Here is a picture of a panda seeing a policeman after the earthquake.

Though the other 86 pandas in Wolong had no casualty,the origin place of the pand’s  food,bamboo,was affected by the earthquake.

The wild giant pandas are still at risk.Concern about the lovely ancient animal,giant panda.

中文

卧龙国家自然保护区坐落在四川省汶川县。卧龙自然保护区饲养着150只濒临灭绝的大熊猫。在512大地震中，3只熊猫失踪，5个工作人员遇难，14座建筑都受到了破坏。

这是一张震后大熊猫看到警察的照片。

虽然其他86只熊猫都没有受到波及，但原先熊猫的食物—竹子的来源地却受到了地震的破坏。

野生大熊的生存依然受到威胁，让我们一起关注这些可爱的远古动物—大熊猫吧！

Translated by Mengying Hao

The Blog of Dreams began innocently and with a very small scope: Yanzhi and I were teaching in Macau, and as part of a class project in Global Internet Marketing we organized a blog project. Both of us and our students were frustrated by the stereotypically negative and uninformed commentary found on so many blogs about China–no this week is not new in perceptions if western media coverage. In the spirit of creating a positive voice for China and raising some money to help with charitable causes, we created The China Dreamblogue,. It was to be a site that focused on creating 100% positive China content and a mission to create educational opportunities for Chinese students and a chance for an international audience to find out more about what is right with China.

Soon the “Dream Team” team exploded with ideas for promotions and getting people around the country involved. We worked on a Technorati campaign to get favorited, participated in contests, and held our own photo contests to get people involved. Everyone was excited and happy that we were brainstorming creative ways to engage, not isolate China and its people.

During this same time in China, Yanzhi had become connected to a group of women he began to call, The League of Extraordinary Chinese Women, cancer survivors who had banded together to provide each other with strength, support, and encouragement during a times of deep t crisis. Yanzhi also introduced me to his former student, Coffee, who I later taught. She was and is a remarkable woman who has overcome bone cancer and a leg amputation to train for a professional UN translator certification program in French and has been an intern with the blog for over a year.

Entranced and empowered by the positive force of these women living their lives with freedom and courage, Yanzhi and I decided to take inspiration from these women and other people who were willing to live out their dream. As a part of our pro-China campaign, the two of us had a mission: we as two American teachers would travel around the country for a year on sponsorship from ethically responsible businesses and institutions. Our plan was to visit every province an interview someone from each province and at least one person from each of the fifty-six ethnic minorities in China.

As we began our travels, we also planned to use the Dreamblogue to do good in China. Knowing about the remarkable number of students and new graduates in China who struggle to find jobs, we agreed that we would begin an internship program that would teach students about online marketing, digital media, and professional/corporate blogging, all skills which are extremely important in China’s growing Internet environment and a skill set which few people in China have. So far, we have trained a number of interns and worked with them to develop their skills and knowledge in regards to digital media. We have focused on finding and working with students of remarkable ability who have little chance to take part in the remarkable changes and opportunities available in China.

As an additional part of helping people to achieve their dreams, we have continued to seek out schools and regularly post information on the blog about top schools around the world that are well-equipped and suited for Chinese students, such as the Cal Poly Orfalea School of Business. To this day we have had a number of students who were part of the Dreamblogue get in to top schools around the world, including the University of Michigan, UCLA, Columbia University, Ohio State, Purdue, and others.

To this day, Yanzhi and I have completed about a third of our journey, taking time to continue to accumulate material on the Dreamblogue about different aspects of China, running our photo contest here, and continuing to work with our interns to help them find schools and develop skills in digital media.

今天早上我和两个中国的“海归”见面.他们都是密歇根大学的毕业生,现在在一个非政府组织的组织队伍里工作.这个新的非政府组织现在有一项新的任务-为100个现在住在北京,在四川地震中变成孤儿的孩子提供老师和培训,支援灾区急需老师的学校,以及利用他们的时间和能力在一间成都的医院为截肢者提供服务

I too have been part of the planning committee and have volunteered my Internet and educational skills to help recruit short-term and long-term help for the group.

