Some seemed genuinely happy, some seemed very suspicious but all were utterly surprised at what I believe was their first western looking non-Chinese non-Taiwanese guest in their Saturday Christian mass.
It was by coincidence that I briefly saw Taiwanese Kui when she came to say "Hi" to some of my Chinese friends. Asking about her, I [...]
Here is a quick roundup of great blog and media articles I read today regarding China and Israel.
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Haaretz has an interesting story about "Harbin’s Jews: Isle of calm for embattled nation"
At the end of January, a group of Israeli journalists arrived at the sub-provincial city of Harbin, capital of the Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China. [...] [...]
Israel might seem at first as a strange place to consider conducting East Asian research in, but this year a new East-Asian Louis Frieberg Center is being setup at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem-Israel and the new center is offering fellowships.
About the new Louis Frieberg Center for East Asian Studies -
The Center has set [...]
Washington Post has an article titled "Sold on a stereotype" about the Jewish stereotype in China (thanks to Peking Duck and Frog in a Well for bringing this up). Seems as though "Jewish wealth" is highly respected in China (/Japan) with books being sold with titles like "The Eight Most Valuable Business Secrets of the [...]
Avia’s classes got me interested in a whole new approach for studying Chinese - reading Chinese BBS jokes. Avia was kind enough to send me some, and I also started looking around myself. Since my level of Chinese is still not very good, I stick to the really simple ones, but even those I find to [...]
What makes “the East” different from “the West” and how? how similar and closely related are national cultures? Is there a way to measure cultural differences and investigate how cultures “behave” and interact?
In a previous post "National Cultures : Differences and similarities between East and West" I described the leading theory for national cultures suggested [...]
