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Qinna Shen
Other affiliations: Miami University
Bio: Qinna Shen is an academic researcher from Bryn Mawr College. The author has contributed to research in topics: German & Refugee. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 16 publications receiving 54 citations. Previous affiliations of Qinna Shen include Miami University.
Topics: German, Refugee, Orientalism, German studies, Magic (illusion)
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TL;DR: This article explored the transnational connection between China and the GDR in 1989 and viewed the student protests on Tiananmen Square in spring 1989 as a consequential precursor to German reunification.
Abstract: Abstract:This article explores the transnational connection between China and the GDR in 1989 and views the student protests on Tiananmen Square in spring 1989 as a consequential precursor to German reunification. The SED's endorsement of the Chinese government's suppression and the East Germans' fear of a \"Chinese solution\" to looming domestic unrest aggravated the mass exodus in the summer and fall of 1989. Contrary to expectations, Leipzig, the center of protests in East Germany, did not become another Tiananmen on October 9. The military crackdown in Beijing ultimately served as a counterexample that helped to facilitate a peaceful revolution in East Germany.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined adaptations of the Grimms' fairy tales by the East German Film Studio, die Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), and analyzed selected fairy-tale film adaptations against their political, ideological, and cultural-historical background.
Abstract: This essay examines adaptations of the Grimms' fairy tales by the East German Film Studio, die Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA). After a brief discussion of the condemnation and rehabilitation of fairy tales in the Soviet Union and GDR (German Democratic Republic), it analyzes selected fairy-tale film adaptations against their political, ideological, and cultural-historical background. This investigation shows that the conception of the films, as well as their reception, responded quickly to vacillating liberal and repressive trends and thus functioned as a barometer of cultural politics in the GDR. As children's films, these adaptations illustrate an interesting synthesis of art and politics, as well as pedagogy and entertainment.
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TL;DR: For example, the authors notes that although the country acceded to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol in 1999, incorporation of these obligations into national legislation and normative acts has been slow and to date Kazakhstan has failed to comply with its obligation to give full effect to the Covenant in the domestic legal order.
Abstract: 4. UNHCR notes with concern that although the country acceded to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol in 1999, incorporation of the 1951 Convention obligations into national legislation and normative acts has been slow and to date Kazakhstan has failed to comply with its obligation to give full effect to the Covenant in the domestic legal order, inter alia providing for effective judicial and other remedies for violations of these rights
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TL;DR: The authors explored the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present, examining the rise and fall of China's last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People's Republic of China.
Abstract: This course explores the history of early-modern and modern China, from the seventeenth century to the present. We will examine the rise and fall of China’s last empire, the emergence of a modern nation-state, the sources and development of revolution, and the implications of complex social, political, cultural, and economic transformations in the People’s Republic of China. Course materials include scholarly monographs, a memoir, primary sources, and visual and material artifacts that offer diverse perspectives. We will meet twice a week for a combination of lectures, discussion, and viewing of visual texts.
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TL;DR: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth as discussed by the authors is a history in three keys book about the boxers as event, experience, and myth, which is based on the history of boxing.
Abstract: (1997). History in Three Keys: The Boxers as Event, Experience, and Myth. History: Reviews of New Books: Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 35-35.
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