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I love how social media has become a catalysis for democracy. Twitter Syria, Lebanon and now microblogging in China. The genius of social media is that it makes it almost impossible for anyone to take reach out and connect with an audience and harder to find people when they do. Doon't know if Jack Dorsey or Mark Zuckerberg ever foresaw this.
No politicians or activists in US dare to say anything that authoritarian media doesn't like, otherwise his political career is over.
That, is so called free press.
Two points:
One, free press and free speech are different. If you don't know the difference, please don't educate others about free speech.
Two, there is only one kind of people who are always right : the kind who don't have to solve any problem. And more, this kind love to point the mistakes by others like they couldve done better, a disease called "my-mouth-bigger-than-my-butt".
Thank you for your input glorious comrade!
it is just a fight for power between the leaders of that paper ,you stupide, even me in europe know what is happenning
In China the government governs. In the US the government is governed..... by the corporations. Which is at peace? Which has reduced poverty in its own country? Which is murdering in other countries? Which has more than 800 military bases in other countries? The corporate media in the US is no more, or less, subservient to power than China. One has a war-based economy, the other peace-based. One has mass gun murders of school children and does nothing abt it. One doesn't have such a problem. Limited liability [i.e. subsidized] capitalism is eating its people for the benefit of the few.
what's what happens when your economy is built on consuming things.
nothing is built to last, you must replace everything every few years, it's the american way.
For $64 name those 800 bases.
A few words on the Southern Weekly incident.
The mainstream media in the western democratic and free world like in the US and countries in Europe often keep pace with their government, especially when the country is in critical point or in war. Take the US media like New York Times, Washington Post and the Time Magazine, the news coverage published on the Gulf war, war in Iraq and Afghanistan was all government-oriented, which suggests that there is no absolutely free media at all in any country ruled by law.
To make a long story short, the complexity of Southern Weekly incident could be reduced to one statement that a few editors of the magazine and the external activities, including Chen Guangcheng, who is now residing in the US are willing to challenge the current system under the disguise of putting constitution into practice. What they want is altercation directly with government instead of the media reform to be carried out in line with the current situation in China.
What Chinese people have in their dreams is a better tomorrow to be fulfilled through developing the economy rather than uncertainty in the country's future caused by any radical changes. Media reform in China is of vital importance of course, but any reform should be in accordance with the political reform progress, which takes much more painstaking efforts than economic reform in a country like China.
Some people who are on behalf of certain powers are excited with anything extreme occurring in the mainland, and they are expecting something 'unpredicted' to take place for them to incite local residents to destabilize the urbanization and modernization drive in mainland China. Without a strong and stable China in the world, there would be no nation to compete with and offset the only superpower on this planet.
You say that a few editors sought an altercation directly with the government and broke the line on media reform, but offer no evidence for this. My understanding is the opposite. The propaganda officials upset the status quo by exercising censorship to such an intrusive degree that they finally provoked a reaction from the journalists. The issue is about whether the government is backtracking on its commitment to media reform. Of course, now that they have caused a crisis the propaganda department is trying to blame it on the journalists and hostile foreign forces, but they would say that wouldn't they?
In the past several editors had claimed the New Year Message had been misrepresented by the publicity department of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC. The newspaper's official explanation told a version that was totally diverse from the information that is quickly dispersal online. The altered version of the New Year Message turned out not to be done by the local provincial publicity authorities.
However, the Southern Weekly's official statement was futile to clear up the matter. Some staff at the newspaper posted an open letter on Weibo to resist the statement.
If only you could read Chinese to get a clearer picture of the incident.
Thank you. My Chinese reading skills are rudimentary but improving. My English skills are considerably higher. I notice that you have been posting verbatim chunks of the Global Times editorial that all newspapers in China were forced to publish (triggering further protests including the resignation of the Beijing News publisher), which leads me to question the sincerity of your opinions and your motives in joining this forum.
Just as I was about to renew a subscription to The Economist I too saw the excitable headline and wondered if I really wanted to pay out to read hyped up stories that add up to nothing much more wishful thinking. I did renew the subscription but I wish The Economist would grow up and stop acting like a tabloid.
This is really a milestone for media and people to fight for publishment freedom in China. I live in Guangzhou and I am so proud of them. Many people automatically go to the building of Southern Corporation with flowers and slogans. We protest quietly and peacefully. No matter what the result is, we all acknowledage that no one can represent our voices and cover the truth, not any more.
100 Southern Weekend journalists have gone on strike today: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2013/jan/07/press-freedom-china
Long live Southern Weekend
Chairman Mao Zedong once observed, "A rising tide lifts all ships". He could not possibly have envisioned a time when all the ships knew the tide was rising. Reform will occur in China and it will be quite unlike the reform that took place in Runnymeade or Philadelphia. The information genie is quite a slippery fellow. Media & information controls are very difficult to impose in a nation with the highest concentration on internet use in the world. Several years ago a number of coal miners perished in a mining accident in Shaanxi. The local omnipresent party apparatchik prepared a statement that the Party hierarchy in Beijing would sign off on attributing the accident to an earthquake. Before that could happen the Internet was abuzz with statements to the effect the the mine had a history of violations. The result was that the people knew what happened before the story could be controlled.
Indictments, convictions , sentences & executions followed.
The government puts up filters and firewalls, but there are always smart innovative people figuring out ways around the information embargo. The party often finds itself "behind" these techies. Imagine how different word that "The"British were coming" would have been spread if the American colonist had been able to use the Internet.
Paul Revere would been able to use time more wisely . The new members of the Standing Committee are very intelligent and capable. They know that the game has changed and that they need to get ahead of it.
Roland Nicholson,Jr.
Xian, People's Republic of China
"Media & information controls are very difficult to impose in a nation with the highest concentration on internet use in the world."
"the game has changed and that they need to get ahead of it"
Your statements are both true, but it is far from clear that it is possible for the Party to "get ahead of it".
You may remember that an American was recently jailed in Cuba for allegedly importing routers and a satellite dish to provide folks in that country with simple access to the internet.
Whether or not someone's spooks put him up to it (as the Cubans allege), the fact he was arrested implies that the authorities believe simple internet access is sufficient to promote a desire for freedom, regardless of how the access is used.
There is apparently 'internet in a briefcase' being distributed in various Middle Eastern countries, which provide secure access which by-passes government infrastructure, thus enabling communications between insurgents.
My point is that a simple internet connection, regardless of how it is used, presents a formidable challenge to totalitarian regimes. As the name suggests, totalitarians seek to monopolize access to information, for example banning the NYT, Bloomberg and whoever else doesn't agree with their point of view.
In the old days, it was sufficent to control the newspapers and bug telephones, since they were the only methods by which information travelled. No more. Information is everywhere, all the time.
