Word: fairbank
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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James L. Watson, Fairbank professor of Chinese society, wants his students in Anthropology 105 to think of the public eating canteens in Maoist China in terms of Harvard dining halls...
...addition, the preface to this third question was indicative of a deep-seated prejudice against Asian-Americans. Jiang specified that the question was to be from an "American," which, under the circumstances, could only have been interpreted by Ezra F. Vogel, director of the John K. Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies, as someone not of Asian descent. This incident reveals the sad truth that by appearance, Asian-Americans are considered Asian first and must prove that they deserve to be called "American" as well...
Ezra F. Vogel, director of the Fairbank Center, said the public no longer sees the Chinese President as "just a butcher of Beijing...
...previous discussions, "a lot of people were blowing off steam," said Adam Brookes, a visiting scholar at the Fairbank Center...
...found myself somewhat frustrated by the stance of the Fairbank Center. Dissenting opinions were silenced," said the student, referring to space that was supposed to be allocated to protesters but was blocked...