我也一直是组织委员会的一分子,利用我的互联网和教育技能,义务为团队招募短期和长期队员提供帮助.

Teachers in every discipline and at every level of education are needed for in-province and Internet distance learning. English teachers will not need a to speak Chinese, but other disciplines will require fluency in the subject matter.

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现在我们需要各个学科和各教育水平的老师参与到省内和互联网的远程教学中.英语老师不要求会说中文,但是其他学科的老师需要能用的流利中文进行授课

Volunteers who feel they need preparation before heading into Sichuan and other affected areas will be trained in teaching methods, first aid, trauma counseling and critical incident stress de-briefing.

对于觉得在去四川和其他受灾地区之前需要一些准备的志愿者,我们会提供教育方法,急救,心里创伤咨询, 危机情况压力处理减压方面的训练.

You may leave your name, email, and teaching area of interest and in the comments section of this post if you’d like to be contacted. Your information will not be published on this blog. You will be emailed and asked for a resume and your expected availability so we can best match you to schools/students. Volunteers may come for training and a visit of the area before accepting an assignment.

如果你有兴趣和我们联系,你可以在这篇文章的评论区留下你的名字,电子邮箱,和刚兴趣的教育领域.你的信息不会在这博客上发表.我们会通过发邮件来索取你的履历和你能工作的时间.这样我们可以最好的安排你到最适合的学校,教最适合的学生.志愿者在决定接受工作前可以先来进行培训和去将要的工作地点观看

A tribute to the victims Called Love and Hope and written by popular singer JJ. You don’t need to know the language to understand this video rife with both heart-wrenching and triumphant images familiar to those of us living here.

这是一段向受害者表示敬意的视频,名字叫做爱与希望,作曲人是流行歌手林俊杰.就算你不懂歌曲的语言,你也能感受到其中令人心痛欲绝的情感和鼓舞人心的力量.

1.4 Million people in 4,000 villages were financially ruined by the earthquake ongoing aftershocks. There is much to be done for several years to come.

持续着的地震余震使4000多个村庄的1400多万人蒙受巨大的财产损失,在未来的几年,我们依然有很多的工作需要做

“The past three months have far exceeded the The Library Project’s goals and expectations. There is so much to share – from our new home in Xi’an, China to an incredible list of schools benefiting from our support – so let’s get started.

“In September, The Library Project donated our first library to a Chinese countryside elementary school. The Xin Xing Elementary School is located an hour outside of Xi’an, in the ShaanXi Province. Over 500 students in grades 1-6 attend the Xin Xing Elementary School. During our pre assessment we discovered the school library’s uninviting environment and general lack of age appropriate books. Most of the books in the existing library were written for high school or university students with a total of less than 50 children’s books for grades 1-3.

“The Library Project provided 500 children’s books for grades 1-3 and a child-safe reading area with comfortable and colorful furniture. We provided a wide range of children’s books including: history, science, short stories, fairy tales, “pinyin” books for very young readers, children’s dictionaries, children’s reference books, and an assortment of comic books. We also provided a full set of children’s encyclopedias for older students. Every book was in full color and of the highest quality. The Library Project provided colorful child-safe tables and chairs, posters and a globe to populate the previously empty room. Once the library was completed, we held a party to celebrate our accomplishments with the children. Twenty “star” students were chosen to participate in arts, crafts and games. One of our activities had the children draw their “dream library”. We learned that most children want a library located outside consisting of colorful books which float in the air. (We’re working on that concept for a future library.)

“Without a doubt The Library Project has improved the level of education that the Xin Xing Elementary School provides to its students.

“We didn’t stop there. In October The Library Project completed a phenomenal feat of donating three libraries in three days. The libraries are located at three different elementary schools in the countryside of Xi’an: the Si Qing Elementary School, Bai Lu Yuan Elementary School and Mi Cun Elementary School. Furthermore, all the items donated were upgraded from our previous library. We provided higher quality books, better seating, sturdy wooden tables and bookshelves custom made at a local factory, and we even found cacti and plants to put on the tables and shelving.