Your points are good. Thank you, but I would like to point out a few things. The new members of the Standing Committee are well aware of the fact that if they don't get ahead of the "new game" they may be the last members of a PRC Standing Committee. The information revolution has changed the game. No one in the party even dare to publicly ask the question, "How would the 1989 Tianamen uprising have played out with the state of the internet we have today?". Additionally, Cuba is very different from China. The sheer size of territory & population are vastly greater than Cuba. There is a great deal more protest & dissent in China than people in the West realize. In the past few weeks there has been a glut of apartments being listed for sale in Shanghai as a result of Internet posting listing officials and those connected to party/govt. officials whose real esttate portfolios are far greater than their incomes would merit. The party is learning that once the "toothpaste is out of the tube you can't get it back in.
I don't think what Tuo Zhen did is appropriate. Southern Weekend did not spread rumors. It only criticized the current social problems. If Mr.Tuo did not agree with Southern Weekend's article, he should write a separate article to criticize Southern Weekend's article instead of rewriting Southern Weekend's original article. It sounds too stupid. Mr.Tuo is responsible of overviewing media outlets to make sure they don't spread rumors - especially rumors from anti-China terrorist groups sponsored by the West. Rewriting SW's article is our of his functional responsibility.
China has thousands of intellectuals who are against Western democracy. If those liberal extremists such as Liu Xiaobo make any stupid comment, they can be easily refuted by anti-democracy Chinese elites. What Tuo Zhen should do is enforcing the South Weekend to publish articles refuting Western democracy when SW publishes any article acclaiming the stupid Western democracy. In this way, the Chinese media outlets will be much better than extremely biased Western media outlets such as The Economist, CNN, New York Times and Fox News.
Kinda defeats the point of a constitution if there's no authority who can defend it against other parts of the government (i.e., a constitutional court) and you get shut down for saying "we ought to adhere to the constitution more closely".
Why even have one if it's going to cause so much trouble?
What kind of democracy do we need?
When it comes to democracy and freedom, the US and certain western countries are set up as examples for us to refer to; but nonetheless what democracy and freedom really represent themselves in those countries?
1. Elections only occur every few years which implies that some wronged policy has to remain unsolved until the next president comes to office; ( See how the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were launched and ended during periods of Bush's distraction and Obama's term).
2. with two or multiparty taking turns in power, there are certainly a great number of people who feel disappointed over each general election; ( See how the electoral college works and winner-takes-all policy is implemented in the US.)
3. There is a low rate of voters who turn out to cast their votes. With no political orientation towards any group that is to make a cabinet, many citizens in the western countries are declined to register; (There is one nation Australia among the very few countries in the world that voting is enforced and yet less than 90 percent participation is the norm. Many qualified voters do not register to vote or if registered just pay a small fine to stay away from voting. In other Western democracies, voter turn out rate is rather much lower than this. In the 90's, just about 50 percent of all US voters bothered to cast their vote for the presidency.)
4.Some electoral systems allow political parties of extreme views to gain influences or gain political power as part of a government to the detriment of the majority of the nation and great majority of the public; ( Germany had the western electoral scheme in function that allowed the Nazi Party to be the largest. Abe's cabinet, which has made an observable right turn, is voted by its democratic voters.)
5.In some Western democracies, the electoral systems do not provide any comfort that no evil regimes will result; Western democracy never guarantees most people's attitudes are reflected by the elected representatives and government policies;(See 'gun control' in the US and 'rape' in India a so called the most populated democratic country in the world.)
What freedom do we want?
Freedom should have its own boundaries, and one's thorough freedom is established at the cost of other's spheres of independence. In a society ruled by law, each citizen has to sacrifice part of his own freedom to the benefit of others' liberty.
During the Cultural Revolution in China, everyone was free to do or say whatever he or she was in desire to perform or utter with no law or government to interfere as Mao himself declared to be lawless in hope of breaking an 'old' regime and setting up a new one on the principle of continuous revolution under the proletarian dictatorship. There was no governance, no police, no court, let alone procurator organs at work, and there were free airing one's views, Big Character Posters and mass debates in every town and village with violence as the final means to settle the dispute. Is that the freedom we Chinese want?
Freedom we are entitled to enjoy should be put under the law framework that doesn't undermine the national stability. It's hard to imagine what a country like China would become if it were to go back in time to Cultural Revolution that was chock-a-block with radical social changes.
A very thoughtful, intelligent and somewhat poignant comment.
If I may paraphrase your last sentence, as an American: "It's hard to imagine what a country like America would become if it were to require that every citizen cast some vote and Big Money was taken out of politics with a Constitutional Amendment to reverse the "Citizen's United" Supreme Court decision."
Imagine if, in a future American Presidential Election, about 25% voted Democratic, about 25% Republican and about 50% just voted for "None Of The Above"? That is what we have now, except that, as you correctly noted, about 50% of us just stay at home and cannot be bothered to vote. Imagine if a future Candidate could speak for that 50 per cent?
I hope the Chinese people, with a history reaching back over 2,500 years, could create a truly multi-party democratic republic that would be an example to the rest of the world, where Freedom would be balanced with the "Law Framework".
I hope there is a Chinese Spring but in a non-violent, civilized manner, which would express the best traditions of the Chinese people.
In recent years, we have seen how the Communist Party has limited the Party's General Secretary and the China's President and Premier to two five-year terms. Thus, President Hu and Premier Wen will step down in March. No doubt the Party recognizes that for one man to be in power 20 or 30 years would lead to stagnation and ossification. But the dictatorship is not from one man, but the Party itself, which has been in power for 63 years.
"In late December he [Secretary Xi Jinping] even implied that the party might fall if it fails to reform politically. …by a reference he made to a meeting in 1945 between Mao Zedong and Huang Yanpei, the leader of a Communist-leaning party. Huang told Mao that many Chinese dynasties had collapsed because of their inertia after many years in power. Mao replied that the Communist Party had found a remedy for this: democracy. Mr Xi probably did not spell out the irony of Mao's response, but by alluding to it he implied that more democracy was now needed." ("Political Reform: Defining Boundaries" The Economist Jan 5th. http://www.economist.com/news/china/21569061-chinas-new-leaders-seek-pre...)
The American government was based on the recognition that men are imperfect. Both "Analects" and the above article speak of the Chinese Constitution. James Madison is the Father of the American Constitution and our 4th President.
In Federalist Paper No. 57 (Feb. 19, 1788), Madison wrote: "If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of the society? I answer, the genius of the whole system, the nature of just and constitutional laws, and above all the vigilant and manly spirit which actuates the people of America…" (I leave it to the reader to judge how the American "genius" has succeeded in that regard.)
Madison went on to write: "Duty, gratitude, interest, ambition itself, are the chords by which they [Representatives] will be bound to fidelity and sympathy with the great mass of the people. It is possible that these may all be insufficient to control the caprice and wickedness of man. But are they all that government will admit and human prudence can devise?"
