Here's a bit from a famous poem by a famous colonial-era British author. I'll put the original and then an updated version, since his English is old and a little hard to understand. It's from "The Ballad of East and West," by Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). … [Read more...] about (Letter) East is East and West is West… will they ever meet? (a famous poem)
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(Letter) Lots of us want to love and respect China, but right now China isn't helping
This will probably make some people angry, or at least get people's emotions fired up. But that's not what I'm trying to do. This is a totally honest Western perspective from a Westerner who is usually very positive toward China (we are learning Chinese in China and want our kids to grow up here). I'm writing this hoping we can have a real conversation and understand one … [Read more...] about (Letter) Lots of us want to love and respect China, but right now China isn't helping