Background
Edgar Adwell Porter was born on April 15, 1949, in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of G. Ray and Peggy (Adwell) Porter.
Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
In 1975 Edgar Adwell Porter obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Western Kentucky University.
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
In 1988 Edgar Adwell Porter gained a Doctor of Education degree from the Vanderbilt University.
In 1971 Edgar Adwell Porter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the St. Andrews Presbyterian College (now St. Andrews University).
(Porter sums up both Chinese and foreign perceptions regar...)
Porter sums up both Chinese and foreign perceptions regarding the role of foreign teachers in China's colleges and universities during 1979 (post-Mao years) and up until the events in Beijing in June of 1989. Divided into three sections, the first presents the history of the role of foreigners in China's institutions of higher learning. The second section is drawn from interviews conducted during 1987-1989. It is here that the role, the motivation, and the future of the modern involvement between the Chinese and foreign teachers is placed in the context of Chinese history. The third section presents supporting documents, agreements between various U.S. and Chinese programs, and an internal document from China describing how Chinese should relate to foreign teachers and other experts. Students of Chinese culture and society--from history to foreign policy to Chinese modernization--will find this book helpful and fascinating. The book is also highly appropriate for colleges and universities offering courses in International Education, American Studies, and Asian Studies.
https://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Teachers-China-Generation-Contributions/dp/0313273863/?tag=2022091-20
1990
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The young George Hatem journeyed to Shanghai in 1933 to practice medicine and see the sights. The deplorable health and social conditions he found there caused his sympathies to veer quickly to the revolutionary efforts of the Chinese Communist party, and before long he joined the underground Party members in conspiratorial meetings and activities. In 1936 he left Shanghai on a secret Province after completing the Long March. For the next 14 years, Hatem served the Communist troops as physician and adviser. He took the name Ma Haide and became the first foreigner admitted into China's Communist Party. After the Communist victory in 1949, he became the first foreigner granted citizenship in the People's Republic. Over the next 40 years, his reputation grew as one of the leading public health physicians in the world. Until his death in 1988, he showed absolute allegiance to the Party. Few foreigners have been accepted into Chinese society as readily as he and certainly none have had such intimate access to 20th century China's most powerful figures.
https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Doctor-George-Chinas-Revolution/dp/0824819055/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(It is important to see China’s activities in the Pacific ...)
It is important to see China’s activities in the Pacific Islands, not just in terms of a specific set of interests, but in the context of Beijing’s recent efforts to develop a comprehensive and global foreign policy. China’s policy towards Oceania is part of a much larger outreach to the developing world, a major work in progress that involves similar initiatives in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. This groundbreaking study of China’s “soft power” initiatives in these countries offers, for the first time, the diverse perspectives of scholars and diplomats from Oceania, North American, China, and Japan. It explores such issues as regional competition for diplomatic and economic ties between Taiwan and China, the role of overseas Chinese in developing these relationships, and various analyses of the benefits and drawbacks of China’s growing presence in Oceania. In addition, the reader obtains a rare review of the Japanese response to China’s role in Oceania, presented by Japan’s leading scholar of the Pacific region.
https://www.amazon.com/China-Oceania-Reshaping-Pacific-Dislocations-ebook/dp/B00E5R6R6A/?tag=2022091-20
2010
Edgar Adwell Porter was born on April 15, 1949, in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee, United States. He is a son of G. Ray and Peggy (Adwell) Porter.
In 1971 Edgar Adwell Porter received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the St. Andrews Presbyterian College (now St. Andrews University). In 1975 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Western Kentucky University. In 1988 Porter gained a Doctor of Education degree from the Vanderbilt University.
From 1974 to 1976 Edgar Adwell Porter was a director of Students for Appalachia Program at the Berea College. From 1976 to 1978 he was an executive director of the Kentucky Prisoners Support Council in Louisville. From 1979 to 1981 Porter served as an instructor in English as a second language at the Henan Teachers University in Henan Province, China. He was a professional associate, vice president, and assistant to the president at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, from 1981 to 1983. Porter was a director of special programs at the Bethel College (now Bethel University) in McKenzie, Tennessee, from 1983 to 1986.
From 1986 to 1987 he served as a director of the Center for Implementing Alternatives to Incarceration in Nashville, Tennessee. From 1988 to 2002 Porter was a faculty member and director of student academic services at School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, an associate dean of the school from 1993 to 2002, a curator of Freedom Forum Asian Studies Fellowship Program from 1989 to 1993, and a director of summer program in China from 1989 to 1991.
From 2002 to 2006 Edgar Porter was a dean of School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. From 2006 to 2010 he served as a dean of Academic Affairs and Professor at the College of Asia Pacific Studies at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan. From 2010 Porter is a Pro-Vice President for International Affairs and Faculty Developement at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan.
(It is important to see China’s activities in the Pacific ...)
2010(Porter sums up both Chinese and foreign perceptions regar...)
1990(The young George Hatem journeyed to Shanghai in 1933 to p...)
1997Edgar Adwell Porter is a member of the American Center for Mongolian Studies, of the Institute for International Education, of the International Association of Universities, of the Asia Pacific Association of International Educators, of the European Association for International Education, of the National Association of Foreign Student Advisors, of the Association for Asian Studies, of the Comparative and International Education Society, of the Association of International Education Administrators, and of the Pacific and Asian Affairs Council.
On October 1, 1981, Edgar Adwell Porter married Ran Ying. They have three children: Michael, Patrick, Ron.