12 Jul, 2008 in Asia-Israel connections, China

The Chinese Jews : the Kaifeng Chinese integrate in Israel

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This is quite a remarkable story of a Chinese Jewish community in Kaifeng-China. Haaretz tells their story with “Taking the Silk Route back home” (found through “Truth from Facts” in Chinalyst):
Jin Jin and Nina Wang are students in Hebrew University’s preparatory program. They will soon commence their BA studies, but they already have long-term [...]

23 Oct, 2006 in Chinese Studies

Chinese Character Discrimination for Jews and Muslims?

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Are the Chinese characters for Jews and Islam demeaning? An old article by the Taipei Times sent to me by a reader suggests that might be true. Published on Aug 23-2005 and titled “Chinese words for Jews and Islam are demeaning: group” the article has the following :
 

A peace group yesterday called on the public [...]