sostituzione di alcuni suoi dirigenti e del libero accesso alle sue attività per ispezionarle.Ma non dobbiamo confonderci: quella di cui vi parliamo non è una “guerra degli smartphone” o una partita tra Huawei e Apple, anche se l'azienda cinese è conosciuta in Europa proprio per i suoi telefoni, che sono stati tra i primi cellulari cinesi ad avere successo commerciale in Europa.Qui la questione si sposta su un piano molto differente: Huawei è uno dei leader mondiali anche nel settore delle telecomunicazioni, per il quale produce sistemi e apparati per la trasmissione e la gestione dei dati. Molti paesi basano parte delle loro reti di telecomunicazioni, cioè una delle più importanti risorse strategiche per una nazione, sulle soluzioni prodotte da Huawei.PLAYLIST• VAVA - 我的新衣 My New Swag (Feat. Ty. & 王倩倩) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aknkofx2bHg• Higher Brothers - Made in China | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rILKm-DC06A

When was the last time a science and policy article went viral? If you are struggling to think of one, you aren’t alone. With the help of skilled professionals like Dr. Jeffrey Toney, the tide might be changing.  Dr. Jeffrey Toney is an educator and a scientist whose career has spanned academia and the pharmaceutical industry. He serves as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Kean University in Union, Toms River, and Manahawkin, New Jersey, as well as Wenzhou, China. Kean University is focused on access and opportunity. His news media publications include Huffington Post, The New York Times, and The Hill. He also has published more than 60 peer-reviewed scientific publications and holds six US patents. What You’ll Hear On This Episode of When Science Speaks [1:10] Mark introduces his guest, Dr. Jeff Toney. [3:15] Jeff opens up about the intersection of science and his various interests. [5:00] How did Jeff get involved with teaching at Montclair State University? [7:30] Why scientists need to develop their communication skills. [10:00] Jeff talks about how he connected Ariana Grande’s dog to human rights. [11:30] How did Jeff get involved with public policy issues? [14:30] Should scientists stay out of politics? [16:20] The best public policy is driven by data. [18:00] Jeff’s advice for scientists who want to get published. [22:30] How did Jeff get involved with supporting entrepreneurial efforts in social justice? Connect with Dr. Jeff Toney Follow Dr. Toney on Twitter Ariana Grande’s Wonder Dog Resources & People Mentioned Harry Kroto Music for Relief Mass Challenge SurgiBox Making science and policy work relevant in everyday life Which classes stood out to you the most when you were in high school? Did you look forward to gym class where you could show off your physical prowess? Or did you enjoy that class with the teacher who made even the dullest subject roar to life with relevance? It’s no secret that a vast chasm separates science and policy work from the popular consciousness. We need educators, scientists, and policymakers who can bridge the divide and help make these vital topics engaging for the average person.  Surveying this divide, Dr. Jeffrey Toney continually looks for ways to engage his students and help bridge the gap. With the understanding that the average scientist struggles in the area of communication, Dr. Toney makes it a point to mentor his students and help them overcome this significant barrier. Seeking to connect his passion for human rights advocacy with popular culture, Dr. Toney wrote an article for Huffington Post that received a lot of positive attention. Check out the link to his article located in the resources section at the end of this post. The best public policy is driven by data With the recent mid-term elections, science and policy decisions have been thrust into the headlines once again. As the debates rage on at Capitol Hill, the question remains, what is the best way to develop public policy? Dr. Toney states that the best approach to public policy is to focus on data. Scientists are trained as Dr. Toney puts it, “to be agnostic about outcomes.” They don’t chase after something that they already think is true; they follow the data to establish new truth.  While Dr. Toney doesn’t advocate for a partisan approach, he sees the value of bringing scientific expertise to bear on policy decisions. Dr. Toney's engagement in policy work isn’t just theory; he’s actively engaged in important advocacy work on multiple fronts. From his work addressing human rights issues to serving on the advisory board of SurgiBox, it is clear that Dr. Toney doesn’t just talk about advocacy work, he’s actively engaged in it.  Learn more about Dr. Jeffrey Toney’s fascinating perspective by listening to this engaging episode of When Science Speaks. Connect With Mark and When Science Speaks http://WhenScienceSpeaks.com https://bayerstrategic.com/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/BayerStrategic On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bayer-Strategic-Consulting-206102993131329 On LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markdanielbayer/ On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bayerstrategic/ On Medium: https://medium.com/@markbayer17