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Two Centuries later, on May 31, 1988, President Ronald Reagan addressed the students at Moscow State University (Mikhail Gorbachev's alma mater). Reagan told the Russian students: "Your generation is living in one of the most exciting, hopeful times in Soviet history. It is a time when the first breath of freedom stirs the air and the heart beats to the accelerated rhythm of hope, when the accumulated spiritual energies of a long silence yearn to break free.….We do not know what the conclusion of this journey will be, but we're hopeful that the promise of reform will be fulfilled. In this Moscow Spring, this May 1988, that hope---that freedom, like the fresh green sapling planted over Tolstoi's grave, will blossom forth at last in the rich fertile soil of your people and culture. We may be allowed to hope that the marvelous sound of a new openness will keep rising through, ringing through, leading to a new world of reconciliation, friendship and peace…."
Earlier in his speech, Reagan quoted from Boris Pasternak's novel "Dr. Zhivago": "….what has for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel, but an inward music-----the irresistible power of unarmed truth."
I remember those ancient words: "You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free."
It's hard to see how you can claim the only two options are "cultural revolution" or "CCP dictatorship". Surely a civilization as old and wise as China could do democracy even better than the West. The failings of the West to implement good democracy have nothing to do with the quality of the idea itself. And it's degrading to China to say they couldn't any better. Must China forever be in step or a step behind the West? No, they should try to surpass it.
Further, Taiwan seems to be doing just a fine job of it, so it has nothing to do with culture or the Chinese race's unsuitability towards democracy.
And your examples are flawed:
1) Elections happen all the time, at least every year in the US, and other countries more often. Local elections tend to have more of an effect on people than national ones do anyway, and the house of reps is cleared out every 2 years. You should be more angry at Americans who voted Bush into office 2 times than at democracy itself. They got what they asked for.
2) Many people are disappointed when they lose elections, sure. But again, there will be more elections in 2 years, so more reason to keep fighting. In China, 5% of the country is the CCP, and a smaller percentage than that makes the leadership decisions. Wouldn't you rather have more people giving their say than fewer? The Chinese system risks 95% of the people being unhappy, vs a democratic system which might end up with, at most, 49% of people being unhappy.
3) Part of the US system is the freedom to not vote. Is that a bad thing? If i choose not to vote and the guy who wins does something I don't like, I can't say anything about that. It's an issue of personal responsibility and dealing with consequences, not some existential flaw in democracy.
4) I would say there have been more calamities since WW2 due to undemocratic governments than democratic ones (Stalin, Mao, Middle Eastern wars, North Korea). But of course it's a risk as you say. And Germany purposely has a system now that tries to prevent this.
5) The majority of Americans support gun ownership. If tragedies like this happen, that's the voters' own fault. You seem to ignore that the current gun laws in the US are the result of elected officials making those laws. If their constituents didn't want those laws, they'd vote them out of office. Obviously there are huge negatives to having prolific gun ownership, but if that's what the people truly want, can you blame them?
You wrote "What kind of democracy do we need?"
I recommend first progressing towards a Singapore-style of democracy. Then, after about 50yrs or more, progress towards a multi-party system.
And regarding "What freedom do we want?"
Your were right when you wrote "each citizen has to sacrifice part of his own freedom to the benefit of others". I don't think the USA grasps this concept. However, I do believe Singapore realizes the need to sometimes sacrifice some freedom for the good of all.
Thank you for the reply.
There is no nation like Chinese in the world that have been in search of how to become strong and prosperous since the middle of 19th century when China was defeated in the first Opium War. They were enthusiastic about the way its neighboring country Japan took to get industrialized as well as westernized, and they even borrowed from Japanese translation of the terms'science' and 'democracy' as the doctrine to follow in reforms in China. But they failed.
It was not until the establishment of the New Republic of China was founded in 1949 that Chinese people seemed to have found out a model to follow and that's the former Soviet Union. It's, nonetheless proved to be wrong to copy blindly the way Russians took, which attached too much attention to development of heavy industry and arsenal manufactures to the neglect of welfare of ordinary people. Again Chinese people failed.
The end of the Cultural Revolution offered Chinese people one more opportunity to learn from the rest of the world, and reform and opening up to the outside policy was brought about by Mr. Deng Xiaoping with its core interest being Chinese characteristics, which as I understand is combination of essential principles of socialism with China's actuality. Still, Chinese people are searching the way to success or rather 'crossing the river by touching stones'. Opinions differ in which country to model to become industrialization and modernization with some adherence to blindly copy the US model and the other keeping to the fact that the socialism led by CCP is the only way for China to sustain. Only by so doing, could China remain a sovereign state but why?
In Chinese cultural, three fundamental elements are taken into consideration in dealing with whatever occurs around you, namely, timing, geographic situation and support from people. One example involved is how American fast food is served in towns and villages in China. Prudent shopkeepers add Chinese elements to their marketing, which guarantees their shares of market. Or there may be another example to verify, and that's how Chinese cuisine gets popular abroad. I don't think the food our foreign friends eat in Chinese restaurants is authentic. Instead, the Chinese cooking they appreciate must be more or less 'reformed' to cater to local gourmets.
American model or multiparty rules do have their advantages over the only party in power, which has been proved by most advanced nations in the world, and there are lots of for Chinese to learn in their administration and governance. However, Chinese people would fail once more should they follow blindly the existing model the US or any other nation takes.
By comparing Northern Korea today with China 30 or so years ago, people in China know quite well where they should head for, and they also know quite well what result Arab Spring will give rise to in China by observing what's happening in Libya and Egypt. Needless to say that Chinese people are wise enough not to follow India in modeling their country after 'western democratic system' to discard their own characteristics.
I would like to end my reply by the following quotes:
'If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today.' Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American economist, social theorist, political philosopher, and author.
CCP as a political party in China has it own history and sphere of influence on everyday life, which makes striking contrasts with any political party in the US. Without CCP there would have been no the New China, and that's been accepted by all Chinese, be Taiwanese or people in Hong Kong or overseas Chinese.
There are dissents in China nowadays and their number may be on the increase, which is manifestation of democracy and freedom of speech in China. But it's obvious that there is no any other political party that could 'compete' with CCP in regard to its doctrine, concept and the contribution and commitment it would promise to make to the nation.
The Cultural Revolution I set up as an example to show what chaos China would fall into if there were no law rather than if there were no democracy or freedom of speech. Democracy and law should go side by side like westerners take both fork and knife by the table or like we Chinese eat meals with two chopsticks instead of the only one stick.
Come to China to talk to ordinary Chinese you will understand why the majority 'choose' CCP to rule even though there are some who 'oppose'.
Reform in China should be carried out in a gradual and stable way within the law framework for the benefit of all people no matter economic or political changes that would take place.
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Three primary elements taken into consdieration by Chinese when they take action towards a certain goal are timing, geographic location and support from people, which can also e appilied to reform in China. And so Mr. Deng Xiaoping once pointed out that the policy of One Country Two System reminds unchanged for 100 years talking about Hong Kong's return to the mainland. We are not the fortune teller but I am sure Chinese people know where they are heading for and how to get their dreams realized in future.