“Providing three libraries in three days pushed us both mentally and physically. We had a team of over 20 volunteers helping with the delivery of the materials, setting up furniture, sorting books, and playing games with the kids in their new library. Through our experiences we learned this one simple fact: that when The Library Project arrives in a countryside school, the students go absolutely crazy. The madness usually begins when we pull up in our large truck and the children come running out of their classrooms.

“For our next goal, I need your help. In the past we have benefited one school at a time and now we are looking to help an entire school district. We want to make a clear IMPACT on the level of education an entire school district will be able to offer its students. Our first school district we would like to help will be the Ba Qiao School District (the same school district where our last three elementary schools were located).

“The Ba Qiao School District is an hour outside of the Xi’an city center. This area was hit very hard by the closure of state run factories over the past twenty years. Because of the closures and the lack of work, the average annual income is less than 2,000 RMB ($266), and there is very little hope that things will change for the better in the future. To learn more about the Ba Qiao School District, please click here.

“If you are interested in Adopting a Library or adopting a group of schools through our Adopting a School District programs, please click here for more information. You can also send me an email at [*tom@library-project.org* ] to ask any questions about the library adoption process.

“Furthermore, our website has been updated and improved to help both large and small donors have a better idea of exactly how their financial contributions are put to work. We also added an Adopt a Library page for those who would like to provide an entire elementary school with a library. The page also contains information on the Ba Qiao School District. Everyone who donates to the Adopt a School or Adopt a School District programs will receive a Library Completion Report for the specific library that you supported, along with a beautiful hardcover book celebrating our past libraries and the communities and schools we have worked in.

“I am very happy to announce two new additions to The Library Project’s team. Jenny Wang is our first full time employee in China. Jenny is from Hunan Province and has lived in Xi’an for the past ten years. A short list of some of her accomplishments these past few months have been getting us a 20 – 65% discount on children’s books at the country’s largest chain of bookstores, managing our growing list of partners in China, spearheading the completion of our first four libraries in Chinese countryside elementary schools, and doing non-stop assessments of schools and orphanages. Welcome aboard Jenny!

“I am also very happy to announce that Kevin Kruse has joined our Board of Directors. Kevin Kruse joined in August and has been an incredible addition to the team. Kevin has been instrumental in helping create a solid business foundation for The Library Project. He was also our first donor to support our Adopt a School District program. To learn more about Kevin, please check out his bio by clicking here. Welcome Kevin!

“Lastly, please check out some of our new products for the holiday season. We created 50 book, 100 book, 250 book and 500 book gift cards available at $1 a book. Each card also has a beautiful picture of a past library we have donated. The gift cards are a perfect holiday gift idea. To check out our new online store, please click here.

“Your help is greatly appreciated. Click here to make a donation and help give the gift of education and opportunity to a child in Asia. As a result of your donation you will receive photos and a Library Completion Report on the library you helped make a reality. Your donation truly does make a difference.

“The Library Project is a non-profit organization. Your donation is 100% tax deductible. Thank you in advance for your kind support of our efforts.”

Sincerely,
Thomas Stader
The Library Project
Founder

A few months ago, Yanzhi and I met Thomas Stader, the man who created The Library Project. His project donates books and libraries to underprivileged schools and orphanages in the developing world. Stader created this project because he believes education is the key motivator to breaking the cycle of poverty that exists in the developing world. For him, education is change. The Library Project accomplishes its work by getting the local community involved through book drives and awareness raising, establishing bi-lingual libraries, and partnering with local orphanages and schools.

I recently received a note from Thomas that he has built a new library, and I’d like to share what he sent to us.

“Everyone at The Library Project are very excited to announce that we have provided our first library to a countryside elementary school in China.

“There are over 500 students, grades 1-6 that attend the Xin Xing Elementary School. One third of the students that attend Xin Xing Elementary School are worker children. Worker people are people that do manual labor in China. Their jobs can be anything from building highways to building apartment blocks. They tend to be migratory, going where the work is, and once the work is finished they pick their family up and go again where the work is. Because the area around the Xin Xing Elementary School was declared a Special Development Zone by the Central Government, there has been an influx of Worker Families and their children. As you can imagine, this puts an added strain on the school budget that the administration must balance at the Xin Xing Elementary School.