Grenzeloos Ondernemen #010 vanuit Wenzhou, China! Wenzhou is met een gigantische bevolking van ruim negen miljoen inwoners de belangrijkste stad in de provincie Zhejiang, aan de Oostkust van China. Te gast zijn Tom van Steeg, CEO van Caressi Kitchen Products. Olaf Frelink, oprichter en eigenaar van Divano Lounge. En Jos van den Broek, eigenaar restaurant High Wine in Wenzhou. Presentatie Folkert Tempelman

The NWA Report ends affective immediately. So what's next for Jay Cal. Let's find out together. On this episode Jay talks about what's next for the podcast as he sits in his hotel in China. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theallianceblog/support

Anche il Partito socialista sostiene la dissacrante “Cavalcata dei Magi” con drag queen;In Pakistan cinque blogger accusati di blasfemia assolti dalla Corte Suprema;India: istituto cattolico assediato da fanatici, affinché celebrasse un rituale votivo indù;Cina: libero dopo sette mesi mons. Pietro Shao Zhumin, Vescovo di Wenzhou;Cristianofobia: altri due presepi brutalmente devastati in Italia.

"I've never seen two Chinese guys comparing (car) engines (like people do in Europe)," says Freeman Shen, founder of Chinese electric vehicle start-up WM Motor Technology Co., Ltd. "China doesn't have a long driving culture...the car is more a tool for people to get from point A to B." It's one reason his three-year-old company, with RMB10 billion (US$1.5 billion) in funding, is taking a different route than most of its rivals. Instead of simply producing a decent, mass market car, WM will offer its EV customers flexible ownership, essentially combining Tesla Motors and Uber in one company. It's an important selling point given that WM is targeting young Chinese consumers, who are famously quick to accept new things, but far less willing to purchase new cars. For Shen, the former chairman of Volvo China and a 20-year automobile industry veteran, the future of China's car industry will be shaped by three words: electrification, connectivity and sharing. As such, his company is creating a 100% electric car that is connected 24/7 and will let owners choose if they want to share their cars. "For example, a customer owns our car in Shanghai but he travels to Beijing a lot. With a Super ID (a membership service offered by WM), he can easily access another WM Motor vehicle while in Beijing and lease out his car in Shanghai," Shen told China Money Network at the company's headquarters in Shanghai. The "new business model", as the soft-spoken Shen calls it, is full of unforeseen challenges. Jia Yueting, the disgraced and currently exiled ex-chief of LeEco, wanted to build something similar with that company's smart car unit LeSEE and car hauling platform Yidao. That plan was cut short by corporate financial crisis that is still unfolding. And Tesla itself plans to launch a ride sharing system called "Tesla Network" as early as this years, allowing its car owners to share their vehicles, and creating immediate competition for WM. "The challenge is how to make this dream (become) real...we are in a race to see (which company) can get to the market (first)," said Shen. It is a race indeed. China, the world's largest car and EV market, already has three EV start-ups valued at US$1 billion, (NIO, WM Motor and BAIC BJEV, according to China Money Network's China Unicorn Ranking) with another one (Future Mobility Corporation) approaching unicorn valuation. The U.S., on the other hand, has none. Read more on five Chinese EV start-ups that could rival Tesla Competition between these well-funded Chinese EV start-ups is intense. NIO's ES8 model will hit the market in mid-December. Another Chinese EV start-up, CHJ Automotive (known as Chehejia in Chinese), completed a test production run two months ago at its new factory, which was built in only one year. Shen says WM Motor's high-tech customer-to-manufacturer (C2M) factory in Wenzhou will be completed at the end of this year and small volume production will commence during the first quarter of 2018. Only then will we know if his digital car dream can become reality. Read an interview Q&A below. Also subscribe to China Money Podcast for free in the iTunes store, or subscribe to our weekly newsletter. ON CHINA'S EV INDUSTRY: Q: How would you describe the current transition toward electric vehicles by China and the global automobile industry? A: As you know, China is already the largest car market in the world, and it also leads in electrification. The first reason China is going electric is because it relies on imports for about 60% of its oil, of which 80% is used by cars. From a national security respective, the Chinese government has to push very hard for electrification. Pollution is another reason. The electric vehicle revolution has been going on for about five years. However, at first not many people took it seriously. But I believe now is the right time. Customers are already well educated, and electric cars are a good solution for daily u...