The focus of your comment is only on the voting mechanisms of the electoral system. This is but one part, albeit important, of what constitutes a liberal democracy. There is rule of law, civil rights, separation of powers, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and the press etc. Why do we need to get into a discussion here of why China does, or doesn't, need democracy? Isn't it enough just to say that you don't need censorship, and that this is an infringement of people's basic rights, as promised in China's constitution? As another poster noted, how can you get shut down for saying China should adhere more closely to the constitution? How is that subversive or dangerous? Why does it have to become a discussion about democracy?
There is a big gap between censorship by a one-party autocratic state and the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. You don't have to choose one or the other. Most countries are somewhere in between.
Please recall what has happened in the US, the most democratic country in the world in the last couple of years. Under the rule of law, the economic crisis took place in Wall Street; Occupy Washington occurred; fiscal cliff is still in sight let alone the ban on Wikileak in the free world.
Democracy can be interpreted quite differently by people on diffferent nations with different standpoints. China does need democracy but not the western styled one.
Old Friend,
I agree... It is best to proceed at your own pace.
I'm still struggling to understand the connection between what you've written and the Southern Weekend case. What do you think of the censorship of Southern Weekend? Is it a good thing? You have written in favour of stability and say that a return to the Cultural Revolution would be a bad thing. The situation is this:
1. Southern Weekend wrote an opinion piece calling for China to adhere more closely to the constitution
2. The propaganda department changed the article, watering down the call for reform and instead praising the government
3. Protests and a strike followed
My question is: who is causing instability? Is it the journalists and the public who are showing their support for the newspaper? Or is it the government?
Excellent. We do not wish China to have the Western brands of democracy and freedom. Really nothing to learn from. We wish China to embrace your vision of freedom. This vision will inspire the Chinese people to just shut-up as they toil and slave everyday for the princelings ?
That is the point!!That guy has been dodging questions all the way..
That is the point!!That guy has been dodging questions all the way..
That is the point!!That guy has been dodging questions all the way..
That is the point!!That guy has been dodging questions all the way..
I completely disagree with this. What is New China anyway? Why do pro CCP posters all ways refer to New China without even explaining what that means?
Do you know what New China started as? 30 years of famine, starvation, economic stagnation, and political persecution. Was that somehow better than the previous 30 years?
If you want to talk administration, the Qing Dynasty created the current Chinese borders. The Republican government introduced modern education, created a national language, and built the government along mostly Soviet lines with all the money they got from the USSR (and later the US)
I've lived in China for a long time and speak Chinese. You don't need to talk to me about coming to see it for myself. I see plenty of Audis and Mercedes with government license plates every day, while migrant workers live in dirty, expensive apartments and are forbidden from sending their children to public schools. Or they are harassed incessantly by the chengguan until they decide to return to their home villages.
The CCP doesn't have to do any better than this because they can lock anyone up who proposes opposition to their rule.
The quality of life and the character of the Taiwanese people is decades ahead of that of the mainland. With that sort of clear evidence, I don't know how you can say with a straight face that the CCP has some sort of magic ability.
You mistook the time when New China was founded in 1949 as the time when China began its reform in 1978.
New China starts from time when the People Republic of China was founded in 1949 with Chinese people standing of in horizon, shaking off chains of imperialism, semi-feudalism and semi-colonialism imposed on them. Before 1949, in front of the gate of public parks or certain public squares were notices with such Chinese characters as 'dogs and Chinese are not allowed to come in', not to mention in many cities there were foreign settlements to form nation within the nation. In northern China, Japanese language was taught under the rule by invaders, and certain customs administration was by foreigners rather than Chinese officials, let alone Hong Kong and Macao was ruled by western colonists.
After the founding of New republic, China was poor and backward with huge predicament to settle to make a better society for its people. Worse, the Korea War took place with the US led forces fighting in Korea, which was h=thought to be a danger to the newly established republic. China was then in desperate need from the outside world and the firmer USSR became a model for China to follow and an old brother to turn to help. Chinese government in mainland was deprived off the right to be a member country to the UN and China or Chinese people were regarded as evils by the western world, and that's what used to be called 'Cold War' period.
Before 1949, in the old China, women's position both at home and in the society was at the bottom like in any feudal society, and after 1949, Chinese women were liberated with their economic independence as the core. The rate of illiteracy among adults was on the decrease, and new schools were set up both in towns and villages throughout the country. Agriculture and industry were reshaped through modernization drive, not to mention successes in development of national defense, which signals the rise of China since 1949.
What you described about China today compared to the time before reform in 1978 is another story. China is a developing country, and is far from developed ones in many aspects. But compare China today with China before the reform in 1978, one is certain to arrive at positive conclusion. Take you as an example, if you had been in China 30 years earlier, you would have been followed by a large army of children as we as adults wherever you would go if you happen to be wearing the white color on your skin or the dark color.
Please try to talk to some aged Chinese or ordinary workers or farmers to know what they thiunk of their country is; instead of those angry young men.
"Before 1949, in front of the gate of public parks or certain public squares were notices with such Chinese characters as 'dogs and Chinese are not allowed to come in'"
This has been proven false a long long time ago. Never happened.
"In northern China, Japanese language was taught under the rule by invaders..."
The day to day administration of Manchukuo was done by Chinese collaborators, and much of occupied China at the time was maintained by a combination of the 4 million strong Japanese army, and an army of 900,000 or so Chinese collaborators. Hong Kong and Macau also had very small foreigner populations. The machinery wouldn't run if there weren't Chinese people who were benefiting greatly from the system.
"Before 1949, in the old China, women's position both at home and in the society was at the bottom..."
The Republican government was already improving the lot of women when the CCP took over. There has never been a more powerful woman in modern China than Soong May-ling. Even the communists have yet to promote a woman to top leadership positions. And when you look at how the Communists control a woman's reproductive organs, its hard to believe they were more pro-women than the Republican government.
It's so easy to figure out what China could have been like if the Republic survived, because Taiwan still exists. The answer? A freer, more educated society with less wealth inequality and greater equality for women. You may talk about foreign influence on the Republican government, but it was no different than the USSR's influence on Red China, and look at the huge difference in results.
Clever move. The authorities write a fine-sounding constitution for, essentially, propaganda purposes. The dissidents ask the authorities to actually do what they said. The authorities are now stuck - they can't repudiate their words (that would be a propaganda disaster). They can't complain that what the dissidents are asking is unreasonable (because the dissidents are just asking the authorities to do what the authorities said).
So all the authorities can do is try to make the story silently disappear. And social media is making that option harder and harder...
"So all the authorities can do is try to make the story silently disappear. And social media is making that option harder and harder..."
Yes indeed. The cat is out of the bag, and they can't stuff it back in. Like the Buddha said in his final breath: "All things must pass".
Enforcing the constitution would spoil all the fun. The whole point of belonging to the communist party is so that you can do whatever you want without consequence. If people start insisting that the party must submit to constitutional limits, what is to stop them from asking that they submit to the will of the people in the form of voting. Then it wouldn't matter if you were a communist, it would only matter if you got elected.
