SinoSplice.com
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Sinosplice: Life in China and learning Chinese.
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Sinosplice
Sinosplice is a name I came up with to suggest a union -- a connection -- free of true full integration. The purpose of the site is to provide a peek into the life of an American attempting to integrate himself, somewhat, into Chinese society. In this day and age, a tall white American simply cannot truly integrate into Chinese society. I simply stand out too much, and this society is still very much homogeneous (at least in the sense that almost everyone has Asian features). Nevertheless, I try to understand the culture, I try to master the language, I try to make the most of any disadvantages I find to living in China. Then I try to pass on to Sinosplice visitors some of what I have gained.
My site is different from the sites of many other teachers living in China or doing JET in Japan because I'm actually here for the long haul, with the goal of high fluency in Mandarin Chinese. If you have not lived overseas in a non-English-speaking country, it may be hard to understand the world of difference fluency in the language makes. Language is key to cultural understanding. One can simply never get the clearest view of a house looking through the dirty window or observing what comes out of the house. You have to go in. Language is the key.
Sinosplice 1.0 was launched April 30, 2002 as sort of a "public diary" for friends and family to replace the mass e-mails I had been sending. I soon became aware that I was a part of a fledgling expat China blog community, and I started the China Blog List, which continues to expand today. With the launch of Sinosplice 2.0 in April, the year 2003 saw the genesis of the Sinosplice Network, my effort to support the foreign China blogging community by sharing some of my server space. While teaching English has been an interest of mine for years (see Teaching in China: A Guide for the Uninitiated), I'm even more interested in Chinese pedagogy. See Sinosplice's language section for some of my efforts there. I hope to further develop Sinosplice in that direction in the future.
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