March 30, 2009 | The "Wenzhou Model" is often touted in China as a successful model of rural economic development and rural industrialization. Based on privatized household production, flourishing commodity markets, and rapid urbanization and industrialization, the local people of Wenzhou have rapidly transformed themselves from being one of China's poorest rural areas in the 1970s to one of its most prosperous today. This talk showed how the Wenzhou Model as described by economists and sociologists has ignored a highly visible phenomenon, the ritual economy and revival of expenditures on popular religious activities. Dr. Mayfair Yang suggested that the ritual economy cannot be ignored in any analysis of rural economic prosperity. Slides from anthropological fieldwork in 1991-2008 illustrated the many dimensions of ritual economy: deity temples, religious processions and festivals, Buddhist and Daoist temples, Protestant and Catholic churches, life-cycle rituals, and lineage ancestor rituals.

The battle of the sexes continues, but this time on the road. According to traffic police in Hangzhou and Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, female drivers are safer on the road than their counterparts.China‘s roads would be a safer place if everyone drove like a woman, police figures suggest.

Eugene has been traveling with his Pastor, Anthony Williams, recently and they sit down today to talk about some developments in the city of Wenzhou, China.

China is an atheist state, officially, but Christianity is booming. It is estimated that there are more Christians in the country than members of the Communist Party. Danny Vincent travels to the south-east coast to the city of Wenzhou – known as China’s Jerusalem. In Wenzhou, he discovers the scale of the recent demolitions by the government of crucifixes, the most venerated symbol of the Christian faith, officially because they are too tall or illegal. It is estimated that 1,700 crosses have been knocked down since 2014. Danny Vincent travels to Wenzhou to meet Pastor Zhang, an illegal pastor in one of the thousands of underground churches that serve the millions of Chinese Christians. However, he also meets a pastor from a government registered church who defends the crosses being taken down and how he says the real reasons that crosses are demolished is because they are illegally built and not because the Chinese government is so concerned about the meteoric rise in the faith. (Photo: A giant red cross propped up against a window)

Finance editor Edward McBride is joined by free exchange columnist Ryan Avent to discuss the economics of gun violence and gun control in the wake of the Orlando shootings. And, Asia economics editor Simon Rabinovitch lifts the lid on the mysterious shadow banks of Wenzhou. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Finance editor Edward McBride is joined by free exchange columnist Ryan Avent to discuss the economics of gun violence and gun control in the wake of the Orlando shootings. And, Asia economics editor Simon Rabinovitch lifts the lid on the mysterious shadow banks of Wenzhou. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