Thus we see the hazard of putting out a constitution full of rights which sounds good, when you have no intention of respecting any of them: someone might try to hold you to your word. So embarrassing to have your own words used against you.
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The Padres will come to Nationals Park to conclude a 10-game road trip in which they are 1-6. They are on a season-high six-game losing streak.
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He was hitting .305 with four homers and 31 stolen bases before his injury.
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Both of Friday's starters are coming off a stellar month of June.
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In six June outings, Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez had a 1.79 ERA, with 44 whiffs in 40 1/3 innings while opponents hit .176 against him.
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Injured Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko is expected to test his injured groin again this weekend by running and seeing how it responds. If Gyorko can run without pain, he will be re-evaluated when the team returns home on Monday.
Gyorko has been on the disabled list since June 10, and the rookie admitted he's getting anxious to play.
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If all had gone according to plan, he would already have returned to the Padres lineup, but he tweaked the injury during a Minor League rehab game on June 26.
Nationals: Ramos' strong return from the DL
Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos went 3-for-4 with the decisive three-run homer in the eighth inning and five RBIs in his first game back from the disabled list, an 8-5 Nationals victory on Thursday.
He is hoping to provide some spark to a Nationals lineup that has struggled at times this season. Ramos missed 44 games with a strained left hamstring, the third time he's suffered such an injury.
"It's a little bit hard, because I'm a little bit scared to get hurt again," Ramos admitted. "But you know, right now, I'm mentally 100 percent hard, strong. I don't want to think about that. I want to go out there and play hard and try to give my best effort."
Worth noting
• Cashner is 2-0 with a 2.19 ERA in his career against the Nationals.
• The Nationals are tied for second in the Majors with nine shutouts. They are second in games scoring one run or fewer (23) and two runs or fewer (37).
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Arts Calendar April 4-15
Greater Portland
Books & Authors
Wednesday 4/4
Brown Bag Lunch Series presents Melissa Coleman discussing "This Life is in Your Hands," 12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.
Friday 4/6
Amy McDonald Story Hour, 6-7 p.m., Children's Museum and Theater of Maine, 142 Free St., Portland, $1, 828-1234.
Local Author Series presents Katherine Mayfield, 12-1 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.
Saturday 4/7
Poetry Reading, 1:30 p.m., Royal Bean Coffee & Tea House, 18 Yarmouth Crossing Dr., Yarmouth.
Poetry with Andrew Fersch, 11 a.m.-12 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.
Thursday 4/12
Maine's Poet Laureate Wesley McNair presents "Words and Pictures," 7 p.m., South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland, 767-7660.
Pam Flowers Book Discussion, 6:30 p.m., Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.
Portland Comedy Connection, 16 Custom House Wharf, Portland, 774-5554, full schedule at mainecomedy.com.
Wednesday 4/4
An Evening with Feodor Pitcairn including a screening of his "Ocean Odyssey," Franklin Theater, Waynflete School, 360 Spring St., Portland, waynflete.org/summertime.
Sunday 4/8
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi," 7 p.m., SPACE, 538 Congress St., Portland, $7, 828-5600.
"Chronology of A Life:" Artists Books, Poems, and Publications of Georgiana Preacher, runs through April 30, Glickman Library, USM Portland, 228-8014.
"Scenes from Maine," runs through April 29, Richard Boyd Gallery, Peaks Island, 712-1097.
Thursday 4/5
"Master/Mentor:" A Printmaking Collaboration, 5-8 p.m., runs through April 28, Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, 699-2919.
"Viewpoints: Internal & External," preview, 6-8 p.m., Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland, constellationart.com.
Friday 4/6
"10 Years in Portland:" An Illustrator's Saga, 5-8 p.m., The Green Hand Workshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 253-6808.
"A Powerful Joy of Colors," 5-8 p.m., Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, runs through April 27, 871-1700.
"Colors That Talk to Each Other," 5-8 p.m., Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011.
"In and Out of Abstraction," 5-8 p.m., runs through April 28, Addison Woolley, 132 Washington Ave., Portland, 450-8499, addisonwoolley.com.
"Liquid Lense," 5- 8 p.m., 3Fish Gallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland.
"New Work" by Emily Walsh, 5-7 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568.
"Organic Musings," 5-8 p.m., runs through April, Gallery at Harmon's & Barton's, 584 Congress St., Portland, 774-5948.
Student Art Show, Greely/North Yarmouth Academy, 6-7:30 p.m., 317 Main Street Community Center, 317 Main St., Yarmouth, runs through April 24.
Tacka Studio Opening, 5-8 p.m., Tacka Studio, 110 High St., Portland.
Tom Curry & Andrea Peters: Two Colorists, 5-8 p.m., runs through May 26, Gleason Fine Art, 545 Congress St., Portland, 699-5599.
"Viewpoints: Internal & External," 5-8 p.m., Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland, constellationart.com.
"Work from Bones" by Kim and Julia Wood, 7 p.m., Local Sprouts, 649 Congress St., Portland, 899-3529.
A Fine Thing Gallery: Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts, 29 Forest Ave., Portland, 699-2919, edpollackfinearts.com.
Addison Woolley Gallery, 132 Washington Ave., corner of Fox St., Portland, 450-8499, addisonwoolley.com.
Addo Novo, 490 Congress St., Portland, addonovo.com/arts.
Area Gallery, Woodbury Campus Center, USM Portland, 780-5008, usm.maine.edu/gallery.
Artascope Studios, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154, artascope.com.
Art Gallery at UNE, Westbrook College campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, 221-4499 or une.edu/artgallery.
Art House Picture Frames, 61 Pleasant St., Portland, 221-3443, arthousepictureframes.com.
Arthur Fink's Studio/Gallery, 145 Newbury St., Portland, 615-5722.
Artist and Craftsman Supply, 540 Deering Ave., Portland, 772-7272
Art Loft Gallery, 8 School St., Freeport, 865-1705.
Art Studios at Cottage Road, 352 Cottage Road, South Portland, 799-5154.
Aucocisco Gallery, 89 Exchange St., Portland, 775-2222 or aucocisco.com.
The Blue Spoon, 89 Congress St., Portland, yesartworks.org.
Biddeford Savings Bank, 360 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, 883-3004.
Bomb Diggety Bakery, 649 Congress St., Portland.
Borealis Bistro, 182 Ocean Ave., Portland, 541-9600.
Bridge Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, bridgegalleryportland.com, 712-9499.
Cambridge Coffee Bar and Bakehouse, 740 Broadway, South Portland, cambridgecoffeebar.com.
Cape Cottage Gallery, 179 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-5700 or capecottagegallery.com.
Carolyn Walton Gallery, 39 Pleasant Hill Road, Freeport, 865-1585 or carolynwalton.com.
Casco Bay Frames and Gallery, 295 Forest Ave., Hannaford Plaza, Portland, 774-1260 or www.cascobayframes.com.
Christoph Gallery, Portland Pottery and Metalsmithing, 118 Washington Ave., Portland, 772-4334 or portlandpottery.com.
