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 [...]
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A friend invited me to go visit Kaohsiung and so it was my first time to take the new Kaohsiung underground KMRT system. It’s gorgeous, although[...]
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Asia-Israel connections, Chinese Studies
Once - and you may dismiss it as an exaggeration. Twice - and you know something must be happening. It’s the second Channel 2 story about the Chinese language studies trend in Israel, and this time it’s by the somewhat prestigious Uvda show. Although this story is also lacking depth, it does have some interesting [...]