READERS’ CLUB

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7 Responses to “READERS’ CLUB”

Ian R. Taylor
April 9th, 2010 at 2:04 pm

Dear SeeChina,

Hi! I’m an undergraduate at Cornell University and majoring in China and Asia-Pacific Studies. I recently discovered your website and have found it very interesting. You can be sure I’ll check it regularly!

For a hobby, I draw comics, and since I’m studying Chinese I wanted to find some Chinese comics and cartoons to read and enjoy. Unfortunately, there aren’t too many online – I guess the webcomic craze hasn’t yet hit China. Could you recommend anything?

Also, I’m currently planning on traveling to China to study. If possible, I’d love to contribute an article or something similar.

Love the site, keep up the good work!
Best,
Ian R. Taylor
Jessica
April 9th, 2010 at 5:06 pm

Dear Ian,

It’s great to have you with us which makes us feel much less lonely! About the webcomic craze, actually it’s quite popular in China. Websites such as http://vod.ktxp.com/ are full of latest animations and cartoons from Japan, U.S., Europe, etc.. And the official estimation for the revenue of cartoon and animation last year was about 50 billion RMB (7 billion USD). As for Chinese comics and cartoons, See China also has advisors on this aspect (teachers in animation colleges and friends in gaming industry, etc.) we will surely try to work on more stories and recommend good works (did you see the Xia Da story?), there are a few already established ones as Cai Zhizhong (蔡志忠，famous for traditional Chinese stories), Zhu Deyong (朱德庸，famous for urban cynical series), Ji Mi (几米，for sentimental love stories), but more are still coming to the fore. Personally I would strongly recommend 麦兜 the Pig Mcdull http://www.mcdull.hk/ and Grandma and her ghosts http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjQ0NzIyNjA=.html

I’d be overjoyed to welcome you to China either for travel or study and invite you to join our See China parties and picnics (!), and if you’re interested in contributing articles, please check your email to see my details!

thank you again for visiting, with best wishes for you!
Jessica Jiang from SeeChina Team
Peter M.K. Chan
May 15th, 2010 at 11:25 am

Hello Jessica:

I would like to post excerpts of my book titled The Six Patriarchs of Chinese Humanism on your site, but I do not know how to go about it. Would appreciate your instruction and advice.

Peter M.K. Chan
http://sites.google.com/site/ancientchinesehumanism/home
Bernice Tang
May 20th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Hi Eric,

I’m an editor at http://www.theasiamag.com, an online and mobile platform for Asian bloggers and other writers.

We would like your permission to use two of your posts — “Beijing place names — Zhongguancun” and “Dining at Minjiang Soup Restaurant” — which we found to be fascinating reading. Kindly contact me so that I can provide you with more details.

Best wishes,
Bernice
Jessica
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:02 am

Hi Peter,

Thanks for sharing with us your book, it sounds very interesting and useful, would you please kindly send the excerpts that you recommend to our admin email address: seechina10@gmail.com? We’ll work on it very soon!

Jessica
Juliet
May 22nd, 2010 at 8:46 pm

Hi! I am Juliet, member of musical band The Seasons, you can see the promo of my group here http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc0MzUyNTA4.html would like to hear your opinion
Jessica
May 24th, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Juliet, thanks for sharing with us this lovely promo, you girls really have great potentials! When are you going to release your album or do a recital? Is it possible for you to meet with the See China Team someday and do an interview in the near future? Please kindly leave a contact to us if you’re ready: seechina10@gmail.com. Thanks again!