Clayton's Cafe, 447 U.S. Route 1, Yarmouth, FMI, 846-1117.
Constellation Gallery, 511 Congress St., Portland, 252-9520.
Cooper Jackson Gallery, 70 India St., Portland.
Cygnet Gallery, 568 Congress St., Portland, 251-9925.
Daniel Kany Gallery, 24 Romasco Lane, Portland, 774-2100.
Daunis Fine Jewelry, 616 Congress St., Portland, 773-6011.
Dobra Tea, 151 Middle St., Portland, FMI 210-6566.
Domaine Gallery, 223 Commercial St., Portland, 772-2270 or domainegallery.com.
Earth and Soul, indigenous artists from around the world and local artists, 34 Washington Ave., Portland, 775-1089.
Eli Phant, Munjoy Hill, Portland, eli-phant.com, Sally Struever, 253-9943.
Elizabeth Moss Gallery, 251 U.S. Route 1, Falmouth, 781-2620, elizabethmossgalleries.com.
Ember Grove Gallery, 247 B Congress St., Portland, 761-0408 or embergrove.com.
emilie inc., photography, 227 Congress St., Portland, 272-2285.
Falmouth Memorial Library, 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, 781-2351.
Fiddlehead Center for the Arts, 383 U.S. Route 1, Scarborough, fcascarborough.org, 883-5720.
Filament Gallery, 181 Congress St., Portland, 774-0932 or filamentgallery.com.
Fore River Gallery, 613 Congress St., Portland, 252-6728.
Fore Street Gallery, 372 Fore St., Portland, 874-8084, forestreetgallery.com.
"Forgotten Transport" photography by Jonathan M. Dunitz, 645 Congress St., Portland, 415-8462, jmdunitzstudios.com.
Four Walls Gallery for Fine Art, 564 Congress St., Portland, 221-3426 or fourwallsgallery.com.
Free Street Gallery at MECA, 87 Free St., Portland, Dee Adams, 653-7271.
Freeport Community Library, 10 Library Dr., Freeport, 865-3307.
Freeport Square Gallery, 140 Main St., Freeport, 865-1616.
Front Room Gallery, 378 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-9070.
Frost Gully Gallery, 1159 U.S. Route 1, Freeport, 865-4505 or frostgullygallery.com.
Gallery 132, 132 Spring St., Portland, 842-9200 ext. 226.
Gem Gallery, 62 Island Ave., Peaks Island, 766-5600.
Gleason Fine Art Portland, 545 Congress St., Portland, 699-5599, email@example.com.
Greenhut Galleries, 146 Middle St., Portland, 772-2693.
The Green Hand Bookshop, 661 Congress St., Portland, 253-6808.
Harmon's & Barton's Gallery, 584 Congress St., Portland, 774-5948.
Heron Point Gallery, 63 Market St., Portland, Bonnie Faulkner, 846-0817, heronpointstudio.com.
Holly Ready Studio, oil and gouache paintings by Holly Ready, 146 High St., Portland, 632-1027 or hollyready.com
ICA at MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland, meca.edu, 775-3052.
Jameson Modern Art, 305 Commercial St., Portland, 772-5522 or jamesongallery.com.
June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA, 522 Congress St., Portland, 699-5083.
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, 112 High St., Portland, 772-1961, JuneFitzpatrickGallery.com.
June LaCombe SCULPTURE, by appointment, Hawk Ridge Farm, 90 Minot Road, Pownal, 688-4468, junelacombesculpture.com.
The Kate Cheney Chappell Center for Book Arts, 7th floor, Glickman Family Library, USM Portland, Rebecca Goodale, 228-8014.
Lalo Boutique, 142 High St., Portland.
The Language Exchange, 80 Exchange St., Portland, 772-0405.
Larson Fine Art Gallery, new work by David Henning Larson, 331 Cottage Road, South Portland, 767-8221, larsonfineart.com.
Lewis Gallery at Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700, portlandlibrary.com.
The Local Buzz, 327 Ocean House Road, Pond Cove Shopping Plaza, Cape Elizabeth, ariatuki.com.
Long Island Dodwell Gallery, Long Island, Maggie Carle, firstname.lastname@example.com, 766-2940.
Maine Arts Workshop, 39 School St., Freeport, 831-2759 or maineartsworkshop.com.
Maine Charitable Mechanics Library, 519 Congress St., Portland, Jill Cournoyer, 878-8896.
Maine College of Art, 522 Congress St., Portland, meca.edu.
Maine Medical Center, paintings for sale by Freeport artist Janice L. Moore, portion of proceeds to benefit The Arts at Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall St., Portland, mmc.org/thearts, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Maine Potters Market, 376 Fore St., Portland, Anne Samson, 774-1633.
Maine Roaster's Coffee, U.S. Route 1, Yarmouth.
Market House, 28 Monument Square, Portland, 228-2056.
Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, 615-3609, mayostreetarts.org.
Meg Perry Center, 644 Congress St., Portland, 772-0689, megperrycenter.com.
Merrill Memorial Library, 215 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-4763.
Moxie Studio and Gallery, landscape, still life paintings, by appointment, Cousins Island, Yarmouth, 846-0978.
North Yarmouth Academy, Curtis Gallery, 148 Main St., Yarmouth, 847-5423, NYA.org.
Open Concepts Gallery & Studios, Cove Street Art Center, 50 Cove St., Portland, 772-3822.
Paula Banks Consulting and Two Lights Home Care, Pond Cove Shopping Center, Cape Elizabeth, lola-studios.com.
Ponomo, jewelry, handbags and accessories by Hannah Tarkinson, 142 High St., Suite 307, Portland, ponomostyle.com.
Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, 548 Congress St., Portland, portlandarts.org.
Portland Photo Works, 142 High St., second floor, Portland, Elliott Teel, 228-5829, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Portland Public Library, Lewis Gallery, 5 Monument Square, Portland, 871-1700.
Rabelais, 86 Middle St., Portland, 774-1044, RabelaisBooks.com.
Radiant Light Gallery, Thom Adams fine art and documentary photography, 615 Congress St., Suite 409, Portland, 252-7258.
Richard Boyd Pottery Art Gallery, 5 Epps St., Peaks Island, 712-1097, richardboydpottery.com.
Rise Photography, 864 Broadway, South Portland, 799-4204, risephotography.com.
Rose Contemporary, 492 Congress St., Portland, 780-0700, rosecontemporary.com.
The Royal Bean Cafe, Main St., Yarmouth, 829-5082.
Running with Scissors Gallery, 54 Cove St., Portland, 699-4242.
Salt Institute, 561 Congress St., Portland, salt.edu.
Sandpiper Jewelry Gallery, 851 Sawyer St., South Portland, Michael Hofheimer, 767-8090.
South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, South Portland, 767-7660.
Space Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, 828-5600, space538.org.
St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568, stlawrencearts.org.
Stones & Stuff, 556 Congress St., Portland, rickgreenart.com.
