User:Colipon

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Colipon (zh:科乐邦) is a tag for my identity on Wikipedia, having no particular political, commercial, or ideological connections, nor has it ever been used by me anywhere else. It is simply a unique name. I worked as a sociology professor in Shanxi Province, and I am currently an editor for a few journals on Mainland China and have been an administrator on the Chinese Wikipedia since February 2004. I also profess some original research of my own in the areas of sociology, religious studies, and history. Growing up during the Cultural Revolution while my parents moved around the country, I became very interested in the topics of history and sociology, and politics from a young age. A native of Nanjing, China, and a graduate of Inner Mongolia University, and having taken courses at the University of British Columbia in the mid 1990's, I am currently a permanent resident of Calgary, Alberta. My chinese name is Fang Hongshi. My English name is Gordon Fang. People refer to me as Gordie, you could do so if you wish in my talk pages. I specialize in the study of the contrast between Western and Eastern cultures, as well as historical sociology in China. I am deeply interested in research into Chinese history. I am currently not affiliated with any political organizations, but have been in the past. In my free time I enjoy sports. I am an avid Soccer and Ice Hockey fan; I am also constantly reading and digging through history. Dr. Tang Haoming's three-book series on General Zeng Guofan stood out in the sea of fantasy history that is the norm in Chinese bookstores.

My reasons for my decision to contribute to Wikipedia is two-fold. One, my contributions to the China-related articles is driven by a personal urge to make the English speaking world more aware and less ignorant about China, and shine light on the common misconceptions. Secondly, my personal experiences, professional background and academic interest has makes me confident in being a reviewer on controversial topics.

Recently my topics of research are Qing Dynasty history and the controversy surrounding Falun Gong. In addition, my personal and professional experiences and connections in China, along with my frequent visits there (most recently traveled China July-August 2006, plan to go again soon) have instigated a deep interest within me to research and analyze contemporary Chinese society and its many challenges. I am not politically aligned, and many of my observations are from a strictly sociological point of view.

Contents

[edit] Notable Works

Hundred Flowers Movement (this article has been quoted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn in his book about Jiang Zemin) - Cultural Revolution - Guangxu Emperor - Towards the Republic - Viceroy of Zhili - Zhang Zhidong - CCTV New Year's Gala - 2006 National People's Congress - 2007 National People's Congress - Bo Xilai - Hu Ge

Significant Edits: Qing Dynasty - Deng Xiaoping - Jiang Zemin - Emperor of China - Yuan Shikai - Yongzheng Emperor - History of the People's Republic of China - Licence plates of the People's Republic of China - Sinophobia

Pictures: , , ,

[edit] In the plans

  • Note:pages in bold are relatively completed works.

[edit] Chinese Cities

Jinan-Qingdao-Xuzhou-Yantai-Harbin-Wuhan-Kunming-Guiyang-Nanchang-Nanning-Shijiazhuang-Haikou-Taiyuan-Xining-Yinchuan

[edit] Chinese Grammar

Chinese grammar-Chinese Pronouns-Chinese Adverbs

[edit] Historical Topics

Great Leap Forward-Lin Biao-Lin Biao's Military Coup-Zhu Rongji-Yikuang


[edit] Quotations of Note

These are just notable quotations. It is not implied I agree with them.

[edit] On Mao Zedong

“ Quite frankly, the Communist Party of China is a better Mao biographer than Chang and Halliday. ”
  • *laughter* I like this vandalism in response to this quotation, so I decided to post it up.

Someone came on my page and wrote the following on April 3, 2007:

“ sure fuckface. and you are fucking albert einstein. go back to your stinky communist fucking country. enjoy the polluted air and your fucking shittyass government. ”

[edit] On Chinese government

(Referring to Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to unsafe coal mines)

“ In a country famously assumed to be authoritarian, like China, you might think such repeated investment of personal authority by a top leader would produce rapid results. ”
 
— Time Magazine, March 12, 2007

[edit] On Falun Gong

“ You want the truth? There is no truth. The battle between the Communist Party of China and Falun Gong is a war fought between two liars. It is a question of whose lies are more convincing. ”
 
— A friend of mine, Discussion over tea on August 4, 2006. Shanghai, China.


“ Why doesn't Falun Gong just let Buddha Law take care of the CCP? With the amount of problems [the CCP] faces any optimist would tell you it will self-destruct sooner or later. Falun Gong only makes itself look bad with its horrendously hypocritical spread of all the opinionated anti-CCP rhetoric. ”
 
— Jason Lockton, January 2007

[edit] On China's leaders

“ Well, to save and strengthen China, Mao could've done some stuff that he didn't do, Deng could've done some stuff that he forgot to do, Jiang just didn't do anything right, and Hu... well, it almost feels like it's too late. ”
 
— A friend of mine, Discussion over coffee on Jan 21, 2007. Calgary, Canada.

[edit] From the 2007 CCTV New Year's Gala

The following is a piece read out by a group of school kids from Beijing's Haidian District, reputedly the children of parents who are part of the rural-urban mass migration, coming into the cities in search for work.

朗诵《心里话》 (表演：北京海淀行知实验学校)

要问我是谁

过去我总不愿回答

因为我怕，我怕城里的孩子笑话

我们的校园很好

放不下一个鞍马

还经常搬家

我们的教室很暗

灯光只有几瓦

我们的桌椅很旧

坐上去吱吱哑哑

但是 我们作业公整

我们的成绩不差

要问我此刻想说什么

我爱我的妈妈、我爱我的爸爸

因为，是妈妈把城市的马路越扫越宽

因为，是爸爸建起了新世纪的高楼大厦

北京的2008，也是我们的2008

老师把她谱成了歌

同学把她画成了画

作文课上 我们写下了这样的话

别人与我比父母 我和别人比明天

打工子弟和城里的小朋友一样

都是中国的娃，都是祖国的花

亲爱的爷爷奶奶，爸爸妈妈

全国的小朋友们

我们向你们拜年了！

[edit] Countries whose names in Chinese do not match that in English

  • China - Zhongguo
  • Germany - Deguo
  • United States - Meiguo
  • Greece - Xila
  • Japan - Riben
  • Korea - Chaoxian/Hanguo
  • Cambodia - Jianpuzhai
  • Brunei - Wenlai

[edit] Template for 17th Party Congress


Members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China
Hu Jintao | Wu Bangguo | Wen Jiabao | Jia Qinglin |
Li Changchun | Xi Jinping | Li Keqiang | He Guoqiang | Zhou Yongkang

Members of the Politburo

Wang Lequan|Wang Zhaoguo|Wang Gang|Wang Qishan|Liu Qi|Liu Yunshan|Liu Yandong|Li Keqiang|Li Yuanchao|Wang Yang|[[]]|[[]]|[[]]|Wu Bangguo|Zhang Dejiang|Zhang Gaoli|Yu Zhengsheng|[[]]|[[]]|Jia Qinglin|Hu Jintao|Guo Boxiong|Bo Xilai|Wen Jiabao|

[edit] Links

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