Fili’s world

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 [...]

Leaving London and having a few moments to spare at the Heathrow Airport to get rid of my remaining pounds, I entered the book shop and looked for something interesting to read. After consulting with the young lady about a good China related read she referred me to the then recently published "Mao - The [...]

How different are the Asian cultures? can people really tell them apart? It was always a bit hard for me to pinpoint the differences between Asian cultures, being the ignorant westerner that I am, and with the Asian globalization and the mixing process of the Asian cultures it’s becoming even more difficult to tell the different [...]