Chongqing stories over a hot pot – VOICES
Close your eyes, and… let us take you to Asia for a moment! In this episode of VOICES to Hear, Ania has a chat with the Pagoda team – Irma, Tanja and Stefan – about their travels to China and Japan…| VOICES
Have you ever wondered: Can you sell a great idea to a company and get rich? How do cultural differences impact deals with Chinese suppliers? What are the secrets to cutting manufacturing lead times and getting products faster? Is it even possible for small brands to compete with big players in manufacturing? In this special […] The post Manufacturing Q&A: From Idea to Product, Faster Manufacturing, Small vs. Large Scale, China vs. West Business Culture & More appeared first on QualityInspe...| QualityInspection.org
Close your eyes, and… let us take you to Asia for a moment! In this episode of VOICES to Hear, Ania has a chat with the Pagoda team – Irma, Tanja and Stefan – about their travels to China and Japan…| VOICES
The sunlight of Mao Zedong Thought illuminates the road of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966). Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House Propaganda Group (上海人民美术出版社宣传画组) Chai…| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
Preamble Ever since I started collecting antique Chinese Ceramics and other art objects long time ago (see my earlier postings from February to July 2008), I have always been especially fascinated …| Lam Pin Foo
Steve Fuller (2024) conducted a comparative analysis of Western and Chinese philosophy and civilization from a Western perspective. His focus was on identifying differences between the two civilizations at their foundational starting points, with a goal of fostering mutual understanding, rather than viewing China as merely “the other” of the West. Some of his observations align with core aspects of Chinese philosophy and civilization. In the following, I will respond to Fuller’s interpr...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
The results of my painstaking digging of the interwebs for your reading pleasure.| Elizabeth Tai
An abridged version of this article appears (in Chinese) in the 9 July 2024 edition of the Chinese Academy of Sciences publication, Chinese Social Sciences Today, translated by Zhixian Lian.| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Similar to the divine right of kings, a metaphysical doctrine of political legitimacy in Christianized Medieval Europe, the Mandate of Heaven (tianming, which is literally translated as “Heaven’s will”) predates Confucius and was set up in the Zhou Dynasty to justify the replacement of the previously overthrown Shang Dynasty. The Mandate provided a convenient creation […]| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
Since the early thirteenth century, ‘grief’ in the English language has referred to “suffering, pain, or bodily affliction,” coming from grever “afflict, burden, oppress” and the Latin gravare, “make heavy” or gravis, meaning “weighty”. In its modern context, grief is perhaps best understood as mental pain or sorrow for the death of a loved one, […]| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
There are a few points to consider here: Zhuang Zhou is not a butterfly, dreaming is not awakening, and knowledge is not ignorance. Yet, these distinct situations interdepend and interchange to the point of where Zhuang Zhou is uncertain of where he is. The two contrasting moments correspond to the Confucian concept of li, ‘ritual’ […]| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
The Confucian texts show us that we can learn from water, especially still water because the stillness of water provides us with a mirror to reflect on the nature of reality, and in this reflection…| The Confucian Weekly Bulletin
Han Feizi (韓非子, pinyin: Hán Fēizǐ, “Master Han Fei”, c. 280-233 BC), was an influential Legalist philosopher from the ancient Chinese kingdom of Han who lived during the latter part of the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 BC). During that era, various philosophies developed and vied with one another in the kingdoms that occupied the central […]| The Greater China Journal
From Global Times:| Women of History
Uncover the traditional beauty of Peking Opera: from roles and face colors to costumes, props, and classic repertoire| China Travel Destination
Explore the essential elements of Chinese etiquette, from cultural taboos to respectful greetings and gift giving. Learn how to navigate customs and traditions for successful interactions in China.| China Travel Destination
About the best Chinese embroidery, Suzhou Embroidery: the history, the characatoristics, the inheritor of this intangible cultural heritage| China Travel Destination
