Showing posts with label Hans Kung. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hans Kung. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2014

The Perils of Being Associated with China


The battle for racial and cultural equality seems (almost) lost in China where white privilege, brain drain, Chinese corruption, total westernization, and a permanent identity crisis have all led to the Chinese worship of all things Western. If the Chinese do not respect themselves, why should foreigners respect China?
This take-no-prisoners polemic was first syndicated by The Korea Times on May 1, 2014. It was written during a two-days thunderstorm and heavy rainfall in Tokyo, so I tried to convey that atmosphere in this video.

Go to The Korea Times:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/...
About the author:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorstenp...
Blog:
http://thorstenpattberg.blogspot.jp/

Sunday, October 6, 2013

On Global Language, End of Translation, and Non-Western Concepts

"The problem with that is, I think, that China is underrepresented in World history because Chinese terminologies are largely erased or omitted. A ‘China report’ in Western media without a single Chinese term is literally “Chinese-free”. And that’s a scandal." --Pattberg
[Interview with Danish Radio24syv ] [READ FULL TRANSCRIPT]