“Even with this added strain, the Xin Xing Elementary School has an incredible school administration with the Vice Principle named Mr. Zhong being a key player. We met Mr. Zhong one day during the Summer Break when we showed up unannounced and he welcomed us at the gate. He was alone, cleaning the school in preparation for the approaching Fall Semester.

“During our Pre Assessment we found the school library located in a dirty room on the fourth floor of the school. Even though it was dirty, the books were all very well kept, in new book shelves the Central Government had just provided. Their collection of books numbered 3,000. This sounds like a very impressive number, but the books they had in the library were almost completely inappropriate for the children attending the elementary school. Most books were written for High School or University students, or were published in the 1970s and were showing their age. There were no more than 50 children’s books for grades 1-3. The library room also lacked any comfortable furniture for the children sit on.

“On September 25, 2007, The Library Project provided 500 children’s books for grades 1-3, and also a child safe reading area with comfortable and colorful furniture for the children to be able to sit down and read a book. We also provided a full set of children’s encyclopedias for the older learners. After the furniture and books were setup, we held a party to celebrate the children’s new library. Twenty “star” students were chosen to participate in arts, crafts and games. Everyone had a great time.

“Most importantly, the administration really saw how much the children enjoyed their new library. The Xin Xing Elementary School administration made a plan to make sure every class has an opportunity to use the library once a week.

“Without a doubt The Library Project has improved the level of education that the school provides to its students.”

If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Stader at: .

几个月之前我跟彦志遇见了图书馆计划的创始人托马斯斯蒂德（Thomas Stader）。 图书馆计划主要是给不发达地区的学校和孤儿院捐赠书本和盖建图书馆，斯蒂德创立这个计划的原因是他坚信，在不发达的国家，教育是走出贫困怪圈的关键因素。他认为教育就是改变。该计划通过与当地团体的合作，向他们提供书本并提升他们教育意识，手把手地给学校和孤儿院建立双语图书馆。

不久前，托马斯写了一封信给我，，我想在这里给大家讲以下信件的内容：

“当我们给中国的一间乡村小学改建起第一间图书馆的时候，参与计划的每一位都很兴奋。

新星小学的学生，从一年级到六年级，超过500人。其中三分之一的学生是来自民工家庭。民工在中国是指那些靠出卖劳动力为生的人，从架高速公路到建房盖屋，他们什么都干。他们居无定所，哪里有活干就到哪里，当一项工程完工了，他们就举家搬到下一个工作的地方。因为新星小学附近被当地政府规划为特别发展区，所以有一大批的民工家庭和他们的小孩涌到这里来。行政部门的财政支持没有增加的前提下，他们的到来给小学的经营带来的压力是可想而知的。”

“尽管承受着这样的额外的压力，新星小学还是可以经营下去，这全赖钟副校长的出色领导。我们暑假到那里参观的时候见到了钟副校长，他在校门口迎接我们。那时他一个人在学校做大扫除，为就要来的秋季开学做准备。”

“在视察期间，我们发现该图书馆设在了学校四楼一个简陋的房间里。即使看上去肮脏，但书本都保存得很好。在新的书架上，陈列着《中央政府》。他们收藏的书籍达到三千多本 。听起来这似乎是一个非常可观的数目，然而该馆中的书籍几乎都不适合小学生阅读。大部分书籍是适合高中生或大学生阅读，或者是在20世纪70年代发表的，其陈旧程度显而易见。适合1-3年级学生的儿童读物不超过50本。馆里没有任何舒适的家具可以让孩子们坐。”

“2007年9月25日，除了为1-3年级小学生增多了500本儿童读物，图书馆计划还提供了配有五彩缤纷家具的儿童式安全阅览区，使孩子们能够坐下来，舒适地看书。除此之外还有一整套的儿童百科全书给较年长的学习者使用。在家具和书籍准备好后，我们还为庆祝孩子们的新图书馆举行了聚会。二十位学生被挑选参加艺术活动，手工艺活动及游戏等。我们每个人都非常开心。”

“最重要的是，领导层确实看到了孩子们对新图书馆的愉悦之情。该小学的领导人员就作出安排，确保每一个班级都可以每星期一次使用图书馆。”

“毫无疑问，图书馆计划提高了学校的教育水平。”

如有疑问，请联系Thomas Stader先生：

China Dreamblogue 21st century

Thanks to Charlie Shifflett for his faithful reporting.

