This week I began my research in earnest. I found that I had a rather easy time, once I had decided on key words, finding relevant articles on both Google and CNKI.net. I was pleased that I was able to quickly skim articles and abstracts and find one I thought would be relevant. I ultimately came upon an article from a law journal, and Dai Laoshi was good enough to track me down a copy. It looks like a great article, but I have to say I am a bit intimidated by it. It is certainly one of the more complex pieces of Chinese text I have approached.
I have been trying to figure out how to go about reading, and more importantly evaluating this document. I think ultimately instead of reading it strait through I need to skim through it and sort of diagram it for myself, so that I know the basic structure and argument before I get into a close reading. That way I can have some advantage when I am having trouble with a particular sentence or paragraphs meaning. If I know the general flow of the argument, hopefully that context will help me get through the tough parts.
Here's hoping it works, if not, well then back to the drawing board.
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Great! I think your reading strategy will work, if you find any sentence that troubles you, send them to me, I am open for discussion and that is what I am here for. My office hours are Tuesday morning 9:30 to 11:30, but you are welocme to make an appt with me when both of us are available. I will recommend to learn more as now it's the beginning of the semester :-) 继续加油努力！
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