MSM 332:  Wenzhou When Joe? WeChat with Chinese students. Jokes You Can Use: Advisory: WeChat http://www.wechat.com/en/ So what do you get when you cross 44 9th graders from Wenzhou and 10-12 7th graders from Michigan? Lots of intercultural fun! Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) ETS TRADE BOOKS I was recently reading the March, 2016 issue of "Science Scope," a magazine written for middle school science teachers, published by the National Science Teachers Association. In this issue, I read the article, "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12." This podcast features four engineering, technology, science and society books that are on this year's list of outstanding trade books. The titles include: 1. Flying Cars: The True Story 2. Food Engineering From Concept To Consumer 3. Inside Biosphere 2: Earth Science Under Glass 4. Remarkable Minds: 17 More Pioneering Women In Science And Medicine http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2016/5/26_Middle_School_Science_Minute-ETS_Trade_Books.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Curriculet I am very sorry to announce that Curriculet will be turning off the lights and shuttering our service on June 17th. To our most loyal users and our most generous critics, I want to both apologize and extend my gratitude. For months we have explored every option possible to continue building Curriculet and offering our service. Unfortunately, we were not able to find a suitable option. http://www.curriculet.com/

【特别感谢热心听友“张仕泓-Sammy”帮忙听写本篇文稿】He Yang: A 12-year old boy in Wenzhou was asked to write an I.O.U. letter to his parents as punishment for secretly spending 9,000 Yuan on mobile games. Is it the right way that the parents used this particular method to encourage the son to learn from his mistakes? And should the game company give that money back to the parents? Is that even possible? Guys, tell me more about the story first. How smart is this guy! Ryan: He is a smart boy, so he is 12 years old, and he is indulging in mobile games. Actually playing this game called Crisis Action, I actually don’t know what that game is, but he spent 9,000 yuan of his parents’ money ($ 1,400) on purchasing weapons to better his equipment in the game. And he paid through Alipay, a company here in China. It’s kind of like middle man using his Mom’s credit card. The mother, upon receiving the strange bills from her credit card company, initially thought it was credit card theft. When the parents found out the truth, they decided to give the child a lesson by making him to write an I.O.U. of 10,000 yuan. So basically, how is the boy gonna pay back his parents? He is going to earn the money back by doing chores, and academically being responsible. So, for dish washing, he gets 10 yuan; for cooking rice, he only gets 5. For mopping, he gets a whopping 20, and for cleaning his room, 10 yuan. (Not bad) And then, really important one, if he gets high marks on a math test, he gets a 100 yuan off his bill. So, actually looking at this, I really like the way the parents handled it. I think it makes him responsible for his actions, and I think it is a good thing because he is also bettering himself and he doesn’t know it. You know, he is gonna be getting good grades. He is going be... having a cleaner life, and he is actually taking care of himself by washing the dishes and cooking the rice. Luo Yu: But have you ever done the computation yourself, all in all the kid has to mop the floor 1,000 times, and get the good academic scores 100 times before he can be cleared of his debts. But according to his father, up to now, this mechanism seems to be working quite well, and the boy has been responding well with the IOU, he behaved very well at home, helping with the family chores all the time, and he is very eager to finish his homework just after the school, so the father said, if the mistake can help the son learn the lessons he made mistakes and form a very good study habit, the money spent was actually worth it. He Yang: That was really interesting, and when I was looking at the story, I felt a million years old, like a dinosaur, well, I live in my cave, so pretty much…you know, I am there anyway, but… yeah… I mean, with this kind of story, you realized that in the old days, in comparison, let’s just do a comparison, kids used to sometimes steal from parents by just taking money out Mom and Dad’s wallet (Yeah) or purse, but now, it’s