Blog Your Dream 把梦想写在博客上
Name 姓名
Email Address电子邮箱地址
Country	Choose Australia 澳大利亚 China 中国大陆 Macau 中国澳门 Hong Kong 中国香港 UK 英国 USA美国 France 法国 Germany 德国 Other (Specify）
Other 其他
My Dream 我的梦想

Interested in helping to sponsor the Dreamblogue? There are several things you can do.

First, WE DO NOT ACCEPT DONATIONS. If you are interested in donating money, please contact one of the charities we support, The Library Project (run through the 501(c)3 charity Nomadic Marketing) or The Reading Tub. The China Dreamblogue offers services-for-fee and service-for-service exchanges with sponsors. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, we are looking for the following things:

• Individuals and Businesses: Link to us and favorite is on Technorati by clicking on the tab in our sidebar!

• We badly need 2 laptop computers–One of the current computers running the Blog of Dreams, Yanzhi’s prized Macbook, suffered a cracked screen and our second laptop caught a fatal virus, SO we are searching for laptop computers that will help us continue to create the Dreamblogue and maintain its content and projects for you while we travel.

• 2 high quality cameras to help us document the beauty of the people and places in China we encounter.
• 1 high quality digital movie camera to help us record the stories of the dreamers we meet along the way
• audio and video editing software to help us present the dreamers’ stories to you
• Educational institutions in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand interested in attracting talented Chinese students to their universities
• Travel insurance to help keep us and the dreams we carry safe as we travel
• Airplane flights and acomodations from a travel company willing to help us arrange the legs of our journey
• Quality English-language training centers to help students prepare for their journeys to study abroad
• Other businesses willing to help individual dreamers achieve their dreams

Please note that we will give away all of the equipment and extra supplies at the end of the China Dreamblogue travels to our supporters and dreamers.

Interested parties can read more about sponsorship details here: Travel China Blog Proposal. Contact or if you or your organization are interested.

Keep Dreaming.

Dawei: Tell us a little bit about the scholarship you received to study translation.

Coffee: Yeah，I should say‘ thank you’ to my French teacher, he is so kind. He has high expectation on us and so he is strict with us in class, but he is easy-going after classes. I know what it means the moment he decides to grant me this opportunity. I will not let him down. Of course I will grab this opportunity to improve my French proficiency.

Dawei: Will you tell us about your dreams for yourself and why you wanted to study translation?

Coffee: I am always ambitious, I want to learn more about the languages and the cultures about the world, and I want to be a bridge between China and other countries in the world, to be a translator. I am fond of French; Luckily, I got this chance, thanks to the kindness of one of my former teachers at my school. I am now taking French as a second foreign language, and I will keep improving it.

Dawei: What are your dreams for your family and community?

Coffee: Yeah, I’ve been dreaming of changing the condition of my family for a long time. Dad and Mum are now getting old, and they have been swinking all their lives, it’s high time I did something for them, I want to make their lives better, and enjoy their lives in their old ages. I am now living in a small village, it’s far away from Guangzhou, most of my peers receive a secondary school education, and then pour into the job world. I am the only one to get a college education in my village. I hope I can change all this, and to make more children get access to higher education.

Dawei: Dreams are often held back by fears. What is your biggest fear about your dreams, and how have you overcome it?

Coffee: I always tell myself not to put all the eggs in one basket. I am always trying different ways to do things better, to be frank，when striking for my dreams, I am not fear of anything. I have confidence on myself. And I wish I could get a job as a translator, that’s the first step of fulfilling my dreams.

Dawei: What do you encourage others to do in order to achieve their dreams?

Coffee: I want to do my best and to be excellent and to show people life is to be conquered however hard it is. As long as you have a will, nothing is difficult. It is important keeping optimistic while facing difficulties.

Dawei: What do you hope to do with your scholarship and after you complete your training?