Susan Maasch Fine Art, 567 Congress St., Portland, 699-2955 or susanmaaschfineart.com.
Sylvia Kania Gallery, 148 High St., Portland, 615-6019.
Thomas Memorial Library, 6 Scott Dyer Road, Cape Elizabeth, 799-1720.
Toby Rosenberg Pottery Gallery, 293 Read St., Portland, 878-4590, tobyrosenberg.com.
Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, 149 Main St., Freeport, 865-4519.
TIME Gallery at CTN Studios, photography by Dawn Herrick, 516 Congress St., Portland, HourExchangePortland.org, Orion Breen, 874-9868.
USM Glickman Family Library, 7th floor, Glickman Library, USM Portland campus.
USM Osher Map Library, USM Portland, usm.maine.edu/maps.
USM Wishcamper Center, USM Portland, 780-4270, 34 Bedford St., Portland.
Utopia Gallery, 468 Fore St., Portland, www.utopiadesigns.com.
VoxPhotographs, for viewing invitation and location, 232-1214 or email@example.com.
Whitney Art Works, 492 Congress St., Portland, whitneyartworks.com, 780-0700, whitneyartworks.com.
Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery, 336 Main St. Yarmouth, 846-7777; second location, 720 U.S. Route 1, Yarmouth, yarmouthframeshopandgallery.com.
3Fish Gallery, 377 Cumberland Ave., Portland, 773-4773.
317 Main Street, 317 Main St., Yarmouth, 846-6264.
"Making faces:" Photographic Portraits of Actors and Artists, through April 8, Portland Museum of Art, 7 Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148 or portlandmuseum.org.
Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, ongoing cultural, educational, fun and active workshops for kids and parents, 142 Free St., Portland, 828-1234 or kitetails.com.
Fifth Maine Regiment Museum, by appointment, 45 Seashore Ave., Peaks Island, 766-3330, fifthmainemuseum.org.
International Cryptozoology Museum, 661 Congress St., Portland, cryptozoologymuseum.com.
Maine Historical Society Museum, "Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment & Identity in Maine," through May 27, 2012 and "Images of the Longfellow Garden," current exhibits, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 12-5 p.m. Sun.; 11 a.m.-12 p.m. children's hour Monday and Wednesday; $8 adult, $3 child, 489 Congress St., Portland, 774-1822 or mainehistory.org.
Maine Irish Heritage Center, 34 Gray St., Portland, 780-0118, maineirish.com.
Maine Jewish Museum, formerly called Tree of Life at Etz Chaim, open Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. or by appointment, 267 Congress St., Portland, Gary Berenson, 329-9854, treeoflifemuseum.org.
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Company and Museum, daily trains from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., on the hour, from the museum, 58 Fore St., Portland, 828-0814, tickets, $10 adult, $9 senior, $6 child ages 3-12, price includes admission to museum.
Museum of African Culture, 13 Brown St., Portland, 871-7188 or museumafricanculture.org.
Neal Dow Memorial, 714 Congress St., Portland, tours 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 773-7773, mewctu.org.
Portland Fire Museum, open first Fridays 6-9 p.m., $5 adults, $2 children age 7+, 157 Spring St., Portland, portlandfiremuseum.com.
Portland Harbor Museum, Southern Maine Community College, Fort Road, South Portland, 799-6337, portlandharbormuseum.org.
Portland Museum of Art, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; and 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Friday; free on Fridays 5-9 p.m., first Fridays, Seven Congress Square, Portland, 775-6148, portlandmuseum.org
Portland Observatory, 138 Congress St., Portland, 774-5561.
The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Museum and the Shaker Store, by appointment, U.S. Route 26, New Gloucester, 926-4597, shaker.lib.me.us.
Skyline Farm Carriage and Sleigh Museum, by appointment, free/donations accepted, 95 The Lane, North Yarmouth, skylinefarm.org, 829-9203 .
Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse, SMCC campus, off Fort Road, South Portland, springpointlight.org, 799-6337.
Victoria Mansion, self-guided tours, 109 Danforth St., Portland, 772-4841, victoriamansion.org.
Yarmouth Historical Society Museum, "Life Along the Royal River," 1-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. Saturday, Merrill Memorial Library, Main St., Yarmouth, 846-6259.
Thursday 4/5
Elliot Schwartz and Friends, 12:15 p.m., First Parish Church, 425 Congress St., Portland, 729-5974.
Saturday 4/7
Heather Masse, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $15, 761-1757.
Two Sides of Classical Guitar: David Bullard and Brian Cullen, 7 p.m., Mayo St. Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $10 advance/$12 door, 615-3609.
Wednesday 4/11
One Longfellow Square All-Star Revue, 8 p.m., One Longfellow Square, 181 State St., Portland, $25, 761-1757.
Thursday 4/12
Dinosaur Feathers, 9 p.m., Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland, $5 advance/$8 door, 21+, portlandempire.com.
USM Youth Ensemble, 7 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, $6 adults/$3 students and seniors, 780-5555.
Sunday 4/15
PSO Spring Concert, 2:30 p.m., Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle St., Portland, $20-70, 842-0800, PortTix.com.
Community Chorus, rehearsals 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., first and third Saturday, the St. Lawrence Arts Center, 76 Congress St., Portland, 775-5568 ext. 102 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
David Bullard Songwriter Night, 6 p.m. Tuesdays, Andy's Pub, Commercial St.; Solo Night 6 p.m. Thursdays, Slainte Wine Bar, 24 Preble St., Portland.
House Bluegrass, 9 p.m. Mondays, no cover, Empire Dine & Dance, 575 Congress St., Portland.
Kirtan!, call and response group chanting meditation, 7-8:30 p.m., first and third Fridays, $5 donation, Portland Yoga Studio, 616 Congress St., Portland, 799-0054, portlandyoga.com.
Lazy Lightning, Grateful Dead covers and original music, 9 p.m. Wednesdays, The Big Easy, 55 Market St., bigeasyportland.com or 776-2822.
Theater & Dance
Friday 4/6
Swing Dance, 7-11 p.m., Wescustogo Hall, 475 Walnut Hill Road, North Yarmouth, $8, 653-1757.
Portland Performing Arts Festival Preview, 5-8 p.m., 488 Congress St., Portland, portlandfestival.org.
Saturday 4/7
Contra Dance, 8 p.m., Falmouth Congregational Church, 267 Falmouth Road, Falmouth, $10 adults/$7 under 21, 358-9354.
Dance for Autism, 7 p.m., Yarmouth High School, 286 West Elm St., Yarmouth, $12 advance/$10 students and seniors, 657-3006.
Thursday 4/12
Eclipse (and other Dances), runs through 4/15, Thu.-Sat. 7 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m., St. Lawrence Arts, 76 Congress St., Portland, $12 adults/$6 children, vividmotion.org, 750-6350.
