Vietanam Week June 2009 part 3

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Vietanam week part 2

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Vietnam week at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University part 1. I have to say they have improved over last year’s event quite a bit. Unfortunately the Chinese week the following week was a disaster as there was not much improvement over last year meaning just about the same thing last year. China has a lot more to ofter than what APU students presented. I remember when I was heading to Guangxi for the first time, one Chinese girl told me, “there is a lot more interesting culture there, minorities etc, we Han don’t have much culture at all”. I didn’t take it very seriously at the time but she is right. Han Chinese don’t have much culture compared to the very colorful and vibrant other Chinese minoities. But it is very important to understand that APU students come from quite well off families who can afford to come to Japan and study as the vast majority of people cannot afford to leave their own hometown.

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