Coffee: I will keep on learning , as the saying goes : It’s never to late to learn. It does not mean my French proficiency is good enough after attending the training, there are lots of things I need to learn about. I hope I can learn more during my work. And I know clearly that to be a good translator, I should keep renewing my knowledge.

Keep Dreaming:

Blog Your Dream
把梦想写在博客上
Name 姓名
Email Address 电子邮箱地址
Country 国家	Choose Australia澳大利亚 China中国大陆 Macau 中国澳门 Hong Kong 中国香港 UK 英国 USA 美国 France 法国 Germany德国 Other(Specify)
Other 其他:
My Dream 我的梦想

1.能谈一谈关于你获得学习翻译课程的事吗？

Coffee：当然，我很感激我的法语老师能给我这样一个机会。他对我们期望很高，所以他上课时对我们都很严厉，但是在课余时间他很随和。我明白他给予我这样一个机会意味着什么，我不会让他失望的，我会好好把握这个机会提高法语能力。

2.能谈谈你的梦想吗？你为什么想要学习翻译课程呢？

Coffee：我总是雄心勃勃的，我想要了解更多世界各国的语言和文化，我想要成为中国和世界上其他国家的桥梁，成为一名翻译家。我喜欢法语，很庆幸，我得到了学习法语的机会，这要感谢我以前的老师。现在法语是我的第二外语，我会继续努力提高。

3.你对你的家人和你的社区有什么样的梦想吗？

Coffee: 是的，我一直都梦想着能够改变家里的现状，爸爸妈妈现在已经不再年轻，他们辛苦劳累了大半辈子，现在是我为他们做点什么的时候了，我想让他们生活得更好一些，在晚年可以尽享天伦之乐。

我家人住在一个小乡村，那离广州很远，我的很多同龄人读完初中便出来工作了，我是整个村子唯一的一个大学生。我希望可以改变这样的现状，让更多的孩子接受更多教育。

4.很多时候人们会因为畏惧心理而使梦想受阻，你最担心的是什么？你又是怎么解决的？

Coffee： 我经常提醒自己不要用一篮子就装掉所有的鸡蛋，我总会尝试不同的方法做好一件事情。老实说，在为实现梦想的奋斗过程中，我没有什么可担心的，我相信我自己，我希望我可以从事翻译工作，那是我实现梦想的第一步。

5.你是怎么鼓励人们去实现梦想的？

Coffee：我希望能做到最好，让大家都知道，不管有多难，人总是可以征服生活的。只要你意志坚定，没有什么事情可以把你难倒。不管遇到什么困难，一定要保持乐观的心态。

6.你想要怎么处理你的奖学金呢？培训完毕之后，有没有打算做些什么呢？

Coffee：我会继续学习深造，所谓：活到老学到老嘛；呵呵……法语培训并不代表我的法语程度达到了炉火纯青的地步，还有很多的东西等着我去学习呢。我希望在工作中能学到更多，而且我知道要做一名好的翻译师，就要懂得不断更新自己的知识。

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Today’s photos of the day come from Beijing, Shanghai and Tibet and were taken by one loyal reader, Elvina Trixie, and one newcomer, G.M.

The first two photos today come from Elvina Trixie. This photo was taken in Tibet:

The second photo is called “Zeile Geit” (美好时光) and was taken in the Shanghai Art Museum:

Finally, G.M., a native Canadian, sent us this photo of a lotus at the Beijing Summer Palace:

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For those of you dreaming of going to America to study: We have posted pdf files of the guides in English and in Chinese (see the sidebar for Chinese)…

Study in the US part 1

This is a guide to undergraduate study and educational opportunities in the US. You can find Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian versions of the text here: Undergrad Study in the US.

Study in the US part 2

This guide explains the process of applying for and preparing for graduate study in the US. It includes information about admission, types of institutions, degrees, course loads, and grading systems. It will also discuss the different academic culture in the US and the US academic environment. It also covers specialized programs of study in the US: US nursing school, American law schools, US veterinary medicine, and American dentistry. You can find versions of the text in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian Study in America: US graduate degrees.

Study in the US Part 3

This guide provides thorough descriptions of short-term study options in the US, such as: high school exchange programs, work and professional exchange programs, vocational and technical programs, short-term university study, and professional study. You can find versions of the text in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian here: Study in US: Short-term US study.

