Oct 10

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(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-yat-sen-is-canceled-in-china.html

(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/SB10001424052970204450804576622733508066292.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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