Prof. Kenneth Lieberthal gave a speech on "the fundamental forces and challenges shaping China’s future" at the Hebrew University on Wednesday as part of the opening ceremony for the new Louis Frieberg Center for Asian Studies.
Xinhua’s reporter in Israel reports (China Daily, People’s Daily, etc.):
The political system of China, which is sufficiently flexible and [...]
Ilook, an Israeli blog I displaying some of Israel’s diverse street fashion, got me interested in trying to examine some of the differences between the local street fashion and what I’ve seen in London and Asia. Through Shanghaiist I found a Japanese site with a Street Fashion Photo that shows street fashion from various capitols around [...]
Ever stopped to consider just how strange your own culture might be to foreigners?
I honestly believe Israeli culture is almost impossible to understand if you’re not a local. I’ve tried many times explaining Israeli and Jewish peculiarities to my foreign friends, but my attempts always ended up sounding extremely odd. There are so many strange details, so [...]
The annual Israel Festival will be held in Jerusalem starting from the 24/05 till 10/06 and will include top arts and theater performances from all over the world. This year, the Chinese Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe will be opening the festival :
Artistic director Liang Zhong Yi
Israeli visitors to China have no doubt seen Chinese shows [...]
It’s strange, but it seems that fiLi’s world was nominated for the Israeli Blog Award in the “Best Large Israeli Blog” category. Best? large? (… Israeli? )
What’s interesting is that the English Israel blogosphere, which I know a little through the Israeli version of Chinalyst, has always been about Israeli politics - which is something I often [...]
In case you didn’t hear about it, there was a small blogging conference in Taipei-Taiwan last week. Scott Sommers and David Reid were there and Michael Turton gave a presentation (in Chinese!) about Taiwan’s English blogosphere.
Here are some of the highlights from Michael’s presentation :
Most foreigners who blog in Taiwan don’t blog on Taiwan; they blog on their own lives, [...]
