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DESCRIPTION:In his 1989, book, "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World 
 Order," author Samuel P. Huntington stated that post-Cold War global 
 politics had entered a new phase in which wars would be fought not between 
 countries, but between cultures.  \n\nDr. Kang Liao will discuss various 
 “clashes of civilizations” and how some historically oppressed groups 
 still flourished. He will focus on the assimilation of Jews in Kaifeng, 
 China in the 1850s as one model.  Liao, a scholar of the work of Pearl S. 
 Buck, will draw references from Buck’s 1948 novel, Peony, to understand 
 the unique experiences of the Kaifeng Jews.  Q-and-A will follow.\n\nAbout 
 the speaker:  Dr. Liao teaches English-to-Chinese translation at Middlebury 
 Institute of International Studies at Monterey and is an Associate 
 Professor teaching Chinese at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey.  
 He authored the book, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Bridge Across the Pacific.  
 In his analysis of her work, he credits Buck's portrayal of Chinese 
 peasants as changing the image of the Chinese people in the American mind 
 and attributes the popularity of Buck’s work with advancing the 1943 
 repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/19/18843817.php
SUMMARY:The Assimilation of Jews in China – a Talk by Dr. Kang Liao
LOCATION:Free, virtual event on Zoom.  Register at   
 https://www.tinyurl.com/Zoom-Kang-Liao for the join link.\n\nAlso 
 live-streamed from Monterey, CA on MPJC's YouTube Channel:  
 www.tinyurl.com/MPJC-YouTube-Channel
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/07/19/18843817.php
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