Saturday 4/14
"River of Time" puppet show and dance, 1 p.m., Mayo St. Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $8 adults/$4 children, mayostarts.org,
Argentine Tango Practice, Wednesday 7-9 p.m., beginner lesson 7 p.m., $10; Ballroom Dance Party, Saturday 8 p.m.- midnight, beginner lesson 7 p.m., $7; Maine Ballroom Dance, 614 Congress St., Portland.
Club 188, line dancing instruction, Wednesday, 7-8 p.m. beginners; 8-9 p.m. intermediate; 9-9:30 p.m. advanced; 188 Warren Ave., Portland.
Greater Portland Community Contradance, first Saturday, 7:15 p.m. lesson, 8 p.m. main dance, $9 adult, $5 child, Falmouth Congregational Church Hall, 267 Falmouth Road, new dancers welcome, no partner needed, 756-2201.
Maplewood Dance Center, night classes followed by dance socials on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 383 Warren Ave., Portland, 878-0584, maplewooddancecenter.com.
Irish Set Dancing, 7-9 p.m. Thursdays, Yarmouth Community Services building, 200 Main St., Yarmouth, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Second Saturday Contradance, 6 p.m. family dance; 7:30 p.m. potluck; 8 p.m. beginner lesson; 8:30-12 p.m. dance, $10 adult/ $7 student or senior, bring clean shoes, Wescustogo Hall, U.S. Route 115, North Yarmouth, 233-4325, firstname.lastname@example.com or 318-8746, email@example.com.
Square Dancing Classes, by Mix 'n Mingle Square Dancing Club, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays through April, ages 9 and up, $3, no experience necessary, Eight Corners School, 22 Mussey Road, Scarborough, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Auditions/Calls for Art
Works needed for "A Natural Order" exhibit, Frontier Cafe, 14 Maine St., Brunswick. Works should feature a natural species. Deadline for submissions April 9, $15 entry fee for first work, $5 for additional pieces. Contact Liz McGhee at Spindleworks for more information 725-8820.
Saturday 4/14
Writing Children's Books: How to Use Real Stories to Craft Compelling Tales Workshop, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., second workshop June 9, Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, $115, 228-8263.
The Dreamland Theater film series on second and fourth Thursdays, Winter Street Center, 880 Washington St., Bath, 6 p.m., free/$5 suggested donation, presented by Sagadahoc Preservation Inc., film listings at sagadahocpreservation.org.
"Creatures of the Sea and Sky," runs through April 30, Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, 443-1499.
Saturday 4/14
Topsham Public Library Photo Exhibit, 1-3 p.m., Topsham Public Library, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 725-1727.
11 Pleasant St. Arts Center, 11 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 319-6057 or 11pleasant.com.
Allen & Selig Realty, landscapes and seascapes by Claudette Gamache, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 15 Vine St., Bath, 443-2200 or AllenSelig.com.
The Barn Door Cafe and Bakery, 4 Bowdoin Mill Island, Suite 102, Brunswick; 721-3099, thebarndoorcafe.com.
Bayview Gallery, 58 Maine St., Brunswick, 729-5500, Patricia Boissevain, 729-5500, bayviewwgallery.com.
Cabot Mill Gallery, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 837-9108.
Chocolate Church Arts Center, 798 Washington St., Bath, 442-8455 or chocolatechurcharts.org.
Coleman Burke Gallery, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, email@example.com.
Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 725-5242, curtislibrary.com.
The Eleven Pleasant Street Gallery, 11 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 607-4016 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Frontier Cafe, Fort Andross, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, explorefrontier.com, 725-8820.
Gallery at Park Row, 185 Park Row, Brunswick, 907-4016.
Gallery at Widgeon Cove, Route 123, Harpswell, 833-6081 or widgeoncove.com.
Gallery at Schoolhouse Crossing, 48 West Schoolhouse Crossing Road, Topsham, 603-674-6098 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gallery Framing, 12 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 729-9108.
The Gelato Fiasco, 74 Maine St., Brunswick, 607-4002, gelatofiasco.com.
Harbor Works Gallery, Holbrook-Trufant House, 977C Cundy's Harbor Road, Harpswell, harborworksgallery.org, Guy Saldanha, firstname.lastname@example.com, 841-9812.
ICON Contemporary Art, 19 Mason St., Brunswick, 725-8157.
Just Framing, 149 Front St., Bath.
LaMarche Gallery, David Saul Smith Union, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 725-3902.
Little Dog Coffee, 87 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-8820.
Mae's Cafe, 160 Centre St., Bath, 442-8577 or maescafeandbakery.com/events.
Maine Fiberarts Gallery, 13 Main St., Topsham, 721-0678, mainefiberarts.org.
Markings Gallery, 50 Front St., Bath, 443-1499.
Merrymeeting Arts Center, 9 Main St., Bowdoinham, 841-5914, merrymeetingartscenter.org.
Points of View Art Gallery, Brunswick Business Center, 18 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 373-9300.
Sarah Greenier Gallery, Maine, marine and coastal paintings, 428 Middle St., Bath, 443-3936.
Sebascodegan Artists Cooperative Gallery, 4 Old Orr's Island Road, Harpswell, 833-5717, sebascodeganartists.com.
Summer Island Studio, 149 Maine St., Brunswick, 373-1810.
Thornton Oaks, 25 Thornton Way, 729-8033, thorntonoaks.com.
Topsham Public Library Crooker Gallery, 25 Foreside Road, Topsham, 725-1727 or topshamlibrary.org.
VSA arts of Maine, 11 Pleasant St., Brunswick, 607-4016, vsartsmaine.org.
Whatnot Gallery at Spindleworks, 7 Lincoln St., Brunswick, spindleworks.org, 725-8820.
Wednesday 4/4
Songwriters in the Round, 7-9 p.m., Frontier Cafe, 14 Maine St., Brunswick, 725-5222.
Inuit Art Exhibition from the collection of Rabbi Harry Sky, runs through April 16, Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, 725-3416
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 9400 College Station, Brunswick, 725-3275.
Maine Maritime Museum, open daily 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., 243 Washington St., Bath, 443-1316 or mainemaritimemuseum.org.
Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Hubbard Hall, Bowdoin College, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Sundays; closed Mondays, 725-3416, bowdoin.edu/arctic-museum.
Pejepscot Historical Society Museum, "CSI Brunswick: The Forensic Work of Dr. Frank Whittier," and "Pejepscot's Early Scots-Irish History," Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., free, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, 729-6606.
Theater Dance
Sage Swingers, Square and Round Dance Club, 6:30 p.m. Monday round dance workshops, Coffin School Cafeteria, Barrows St., Brunswick; 6:30 p.m. Tuesday square dance workshops, Jordan Acres School Cafeteria, Brunswick, 389-2568 or sage.squaredanceme.us.


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Hannah's Tote - Hannah's Paisley
$70.00 Ex Tax: $70.00
Availability: Out Of StockModel: HDK836
Dimension (L x W x H) 18.3 in x 7.5 in x 15.8 in
- Zippered top opens to a roomy interior with 5 organizing pockets and a key hook
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