Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The Community Colleges in China Project was conceived as a way of introducing American community college concepts to China. It was felt that community colleges were both great engines of mass higher education, nimble promoters of new technologies and spurs to local economic development, just the things needed and wanted by a China making the transition from planned … Read more
This lecture is based on a book that Dr. Lee has recently published ‘The Bible and the Gun: Christianity in South China, 1860-1900’ (2003). Drawing on unpublished Chinese archival materials and ethnographic data collected by him at several Christian villages in Guangdong Province, he argues that Christianity became far more indigenous in China than has … Read more
Educational Changes in Mongolia Timeline of Mongolia’s Educational System from 1911 to 2003 1911 – The first formal and secular education in Mongolia begins. 1935 – 55% of all party members in Mongolia are illiterate. Only 2.7% of all children are enrolled in secular state schools. 13% of all children are enrolled in monastic schools. … Read more
T’ang Haywen (1927-1991) was a very important painter to Chinese Modern Art in the 21 st Century. Born in Vietnam and raised in China, he lived most of his life as a poor painter in Paris, France. Leaving Xiamen, China in his youth, T’ang wanted to escape the pressures bought upon by his family, who … Read more
Chinese modern education refers to one hundred and ten years of education in China from 1840 to 1949. Within this 110 years, under foreign influences and subjecting to the practical needs of China’s social transformation, there was a tremendous change in Chinese education. An orientation to look outward began to take shape in Chinese education, … Read more