6 Feb, 2007 in Studies, The world by Fili

The Culture Map : Cultural Orientations for National Groups

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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 [...]

26 Jan, 2007 in China, Taiwan by Fili

The Taiwan-China issue in London

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A few weeks back I heard about a small conference held in London hosting Mr. Tu Cheng-sheng who’s the Minister of Education for Taiwan (杜正勝) with a speech titled "Education Reform in Taiwan: local and global perspectives". It was interesting to listen to what happened since the interactions between the Chinese and Taiwanese students who [...]