going to their parents’ Alipay account (It’s going digital) and also erasing his digital foot trail, like deleting the text massage that bank notifies his parents that a transaction has been made. This is stealing from parents, and don't you think a little bit of more heavy-handed way of parenting is kind of needed here? Ryan: Not necessarily, I think, for kids, they are kids, they think they can get away with stuff. All kids get punished, all kids need to learn right and wrong, and they learn from their parents, but it doesn't have to be the whip. Sometimes they can be just incentives like I.O.U.s, and he is maybe learning that, you know, like he can pay this debt off. So Luo Yu said that he has to mop before a thousand times, or get good academic scores 100 times, I don't think that his parents actually gonna say: Okay, you have to do this in a year, (Yeah) if you don't, we’ll selling you. No, it’s like more, just like, hey, now it’s like if I got grounded for getting a bad test in the U.S., I am not be grounded forever, but my parents like grounded like: “when do I get out of being grounded?” They like: “when we decide”, and I think this is only bettering him, he is getting good grades, he is changing his life, he is being socially responsible, you know, cleaning the house, and helping his parents out, and what a great way to solve it, I don't think any violence or any other weird way of parenting would need to come in to play here, and he is leaning his lesson, and nobody is getting hurt. He Yang: Yeah, okay, well, Ryan, you kind of convinced me, certainly I think with the story. That’s really interesting to see how parents are teaching the kids a lesson, and that part I think we did pretty thorough discussion already, but what about this other segment of the story, that now is that possible for kids to steal money from their parents’ online accounts. Luo Yu: Some of the technical giant can definitely do something here. Because according to lawyers, the boy is the minor, so he only has restricted civil capacity, big transaction between a minor and a game company should be carried out with the consent of the minor’s legal representatives or their guardians, and apple, the company, had actually done this in 2014, he reimbursed the parents with 32.5 million U.S. dollars, because a lot of children, just without their parents’ consent, you know, have done this business with apple, and they got reimbursement later. Ryan: I disagree with this, I think, like, you are being a sloppy parent if you are not, like, keeping on top of your kid stealing $ 1,400 from you. It’s not the company’s fault, I sell things, and if I have a no refund policy, I am sorry, no refund, you should like, not let you kid steal the money. I just… (But the kid can get… ) wait wait wait wait…, hold on (Okay, okay) before you jump on me, but I do think there should be a ceiling, okay, so for the amount like 1,400, yes, I agree, it’s a lot, but it’s not outrageous, if it was like a million dollars, of course, something needs to happen, that’s not really durable, and it’s… And the company, should be at least somewhat responsible for catering so much for this one kid, but in this specific circumstance, I think the company should be allowed to keep their transaction. Luo Yu: But the kid has very easy access to get all sorts of their parents’ digital devices, and they get the business done without their parents’ consent, and this is actually not abiding by the law. Ryan: I disagree, his mom is probably lazy and let the Alipay password in some devices. I doubt the kid just magically used a hack in his computer to find the password for his mom’s Alipay account. Watch your password, don't trust your kids. Your kids, they don't know any better. Just make sure, like your finance are away from your kids.He Yang: Okay, that’s actually…Luo Yu: So the best strategy is buy them an iPad without linking their iPad with your credit card.He Yang: Luo Yu, did you take money from Apple, iPad sales could go up. But, yeah, I think I am agree with you, Ryan, in theory but, I’m just imagining one day when me, the cave girl becomes a mom, there is no way I could outpace my son or daughter in the future, you know, in terms of technology, I think this is just gonna be so hard. See there is another challenge for parents that you need to know these stuff, digital payment stuff, and stay ahead of your kid, in order to safeguard your money to some extent?

