On Thu, 22 Nov 2012, Trent W. Buck wrote:
Peter Ross wrote:
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, Trent W. Buck wrote:
The current economic climate would encourage me to keep at least Chinese history on the syllabus, though.
You could play with hot potatoes instead.. which version do you want? [ ...] LP’s official stance is that Taiwan is not part of the motherland, and so the book is effectively “banned.”
I don't see how PRC's stance on Kuomintang-controlled ROC has any relevance. That would be like refusing to study Korea because both Koreas claim control over the entire peninsula.
Good luck writing the schoolbook then;-) Honestly, there are as many ways to step of the toes of an Chinese embassy official as you write sentences in the book. Taiwan, Mao, Tibet, Dalai Lama, the New Frontier, the Uighurs, languages vs. dialects.. you better don't mention any of them.
"Main export partners China 27.4%, Japan 19.2%, South Korea 8.9%, India 5.8% (2011)"
That's one reason we take every coughing from China more seriously;-) This mail may be already enough to deny me visa next time I have to go there. Who knows? I don't think we should ignore China and Chinese culture and history. But we also should not pretend that it is easy to deal with them, and all just business as usual. It is not. Just google for some Australian businesspeople imprisoned in China. Should be mandatory reading for everyone having big plans over there. Regards Peter