Study in the US part 4

This guide provides important details on preparing for study in the US, such as obtaining a visa, predeparture information, housing in the us, and travel to the us. You can find versions of the text in Arabic and Russian here: Study in the US: US Visas, Travel to the US, living in the US..

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The second picture featured today is called “Campus Life Basketball。” See the pictures after the jump.

On Sundays, this basketball court doubles as a movie theater where students and local residents will go to watch first-run movies on a tarp hung at the south end of the court.

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tdgardens‘s dream:
That every child have a book to hug, hold, and carry them to a dream all their own.

hailvict’s dream:
To become someone who makes a difference every day of their life.

mmhalim’s dream:
travell to china i cannot imagine what is the great system that can organize all this people and in the same time they are be one of the great country in the world

Taitai‘s Dream:
My main dream right now is that the lumps found in my mother-in-law’s lung are benign. That would be lovely, thank you.

kevin’s dream:
I hope the project of “Blog of dreams” will be successful.

Roxi Copland‘s Dream:
touring worldwide as a vocalist and pianist

Dream Updates:

We have posted stories before about Ms. Yue, who needs a life-saving drug called Herceptin that costs approximately 45,000 USD a year (approximately thirty-seven years’ worth of wages for as a bookkeeper in China). However, she’s in luck. A group of dreambloggers has pledged to bring a year’s worth of the drug for her.

Ms. Yue says thank you.

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Remember Coffee, one of the newest members of the League of Extraordinary Chinese women? Well, Through the help and work of friends and supporters Coffee will not have to leave her dreams at the door

Because she lost a leg and now wears a prosthesis, Coffee will face enormous difficulties in China. In addition to the stigma she will face in trying to get a job or make professional and personal connections, she must contend with the reality of daily life in China. There is no requirement to make areas handicapped accessible, so stairs, uneven terrain, long hikes between locations, and major street construction projects–all difficult territory for her–are common and routine barriers to success. Her dormitory and many of the other buildings at her university rarely have functioning elevators or navigable entrances to class.

This post isn’t about pitying Coffee, but about showing her bravery. Coffee’s strength and disposition–her refusal to pity herself, and her willingness to travel through the difficulties of her life to continue to achieve–is worthy of respect and the League of Extraordinary Chinese Women. when Yanzhi visited her in the hospital shortly after chemotherapy a scarfed Coffee was covered in books on her hospital bed. she was determined not to fall behind her peers.

Through a partnership and sponsorship from someone in her university (the person chooses to remain anonymous), Coffee will receive a UN translator training program for French that is worth more than $20,000 USD. Her hope is that this training will help her find a job and earn money to help her purchase a new, higher-quality artificial leg and pay for further medical treatments. While this may not cure Coffee, further education is an essential part of achieving her dream to be a positive force in the world and do something meaningful with her life.

We will be posting more in a few dreams…Keep your eyes open…

January 4th, 2006

Ms Yue will have her final chemo’ treatment tomorrow. She will then be eligible for experimental treatment. The experimental treatment will cost 40-60,000 US dollars: 30-40 years of salary in China.

The Pearl River Delta in China is not unlike the area devastated in Louisiana and further East or the hard working towns in West Virginia that the coal industry depends on. It suffers through typhoons, floods, mining disasters, and lives are forever changed by devastation, and death. I am pained for people on both sides of the Pacific. I grieve for the families that twice suffered in West Virginia.

Like the Mississippi Delta, the Pearl River Delta is in the midst of a class four silent storm. It is a cancer zone. It is the dumping ground for every industrial success above it: a slow moving sewage system for dozens of cities.
It was the victim of a cadmium spill far north that made the long journey south. The Pearl River, so beautiful at night, is dark and foreboding in the day. No one would dare eat a fish caught from its banks in our city–and there are thousands of more factories on its shores as it meanders to Hong Kong from here.

When industrialization began I am sure most people in China had no idea that its economy would grow so fast that its infrastructure could barely barely hold on to its hat as the winds of change howled, and continue to howl, past daily. I am also sure that they had no idea that their environment would suffer as much as it has and their people with it.

