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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Isabella Steger, Lung Ying-tai: 1911 Anniversary ‘Awkward’ for China.
China Real Time (a brand of WSJ.com), Oct 10, 2011 (interview).
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/10/10
/lung-ying-tai-1911-anniversary-awkward-for-china/
Quote:
(a) Lung: "originally the government [Ma administration] used the slogan '
jian guo bai nian' (建國百年, a hundred years of the republic) to mark this
day. They changed it and replaced the word 'jian guo' (建國, nation-building
) to 'jing cai' (精彩, splendid). The reason? They are trying not to step on
the toes of Beijing. They’re trying to steer away from stressing the
establishment of the nation.
(b) Lung: "for me, the most striking revisionist view is how more and more
historians are coming out to say that the last decade of Qing rule was
actually where China’s search for modernity and the foundation for a modern
state originated. It was a very promising time. If this revolution had not
taken place, China might have reached modernity more smoothly and earlier,
(c) Steger: "an opera about his life was recently banned in Beijing,
although it’s allowed to show in Hong Kong. How do you personally assess
his legacy?
Lung: "When the revolution broke out in Wuchang, Sun had no idea there was a
revolution taking place. Nobody consulted him, because he wasn’t accepted
by all the factions. He was supposedly in Denver, Colo., working as a waiter
in a restaurant … but the revolutionary leaders decided Sun was someone
who had an international reputation and who could raise money, so they
wanted to get him back. It’s funny to see that both Taipei and Beijing are
still immortalizing him as a God-like figure, but with new evidence and
discoveries about him, I think he steps down from the pedestal. * * * He was
a mad man, but you can admire him for his vision. In extraordinary times,
an extraordinary package of traits make you stand out. But if he really [
remained as] president of the country it might have been a disaster.
Note:
(a) TANG De-gang 唐 德剛
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%94%90%E5%BE%B7%E5%89%9B
(1920 安徽合肥縣-2009 San Francisco)
(b) Nick Frisch,
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/12/arts/music/the-opera-dr-sun-y
(i) HUANG Ruo 黄 若
"Dr SUN Yat-sen" 原创歌剧《中山·逸仙》
(ii) Opera Hong Kong 香港歌劇院
http://www.operahongkong.org
(iii) "Chinese Orphan" 豫剧 赵氏孤儿
(iv) Carl F. Bucherer
http://www.facebook.com/carlfbucherer.watches
(v) libretto (n; Italian, diminutive of libro book, from Latin libr-, liber):
"the text of a work (as an opera) for the musical theater"
www.m-w.com
(vi) ZHAO Lingmin 赵 灵敏 (南风窗 采编主任; 女; 停止反省)
(vii) For "open-fifth chord," see perfect chord
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fifth
(section 5 Bare fifth, open fifth, or empty fifth)
(viii) Candace CHONG 莊 梅岩
(2) Paul Mozur, On Key Date, Taiwan Sends Plea to Beijing; Taiwan President
uses sensitive anniversary to call for democracy. Wall Street Journal, Oct
11, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052
970204450804576622733508066292.html
("Mr. Ma's message was delivered to a thin crowd on Monday during
celebrations for what is known as National Day * * * The occasion itself
also posed a challenge for Mr. Ma. Although the Republic of China was
founded in concert with the Kuomintang shortly after the Xinhai Revolution
of 1911, the events that ended the Qing Dynasty happened in China at a time
when Taiwan was a colony of Japan. As a result many Taiwanese feel
disconnected from the revolution.") |
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