Lloyd Lofthouse
- Location
- Bay Area, California, United States
- Birthday
- August 14
- Bio
- Lloyd Lofthouse is the author of ‘My Splendid Concubine’. He earned a BA in journalism after fighting in Vietnam as a U. S. Marine. He then taught English and journalism in the public schools by day and for a time worked as a maitre d' in a multimillion-dollar nightclub by night. He now lives near San Francisco with his wife, and they have a second home in Shanghai, China. His first novel, ‘My Splendid Concubine’, won an honorable mention in fiction from the 2008 London Book Festival; another honorable mention in general fiction from the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival and a third honorable mention in fiction at the 2009 Hollywood Book Festival. His short story, ‘A Night at the Well of Purity’, was a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.
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Lloyd Lofthouse's Links
China in Transition, Part Three
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved. (There will be no new posts for the Blog on Open Salon) Learning China may be found at: http://learningchina.wordpress.com/
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Economy
Under Mao Zedong (1893 - 1976), China suffered for twenty-seven year… Read full post »
China in Transition, Part Two
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved
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In 2012, the new rulers of China will "all" have been educated in the West. After Mao died and the gang of four, responsible for the horrors of the Cultural Revolution, went to prison… Read full post »
China in Transition, Part One in a Series
On October 25, 2009, this Blog
was moved to:
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My wife landed in Seattle in 1984. She was born in China during the Cultural Revolution and was twenty-seven when she arrived in America. She came prepared for the worst with… Read full post »
Minority Treatment in China, Part 4
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved
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Many similarities exist between the way the emperors of old treated minorities inside China and the way the Communist government treats minorities today.
The law now applies to all f… Read full post »
Minority Treatment in China, Part 3
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved
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China has a one-child policy due to a population of 1.3 billion people. What isn’t well known is that the one child policy applies only to the Han majority. That policy does no… Read full post »
China and Native Minority Treatment, Part Two
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Most of us have heard about Tibet and the demands by Tibetans in exile that Tibet be free from China to rule itself. We hear claims of recent brutal human rights violations taking… Read full post »
China and Native Minority Treatment, Part One
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved
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China vs. America
Compare and Contrast Native Minority Treatment
Part One
(a four part series)This post
will focus on the United States with some historical
background.
Atrocities… Read full post »
Media in China
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October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved to:
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There are two Chinas, and I’m not talking about Taiwan. I’m talking about the Communist Party, the only legitimate political party in China, and its membership of seventy… Read full post »
The Great Medical Debate
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October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved to:
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Free-Market Medical Care in China and AmericaIn 141 B.C.E., a new Han emperor sat on the Dragon Throne. His name was Wudi. He ruled for fifty-four years. Wudi believed/… Read full post »
A Clear Case of Bias—Connecting the Dots
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was moved
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I have read many Western media pieces that clearly demonstrate a bias toward China when it comes to reporting the news. Here are two examples that were published in July 2009:
On Ju… Read full post »
Where are the Parents?
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was
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There is nothing to envy about many American families. They are in worse shape than the economy.
My wife is Chinese. She lived in China the first twenty-eight years of her life. She is… Read full post »
Mandate of Heaven
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was
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The Mandate of Heaven almost ended Communism in China after Mao's death in 1976. The reason for that was because everyone in China suffered horribly. Thirty-seven million people die… Read full post »
Honor
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We were visiting General Yue Fei's tomb in Hangzhou. Hundreds of Chinese tourists were there. It was early October 2008. This was our third trip to the city in ten years, and… Read full post »
The First of All Virtues
On October 25, 2009, this Blog was
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I read 'any damn fool can be a parent' in an e-mail recently, and it made me think that North America is not a comfortable place to be if you become a geezer. Geezer is the endea… Read full post »
The Meaning of an Education
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Words are cheap. Actions speak loud. The best way to learn about another culture is by comparing and contrasting that culture with yours to see any similarities and differences… Read full post »
China's Unwanted Dance with a Devil (?)
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24, 2009, this Blog was moved to:
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The devil speaks with a soft voice to seduce his victims.
China’s battle with pagan cults reaches back nine-hundred years. The most recent cult China is struggling with is the… Read full post »
China and Religion
On October 24, 2009, this Blog was
moved to:
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I am sure there are Americans and other Westerners that will read one of my blogs about China and think I am a traitor, crazy or both. To these people, it will not matter that I serve… Read full post »
Freedom, June 2009
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This is a brief comparison of two countries, China and America. The American media is obsessed about pointing out every event that takes place in China that can be used as an example t… Read full post »
The Foundation of Chinese Morality
On October 24, 2009, this Blog was
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They say ignorance is bliss. If that is correct than there are many people outside of China that are very happy with their ignorance concerning Chinese culture.
I always find… Read full post »
Mao's Western Media Ghost
On October 24, 2009, this Blog was
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Mao Zedong died in 1976. Yet, the Western Media often treats China as if Mao were still alive. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there were examples of this. I am going… Read full post »
2008 China Trip
On October 24, 2009, this
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To understand China, we will start
with modern China before we travel back in time.
Why am I doing this? Simple. When the 2008-2009 school year
started, our daughter r… Read full post »
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