温州的外文名除了WENZHOU之外还有个叫法是：YUJEU这个是温州这个词在温州话的读法说起温州似乎最先想到的是晦涩难懂的方言或是非常暧昧的温州发廊然而可以代表温州和温州人的我们认为是植根于温州人基因里的商人意识他们以商人的形象更为人所知我们说世界每个角落都有温州人那么温州人到底是怎样一个神奇的存在？很高兴邀请到一位溫州姑娘来節目以一个温州人的身份來和大家来聊聊温州

2015-11-30 We decided to take one more painful ride to the city of Wenzhou with the help of Ryan taking the trailer off my back for a while. It's time to make some tough choices. I cannot continue to ride this heavy. So seeing as though we are not too far from my home base of Ningbo, I decided to cut out ALL non essentials and take it with me on the fast train to Ningbo. There I will offload it and get my knee checked out, and return lighter and hopefully with less pain tomorrow. And be ready to get back on the road!

A group of middle-aged women, or “Dama” in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, has sent shockwaves through China after being convicted for taking drugs in a karaoke room. The story has increased public attention into the life and spirit of retired Chinese senior citizens, also known as dama in Chinese, who have previously grabbed news headlines with their square dancing and gold buying. 一群平均年龄超过50岁的温州大妈组团在KTV吸毒，目的是找乐子。这样一个极端案例，反映出踏入“退休生涯”的中国城市妇女尴尬境况——面临着巨大的精神危机。 Who are they? What did they do?

« Les Cantonais mangent tout ce qui vole dans le ciel sauf un avion, tout ce qui rampe sauf un train, tout ce qui a quatre pattes sauf une table, tout ce qui nage sauf un sous-marin … » nous dit un dicton populaire... Racines de lotus, liserons d'eau, pitaya, galettes d'algues, chou en saumure, mangoustans, kumquats, tofu, oeufs de cent ans, ailerons de requins, calamars séchés, crevettes tigrées, ormeaux, poissons-chats, anguilles, escargots, gésiers boucanés, nids d'hirondelles, tendons de boeuf, tripes et pieds de cochon, serpent, chat, pangolin... sans oublier la pharmacopée pour soigner toutes sortes de maux : amadouvier, cornes de cerf, gingseng, hippocampes et scorpions séchés, nerfs de porc, bile de serpent, chair de tortue... Les rues de Canton, ses marchés et ses étals à perte de vue suscitent à la fois étonnement et fascination, la moitié des produits nous étant simplement inconnus : une symphonie d'images et d'odeurs, parfois trop puissantes pour les Occidentaux que nous sommes... Sans oublier les multitudes de temples gargantuesques, restaurants sur plusieurs niveaux où, à chaque heure de la journée, il est obligatoire de prendre un ticket pour patienter dans une salle d'attente, non pas pour se rendre chez le médecin, mais bien pour pouvoir y goûter la cuisine. A une centaine de kilomètres de là, un autre, voire LE temple de la gastronomie cantonaise : Hong Kong. Cette ville est considérée par le guide Michelin comme “étant celle où l'offre gastronomique est la plus abordable au monde. La créativité, la curiosité, l'ouverture culturelle émanant de cette ville alimentent en permanence une gastronomie des plus dynamiques au monde. Véritable terre d'échange et de rencontres, de bouillonnement culturel et d'inspiration, Hong Kong est devenue incontournable dans le paysage culinaire international.” Nos invités : Adeline Grattard et Chi Wah Chan sont à la tête du restaurant étoilé Yam'tcha. Adeline est passée par l'école Ferrandi puis par les brigades de Flora Mikula, Yannick Alléno et Pascal Barbot avant de s'envoler pour Hong Kong, où elle eut en charge les cuisines de Bo Innovation, le restaurant exceptionnel d'Alvin Leung. Chi Wah, son mari, est originaire de Hong Kong et maître de thé. Il travaille à l'instinct pour élaborer des accords mets et thés pour le restaurant. Nos chroniqueurs : Pierre Guigui est journaliste et critique, ex-responsable de la rubrique vin chez les guides et magazines Gault et Millaut. Il brasse désormais sa propre bière dans le Berry, la Mousse à Zigui, et continue à militer pour une viticulture et une agriculture en biodynamie. Que boire avec la cuisine cantonaise ? Dégusté lors de l’émission : Bière Ardwen Ambrée, dans les 4 €. Isa Côtes de Thongue Rosé 2014, dans les 7 euros. Domaine Jo Pithon Anjou Blanc cuvée Pépinière 2007, environ 15 €. Amélie Weill est la responsable du service Bars et Restaurants chez  partenaire de cette émission. Retrouvez l’essentiel des arts, de la culture et des sorties parisiennes sur leur site Internet. Les bonnes adresses d'Amélie Li Ka Fo, 39 rue de Choisy 75013 Paris. Wenzhou, 24 rue de Belleville, 75020 Paris. La boutique Yam'tcha, 4 rue Sauval 75001 Paris. Siseng, 82 quai de Jemmapes 75010 Paris. La Taverne de Zhao, 49 rue des Vinaigriers 75010 Paris. J'en veux encore !  Le guide Michelin Hong Kong Macau 2015, pour les très chanceux qui se rendraient en ces temples de la gastronomie... --- Une émission produite comme chaque mois par Lise Côme et Louis Michaud, et réalisée par Léa Méraud.

