Cricket Competition in China
Issue Date
2008-04-09Author
Hacker, Randi
Tsutsui, William
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
Is part of series
Postcards from Asia;0118
Published Version
https://audioboom.com/posts/828976-0118-cricket-competition-in-chinaMetadata
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Broadcast Transcript: It ain't over until the fat cricket sings. OK, maybe not the fat cricket but the cricket with the loudest and deepest sound. At least, that's the way it is in the world of Chinese cricket singing competition. Cricket keeping is a time-honored tradition here in China: Tang Dynasty princelings kept crickets in the 7th Century. Then, in the 20th Century, Mao condemned it as a pastime of the dissipated elite and it pretty much disappeared. Now it's making a comeback and, in a 21st Century twist, some cricket owners are using performance-enhancing drugs to slow the wing vibration rate and lower the pitch to prize-winning levels. Certainly using drugs in any sport is bad modeling but, I don't know, it doesn't get any more "not cricket" than this. #ceas #china #hacker #tsutsui
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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