徐子巍 and 姚贝娜 are incredible vocalists. I love their voices. Great looking duo too. Here, they sing "中国之最," about various geographies making China special. How about that? China is able to cherish such things; why won't the West reach within and find few things to celebrate? To me, this is a big cultural difference. (tudou.com version) … [Read more...] about “中国之最” by 徐子巍 and 姚贝娜
Translation: “Being Chinese is tiring, but being Chinese abroad is even more tiring”
I recently came across this short essay at MITBBS and found the original at bbs.cnxz.com.cn. It was written by a forum user, "马丁" yesterday. The essay raised a bunch of questions for me. How far do we push ourselves in pursuit of fame and fortune? Here is the essay in Chinese followed by my translation. What are your thoughts? Also, I hope someone helps translate the text … [Read more...] about Translation: “Being Chinese is tiring, but being Chinese abroad is even more tiring”
Yan and Sautman: “Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?”
Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for? Barry Sautman Associate Professor Division of Social Science Hong Kong University of Science Technology Yan Hairong Anthropologist Department of Applied Social Sciences Hong Kong Polytechnic University In recent weeks, Nobel prizewinner Liu Xiaobo's politics have been reduced to a story of a … [Read more...] about Yan and Sautman: “Do supporters of Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo really know what he stands for?”
Shaun Rein: “How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations; Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize.”
This is a re-post of an article by Shaun Rein, "How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations; Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize," where it first appeared on Forbes - with permission from the author. "How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations" Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize. 12.14.10, 10:50 AM EST Tension between China and the West has been inching up over the past year. There have … [Read more...] about Shaun Rein: “How To Fix Western-Chinese Relations; Do it with the Nobel Peace Prize.”
Peaceful rise, the biggest international relations issue of our life time
In 1996, Samuel P. Huntington published his famous book, "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" where he posited after the Cold War, the world is more likely going to have major wars due to civilizational fault lines than anything else. He recognized that the Cold War was a competition between the Capitalist West and the Communist East. Huntington … [Read more...] about Peaceful rise, the biggest international relations issue of our life time