完整文稿请关注今日微信推送内容，或登录以下网址： http://english.cri.cn/7146/2014/05/23/2582s827936.htm This is NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Here is the news. Wenzhou City in east China has broken up a gang that was providing illegal sex-determination tests, largely for gender selection. The gang tested more than 2,000 women in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, and some of the women had abortion on the basis of the results. 14 people have been detained so far. One of the main suspects, sir named Chen, worked at a private clinic in Wenzhou. He started offering the illegal tests last year. He collected blood samples of pregnant women who wanted to know the gender of their child. Two female suspects from a neighboring city claimed they were from Hong Kong and the tests were conducted in medical institutions in Hong Kong. Each customer paid 800 yuan, or 130 U.S. dollars, for the test. 35-year-old Chen, his wife and his compliances tested around 300 women, making illegal profits of over 200,000 yuan. In China, sex determination testing, gender-selective procedures and abortions for non-medical purposes are prohibited. A traditional preference for boys over girls results in a largely skewed sex ratio, which stands at 115 boys born for every 100 girls. Worldwide, a normal range should be between 103 and 107. Sex-selective abortions after sex determinations have further fuelled an imbalance. Family planning officials in Wenzhou say the relaxation of birth control rules did not help reverse the skewed sex ratio, as some families qualified for a second child want to know the gender of their second child. This is NEWS Plus Special English. For the second time, Beijing resident Jiang Hai took her 4-year-old son to the annual Beijing Foreign Language Festival, hoping the environment get her son interested in the language. Jiang says that when her son grows up, he will definitely have to communicate with foreigners. So Jiang wants the child learns English as early as possible. The Beijing Foreign Language Festival started in 2002. It emphasizes communication, interactivity and the practical use of foreign languages. For many years, English has been considered one of the three most important subjects in Chinese schools, along with Chinese and Math. Most provinces and cities offer English classes from elementary school, but the tradition of emphasizing English appears to be on the wane. In Beijing, the value of English will be reduced to 100 points from the current 150 in the college entrance exam in 2016. Despite this, more parents like Jiang want their children to start learning English at an early age. Wang Xue is director of an English school for learners as young as 4 years old. The company has been expanding due to the strong demand from parents, as some parents believed English should be taught as early as possible. The cost for learning English is high. A survey late last year by Beijing Foreign Language University showed that in 2012, Chinese parents spent 14 billion yuan, or around 2 billion U.S. dollars, on their children' early English education. According to Wang, the fee for one hour of native speaker's class is around 130 yuan, adding up to about 20,000 yuan for a one-year program. Some schools even offer program worth 40,000 yuan, in which students are taught one to one by a native speaker. You're listening to NEWS Plus Special English. I'm Yun Feng in Beijing. Three Chinese volunteers have finished an experiment, living in an enclosed capsule for three months, eating only laboratory-grown plants and insects. That was China's first human test of the "Moon Palace 1", a 500-cubic meter module that is China's first bio-regenerative life support base. The lab set on the campus of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. It is a virtual biosphere, where people can provide food for themselves by cultivating grain, vegetable, fruit and insects. The system can also produce water and fertilizers, process waste and revitalize the air. The system features a cabin and two plant cultivation labs, which is a miniature version of the Earth's biosphere. It can help make it possible for astronauts to live safely in space stations without any deliveries of supplies for long periods. The research team selected five kinds of grain, 15 varieties of vegetable, one kind of fruit, as well as a yellow mealworm which provided protein for the volunteers during the experiment. It is hoped that the life support system can further facilitate China's manned space program. Last June, three Chinese astronauts spent 12 days in Tiangong-1, or Heavenly Palace 1, in the country's longest manned space mission. China's manned space program has entered its second decade with ambitious plans of building a permanent space station and manned lunar probe.

