Via Language Hat, a New York Times article by Howard French on the complex linguistic situation in China. For China, the consequences of this linguistic fragmentation are immense. Although no one in government says that local languages should be eliminated, there is a growing awareness that the country’s national construction cannot be considered complete until [...]
One of the things I try to explain in my dissertation is the failure of Taiwan’s current educational policies. What do I mean by failure? This is a question that came up recently when Scott Sommers tried to answer a similar question. Scott did an admirable job of showing how politics has made it difficult [...]
I’ve added it to my blogroll, but it really deserves its own post. Nathan Newman has joined the borg at TPMCafe and is blogging up a storm about labor issues, along with a host of other excellent contributors. TPMCafe already has Warren Reports, under the aegis of Elizabeth Warren, which focuses on the difficulties faced [...]