Jabin T. Jacob, PhD Assistant Editor, China Report Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi 8 July 2011

1. Many Kinds of Chinese 2. The Experience of Learning Chinese 3. Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language 4. China and its Provinces 5. Sino-Indian Border Areas

1. Many Kinds of Chinese 学习中文, 了解中国 - 學習中文, 了解中國 郑嘉宾 - 鄭嘉賓 there’s 2 kinds of written Chinese there’s several more kinds of spoken Chinese

Diversity in Unity

2. The Experience of Learning Chinese being an Indian in Taiwan or China Arab, Spanish, Marshall Islands?! Indian English hu ǒ guō - 火锅 toilet paper girls, girlfriends, marriage uncles, aunts and neighbours

3. Learning Chinese as a Foreign Language fánt ǐ zì - 繁体字 longer history smaller classrooms other foreigners classes in Chinese 2 hrs/day, 5 days/week listening, writing, reading, comprehension

Practice makes Perfect 8-10 hours hw /day language exchange dormitories restaurants the streets public transport technology night markets landlord

Important Resources (don’t forget to read the stuff in English!) Global Timeshttp:// China Digital Timeshttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/ China Media Projecthttp://cmp.hku.hk/ China Brief China Leadership Monitor leadership-monitor leadership-monitor

4. China and its Provinces unitary, single-party system Beijing vs. provinces hierarchy of provinces location, size leaders in Politb, PLA post-1978 world trade, FDI education provincial diaspora influence exercised budgets tenure of leaders openness to the outside post-1978 preferential policies location of major events

5. Sino-Indian Border Areas

Tibet, Xinjiang – Ladakh

Aksai Chin trade routes pilgrimage Problems economic concerns illegal trade environmental concerns

Tibet - Sikkim Nathu La reopened in 2006 halfway between Lhasa and Kolkatta – Tibet’s shortest distance to the world. connect to Qinghai-Tibet Railway (QTR) bus service between Gangtok and Lhasa Problems poor infrastructure deliberate obstruction outdated regulations Jelep La – better alternative

Tibet Autonomous Region

several traditional routes Stilwell Road Problems dispute at its most severe Tawang poor Indian infrastructure possible confrontation over water resources Tibet - Arunachal – Myanmar - Yunnan

Tibet - Arunachal

The Great Wall didn’t Work