Ya-Han Chuang presents her paper 'Mediating migration: the role of the Qiaoban in the rescaling of the Wenzhou region' in Parallel session III(B) of the conference Examining Migration Dynamics: Networks and Beyond, 24-26 Sept 2013 Based on a multi-sited ethnography, this paper aims to provide a nuanced picture of the meso-level interaction between Chinese migrants, their sending/receiving localities, and the Chinese government through the case of Wenzhou migrants in Paris and the Qiaoban - the "Office of Overseas Chinese Affairs." The paper begins by presenting the evolving relationship between migrants and the Qiaoban of Wenzhou. The Wenzhou region experienced tremendous growth in the decades following the economic reform of 1978, which allowed for the emergence of new patterns of migration as Wenzhou residents profited from the local informal credit institutions and cheap local goods to take their businesses abroad. The Qiaoban has used this success to promote the Wenzhou development model, particularly through the commemoration of emigrant histories. I then analyze various institutional tools used to establish trans-local linkages. In the sending region, a structured administration and associations for return migrants were established to collect information and provide services for migrants; and, in the receiving country, numerous voluntary associations cultivate networks with political and economic actors. Various summer camps and associations were also created to link younger generations, often born abroad, to Wenzhou. The article concludes by examining the consequences of these initiatives. Despite the Qiaoban's attempts to "rescale" Wenzhou through promoting the "global Wenzhou diaspora" (shijie wenzhouren), interviews with migrants show that the effects vary due to the unequal degrees of development and infrastructure in different sending villages/townships. While the use of the Qiaoban as a political institution to strengthen links and implement policy in the diaspora is not uniformly effective, it does facilitate economic exchange between localities, thus strengthening the trans-local networks between the sending and receiving communities.

At this ESMT Open Lecture, Harvard professor Niall Ferguson discussed and debated issues raised in his latest book Civilization: The West and the Rest. About the book: If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling civilizations of the Orient. The Forbidden City was under construction in Ming Beijing; in the Near East, the Ottomans were closing in on Constantinople. By contrast, England would have struck you as a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war. The other quarrelsome kingdoms of Western Europe - Aragon, Castile, France, Portugal and Scotland - would have seemed little better. As for fifteenth-century North America, it was an anarchic wilderness compared with the realms of the Aztecs and Incas. The idea that the West would come to dominate the Rest for most of the next half millennium would have struck you as wildly fanciful. And yet it happened. What was it about the civilization of Western Europe that allowed it to trump the outwardly superior empires of the Orient? The answer, Niall Ferguson argues, was that the West developed six "killer applications" that the Rest lacked: competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic. The key question today is whether or not the West has lost its monopoly on these six things. If so, Ferguson warns, we may be living through the end of Western ascendancy. Civilization takes readers on their own extraordinary journey around the world - from the Grand Canal at Nanjing to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul; from Machu Picchu in the Andes to Shark Island, Namibia; from the proud towers of Prague to the secret churches of Wenzhou. It is the story of sailboats, missiles, land deeds, vaccines, blue jeans and Chinese Bibles. It is the defining narrative of modern world history. About the speaker: Niall Ferguson is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. Born in Glasgow in 1964, Niall Ferguson graduated from Magdalen College with First Class Honors in 1985. After two years as a Hanseatic Scholar in Hamburg and Berlin, he took up a research fellowship at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1989, subsequently returning to Oxford where he was appointed professor of Political and Financial History in 2000. Two years later he left for the US where he took up the Herzog Chair in Financial History at the Stern Business School, New York University, before moving to Harvard in 2004. Niall Ferguson is a regular contributor to press, television, and radio on both sides of the Atlantic and a prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics.