Recent discussion of "National Humiliation" motif in Chinese history lessons got me thinking of the wider implications of some noted cultural differences, particularly involving the concept of "shame" in Asian societies. So the wider philosophical discussion here: First, I must qualify that I believe that the Asian societies are mischaracterized as "shame-based". I believe … [Read more...] about Virtue-Shame Based Culture and Morality Needed
Orville Schell Does Not Understand “Negative Feedback” Or Tiger Mom’s Lessons.
A recent article in WSJ by Orville Schell, "A Rising China Needs a New National Story," suggests to China to "move on" from a traditional national narrative of "Century of Humiliation" to some thing more positive, like July 4th fireworks. The article surprised me a bit, because I would have thought a student of Chinese culture like Orville Schell would have understood the … [Read more...] about Orville Schell Does Not Understand “Negative Feedback” Or Tiger Mom’s Lessons.
Rampant “Legalized” Corruptions Unmentioned
While the recent sensationalized story in the media painted a bleak picture of state of corruption, there is a much undiscussed topic of "legalized" corruptions in many forms. Undoubtedly, because such corruptions have somehow become "legalized" in some nations, the amount of them are rampant and costly. I like to start a discussion of them here. I will take a stab at … [Read more...] about Rampant “Legalized” Corruptions Unmentioned
Thriving on Bad News of Others, Or Just Plain Reality Check.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/faculty_profile_wasserstrom.php, co-founder of the now inactive China Beat blog, wrote a piece recently: http://world.time.com/2013/07/11/why-bad-news-elsewhere-is-good-news-for-china/ Needless to say, the premise of his piece is the usual kinds of China-bashing. … [Read more...] about Thriving on Bad News of Others, Or Just Plain Reality Check.
Corruptions of Different Kinds, and the Effects
A recent poll conducted by Global Transparency found that Corruption is on the rise globally, particularly among many of the "Democracies". China was not in this survey, but China was in a previous survey where outsiders were asked to rate China's corruption by outside perception. 1 interesting point about the recent poll is that almost 1/2 of 107 nations surveyed perceived … [Read more...] about Corruptions of Different Kinds, and the Effects