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ASPAC Conference 2010 June 18 – 20, 2010 | Portland, OR corners of the walls supporting the ceiling in the Tomb of Four Dieties in Jian, reflect a prototype not found in China, The poignant and provocative images are unique to Korea, with roots that recall Siberian culture in the Steppes. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Moosung Lee The Construction of Value Systems and Network Formations for the East Asian Community: The Roles of Local Governments and Multi-Level Governance The question of regional integration in Northeast Asia has been one of the key issues of regional politics. Notwithstanding the efforts to realize the regional integration, both its feasibility and the scope are very limited: the loosely integrated economic integration, such as a free trade zone, seems to be available option at the moment. Past historical grudges among, for example, Korea, Japan and China have been a big hurdle to jump for a greater initiative for the regional integration. Different economic interests have also discouraged them from serious talks. Thus intergovernmental negotiations to initiate the first move have not shown any substantial progress. Even so, any countries aspiring for integration may well recognize its positive economic and political implications. Under these circumstances, this paper aims to examine not only the limitation of the conventional scholarly wisdom, but the alternative view to the existing debates. If the top-down style of intergovernmental negotiations is not easy, the local level of initiatives may come first, which in turn acts as a bridgehead for further moves. To test this hypothesis, this paper will examine the roles of the local and regional governments in creating networks and value systems to strengthen the infrastructure of regional integration. To this aim, this paper will undertake its study with particular reference to the economic, political and cultural level of network formation process between China and South Korea. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Timothy Lim South Korea as an ‘Ordinary’ Country: A Comparative Inquiry into the Prospects for ‘Permanent’ Immigration to Korea Will South Korea become a country of immigration? That is, will it follow the same path as other ‘historical countries’ that also attempted to resist the permanent immigration of foreign migrant workers? My short answer to the last set of questions is yes. Briefly put, I argue that South Korea is quite ‘ordinary’. It is ordinary in the sense that it is similar, in a basic way, to other industrialized democracies. And it is the ‘ordinary’ institutions, practices, and norms of democratic governance- combined with the imperatives of capitalist industrialization- that are key: they help create a common social and political context within which the process of international migration plays out. The result is a generally foreseeable sequence of events that leads from temporary migration to permanent immigration (including denizenship and citizenship). I support this conclusion through both an analysis of contemporary developments in South Korea and through a comparative examination focusing on Germany. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Meiru Liu Engaging the Community: The Non-Governmental Role of CI-PSU in Promoting Chinese Culture and Language Since signing the contract with Hanban back in January 2007, the Confucius Institute at Portland State University has been in operation for more than three years. Over the past several years, CIPSU has been playing the role of non-governmental ambassador in vigorously promoting Chinese language and culture through entering the community and establishing friendly and cooperative relations with different regional and local organizations. Through activities such as Chinese language programs, China and Chinese culturerelated lecture series and Experiencing Chinese Culture events, weekly Chinese Corner activities, international conferences, K-12 Chinese language teachers training program, Chinese Textbook Exhibition, Chinese-bridge summer camps, and Chinese Proficiency Tests, the Institute is rapidly becoming an important window for Portland State University and the local community and the general public in the region to learn about China 22
ASPAC Conference 2010 June 18 – 20, 2010 | Portland, OR and Chinese culture, thus broadening the network between the two countries and the peoples and building a bridge between the Chinese and Western cultures. This paper will discuss the positive non-governmental role the CIPSU has been playing in reaching and educating the community about China and Chinese culture. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Wenjia Liu Jiang Dehua and Her doubles: Girls’ Resistance to Marriage in the 1857 Flowers Growing from Writing Brushes The late-Qing tanci Flowers Growing from Writing Brushes (Bi sheng hua 笔生花; preface dated 1857), attributed to Qiu Xinru, is unusual for its intensive focus on girls’ resistance to marriage, highlighted by the characterization of Jiang Dehua and her two foils. The tanci gives scholars a unique opportunity to see how a gentry woman addressed the theme of arranged marriage in fictional writing. In the fantasized world of the tanci, the various means to resist marriage used by the female protagonists reveals a search for female agency by the author. The tanci narrates events in the life of the female character Jiang Dehua, including her cross-dressing and marriage to another woman, the ultimate disclosure of her gender when she assumes her new role as a wife in relationship to her husband’s concubines and her own previous “wife.” The cross-dressed Jiang Dehua, who serves as a high official, tries to avoid the disclosure of her sex under the name of filial piety as long as she can. Parallel to her, Hu Yuexian, a fox-spirit who is Dehua’s double, manages to outwit all the men around her and leave the mundane world. Xuexian, Dehua’s complement in terms of literary talent, pursues Daoist immortality and rejects the idea of marriage to a man sating it would pollute her. The three fictional women’s active resistance to arranged marriage endows them with autonomous agency within the system of traditional patriarchal power represented by their would-be husbands. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Yang Liu Read Her Mind Through Her Poetry: Reevaluation ofYu Xuanji's Social Poetry Yu Xuanji (844?-869) was a Tang dynasty Daoist nun famous for her poetry. Although she lived a short life, Yu Xuanji left us a number of valuable poetic works, many of which were criticized as decadent and depraved by Huang-fu Mei (dates unknown) and Sun Guangxian (900?-968). Both of these men made hostile references to Yu, significantly influencing how scholars of later periods perceived her. Yu thus became notorious for her allegedly "dissolute" life and "immoral" works. However, a careful investigation of her poetry reveals the need to reevaluate her works and her personality. To a certain extent, Yu Xuanji was relatively independent, as she lived in a Daoist convent that was a public social place, free from restrictions of family, which facilitated her active social life. In fact, of Yu's 49 poems preserved in Quan Tangshi, more than 24 are addressed to her friends. This study will examine Yu Xuanji's social poetry, the controversial part among the corpus of her works, and will also take into account some of the praise and criticisms that have been expressed about her life and work. The purpose of this study is to obtain a more rounded and balanced view of Yu Xuanji and her works by focusing on close readings of her own literary output, rather than relying on the commentaries of others. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lina Lu The Confucius Institute and Professional Development of Localized K-12 Chinese Language Teacher One of the main functions of the Confucius Institute is to promote Chinese language education and train Chinese language teachers. There are approximately 5000 people learning Chinese language in the great Portland wares. Along with an increasing demand for Chinese instruction, needs for qualified Chinese language teachers are getting greater and greater. The Confucius Institute at Portland State University successfully sponsored/organized two K-12 Chinese teacher training programs in summer 2008 and 2009 to meet the need for professional development of K-12 Chinese language teachers in the great Portland area and state of Oregon. 23
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