Stock markets around the world dropped. China’s was no exception. Continue reading »
Oct 29
minipost-(Letter) The Global Financial Crisis and China
Written by: guest | Filed under:-guest-posts, -mini-posts | Tags:financial crisis, IMF, West
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Wall Street banks and mortgage companies went down first. Then down followed European banks. The nation of Iceland went bankrupt.
Sep 09
minipost-(Letter) East is East and West is West… will they ever meet? (a famous poem)
Written by: Joel | Filed under:-mini-posts, culture | Tags:america, China, culture, East, nationalism, race nation, racism, Rudyard Kipling, West
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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). Continue reading »
Aug 23
(Letter) Lots of us want to love and respect China, but right now China isn’t helping
Written by: Joel | Filed under:Analysis, culture | Tags:cultural differences, face, olympics, protest zones, West
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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 another better.
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