America has had her growing pains and fights with the environment and governmental ineptitude: coal Mining and the recent immense tragedy in West Virginia, deforestation, erosion, Katrina.

I grew up in a Steel Mill Town where every morning you could wipe orange residue off of the hood of your car. The government never helped–even when people were dying.

China is trying to heed calls from these deaths due to close mines, repair hillsides denuded of trees, and in one neighboring town where the cancer rate is so enormous, officials are finally forcing companies to adhere to strict standards.

The effects of the the issue in China invaded my life: The fight became personal.

Let me digress for a second:

The Japanese have an old ritual that they perform when someone leaves for a long time. It is Kagezen. They will set a place for dinner for the loved one until they return. The metaphor found me today when Yue Ying was being wheeled into surgery for a breast cancer biopsy, a problem that struck as fast and as fiercely as Katrina or West Virginia, they handed her slippers to her family. At the risk of sounding trite, I was struck by how small they were. I was taken over by just how tiny, frail and helpless I felt at that moment.

I went to the waiting room with Yue’s sisters. There were a dozen other anxious families there–all with shoes in hand or set neatly down on the floor in anticipation they would be filled again.

It was hard for me to believe that the delicate slippers I held had carried the weight of such an immeasurable heart, such monumental grace and extraordinary integrity. She is 45 years old and has made much of herself despite the lack of resources that were available for anyone who grew up in China when she did.

Yue’s were the last pair of shoes in the room when Dr. Wang, a wonderful, gentle, professor/surgeon/oncologist who did a fellowship at City Hospital in New York, announced that pathology had confirmed a pervasive malignancy and that she would have immediate surgery. Though I had seen the X-rays and read the reports and had taught at Medical schools/Health Science Centers and clinically directed a hospital in the U.S., I was unable to contain my grief. It IS different when it is you that are affected–even obliquely.

She was in surgery for over five hours. She headed for recovery awake, tearful and typically apologetic that she was trouble for those attending to her.

I went home to change, eat, meet with a few colleagues and head back to the hospital where I spent the night. Probably more to comfort her than me.

Kagazen has long been over. Prayers, good wishes and her determination sent death on his way and the unsinkable Ms. Yue has been back fighting an extraordinary fight.

But, regardless of how optimistic one might be, how tied to faith or hope, something beyond a part of your body is forever lost: A strong sense of mortality takes residence in its place. It has been a tough few months of chemotherapy, and uncertainty.

Her shoes are waiting by her bedside. And I am convinced that Yue will be back in them. She will be as strong, beautiful and grace-filled as before. She is now. She has lost her hair but, not her poise and power. If anyone can keep illness or death at bay it is her.

China has a long way to go, as does the U.S. in thinking less of government than it does of its people. And cancer treatment for women worldwide has even further to go. Here people commit suicide or die these days because of lack of protection with health care. They do not want to burden their families.

My heart goes out to the recent and ongoing victims of both Delta areas and the families who have twice suffered in West Virginia. Here is my wish that, one day, you will never do Kagezen for anyone because of pollution, senseless disease, industrial disasters government neglect.

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The original League of Extraordinary Chinese Women lost one more member this week. Ms. 珍 (Zhen) , first from the left, succumbed to breast cancer that spread to her liver for want of appropriate treatment.

The unsinkable Ms. Yue is the remaining survivor of her chemotherapy group. None of the women to date have been able to raise the funds needed to acquire the very expensive drug Herceptin needed for a chance of staving off the disease. It is the only available agent that can treat HER2 breast cancer in early and late stage development, but is quite expensive. This blog has raised only a fraction of the monies needed for these brave ladies.

I was given great life lessons by Ms Zhen, woman who remained ever positive about her chances for recovery. I have no doubt that she survived long past expectations because of her zeal for life, the friendship of the other League members and Chinese traditional medicine combined with what western medicine she could afford.

Ms Zhen, a victim of cancer and an ailing health system in China, leaves behind a loving husband, a boy 14 years old and a girl now 19 year of age.

In memoriam Onemanbandwidth and The Dreamblogue will not post new entries for the next three days.

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