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The Middle Kingdom I: EastPosted January 31st, 2011 at 10:25 AM by chas
THE MIDDLE KINGDOM I: EAST (Shanghai-Wuxi-Hangzhou)
The Middle Kingdom: Introduction “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” --Ancient Chinese proverb As a student of history, I have the greatest reverence for old cultures. If I bowed low enough to put my head through the floor I could not begin to express my awe at Chinese culture. There is a board game called History of the World, based on a book by the Indian scholar Nehru (another culture I revere, but I haven’t been there yet)which covers all of recorded human events. In a very long game, modern Europe, with its superior technology, only comes in briefly for the last turn. Now if I was Chinese, I’d consider European culture to be a modern offshoot of the Indian (Aryan) one. As for the USA; well, it’s really too early to see how such a young offshoot of an offshoot will turn out! Could you visit the United States in three weeks, and say you’d seen it?... |
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