Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Monday, July 13, 2015
A DINOSAUR, A DINOSAUR about Chinese Lack of Creativity! (CARLY FIORINA)
Hahaha...
http://atimes.com/2015/07/carly-fiorina-and-the-case-for-chinese-lack-of-creativity/
Carly Fiorina and the case for Chinese lack of creativity
China has already more millionaires than Japan, Germany, and Great Britain combined. Only in US politics, where the ruling elites belong to the dinosaurs, does the myth of Chinese lack of creativity hold its sway.
http://atimes.com/2015/07/carly-fiorina-and-the-case-for-chinese-lack-of-creativity/Friday, July 10, 2015
Is Emma Sulkowicz a Sociopath? Mattress Girl Vs Dorian Gray
“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thursday, July 9, 2015
One who is on a horseback doesn't know the sufferings of those who walk
Melissa 'Harvard Isn't Everything' Chen explains in a Huff Post blog that Harvard isn't really that important, even though she brands herself with 'Harvard' (see thumbnail below). Clever marketing. And a tat of healthy hypocrisy, I guess.
Ｇｏ ｔｏ ｍｙ quick ｒｅｓｐｏｎｓｅ ａｔ ＥＷＤ ＇Ｙｅｓ， Ｉ ｗｅｎｔ ｔｏ Ｈａｒｖａｒｄ． Yes，that ｄｏｅｓ ｍａｔｔｅｒ．＇
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Oxford's New Global Language Initiative Celebrates Segregation and Purity of Languages
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OXFORD - British nostalgia about its lost Empire and the good-old European world order in which the races, cultures, and languages were clearly separated (and must remain so, in the eyes of Anglophone scholarship across the world, sadly) reflects in its recent ambition to "curate the content of 100 languages" under the misleading project title: 'Oxford's New Global Initiative'. The content in question, of course, already exists. It is just a sneaky attempt at content farming under one's own OUP brand. This aside, this talk about the future of 'Global Language' it's a blatant rip-off of your author's philosophies, published widely and generously across the globe. But while it is flattering to see one's ideas influencing the way we are going to write in the future, it is heart-breaking to see that Oxford Press "borrows" and abuses certain key words and tags such as "Global Language" for its own perverted, ideological cause to keep the world languages segregated, instead of uniting them into one single future global language, as the original philosophy was intended:
The vocabularies of the world’s languages do not overlap, they add up. Translation is something else. It is a form of cultural genocide. Oxford University Press must find the “untranslatables” of each culture, its names, brands, and originalities, and introduce them into the Future Global Language. --The East-West-Dichotomy.com
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Chinese Medicine Terms in the English language
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| Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD, writes about Chinese terminologies and global language (Image: FLP Beijing, 2013) |
As you note, China being richer is fundamental. This means a larger number of students able to afford study, and able to become scholars and writers and other producers and interpreters of Chinese knowledge able to communicate in English (as well as other non-Chinese languages) and in Chinese. It takes years of personal effort and institutional support to nurture scholars and talents. A richer and more economically vibrant Chinese society generates opportunities for careers for individuals seeking to tap into this economy. This provides opportunities for not only the population of ethnic Chinese, but also non-ethnic Chinese. Scholars like Professor Pattberg who have devoted years of their lives to Chinese studies play an enormous part in helping people understand the significance of Chinese intellectual and cultural traditions.
This doesn't "just happen" as a result of China becoming wealthier – after all, individuals need to choose to study these fields, to find meaning in what they do, and the subject matter needs to be intellectually enriching for them to build a professional scholarly career upon. But of course, the wonderful thing is that the richness of Chinese traditional intellectual culture (including the period in the last 150 years as it has confronted western and modern traditions, as well as the fracturing of Chinese social and political institutions under the onslaught of Western (and Japanese) imperialism) provides so much of interest to the scholar that there is an endless profusion of material on which to generate new ideas and new knowledge for consumption in education, cultural and markets for applied knowledge.
One of the areas in which we have seen a proliferation of "Chinese terminology" in English language during the past few decades are terms relating to Chinese martial arts and medicine. The terms "kung fu", "qi", "Tai chi (Taiji)", "yin yang", "tao" (dao) and "feng shui" have become almost commonplace English language concepts."
by DeWang [Sourcetext]
Monday, June 15, 2015
How to translate Chinese ideological and cultural terms? New book illuminates the humanities!
It took over 70 professors two years... finally it's getting published in June 2015!
《中华思想文化术语》正式出版
《中华思想文化术语》（第一辑）将于2015年6月由外语教学与研究出版社出版发行。作为《中华思想文化术语》系列丛书的第一本，该书收录了首批100条体现中华传统人文精神及核心价值的思想文化术语，涵盖文艺、历史、哲学三大学科领域。这些术语均提供了简明中文释义和英文翻译。
2013年12月，经国务院批准，设立“中华思想文化术语传播工程”（以下简称“工程”），确立以北京外国语大学和外研社为依托，协同国内外70余位文、史、哲等学科及英语翻译领域的专家学者共同开展中华思想文化术语的梳理、筛选、诠释和翻译工作。 [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2015
We are told that "America won WWII"; We are not told that Germany lost the war at the gates of Stalingrad (Eric Arnow)
MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL – Eric Arnow, from Boston Massachusetts, USA, is a Zen Buddhist with Russian Roots who traveled extensively, and over long periods of time, in China, Japan, and Thailand. In May 2015, he decided to visit Russia, travelling from Moscow to Sevastopol in the Crimean peninsula. Here are his impressions:
“I think the story I sent you speaks for itself, how I decided to go to Russia.
My name is Eric Arnow. 66 yo, I grew up in Boston Massachusetts, USA. My 4 grandparents, from one or another part of the Russian empire, came to the US in early 20th century, to either escape difficult political, or economic situation there.
I studied Buddhism for 40 years–Zen Buddhism as practiced in Japan.
Came to Thailand in 2004, Spent a lot of time in China to find my Zen roots, from 2007-14.
But maybe due to my ancestral roots, felt affinity with Russia and the situation in that area. So, when I heard that the West was dissing Russia after all it went through, I thought it would be a good thing to see for myself what is going on, meet and make friends. A One Man Peace Army.
That’s it in a nutshell.” –Eric Arnow, 2015
A Traveler’s Impressions from Western-sanctioned Russia (Part 1) – by Eric Arnow
Russia and the West hold different views on World History (Part 2) – by Eric Arnow
Posted with permission by the author. Eric Arnow can be reached at https://bumblebuddhist.wordpress.com/
©2015 Eric Arnow
Monday, June 8, 2015
Western Powers and Japan up in Arms against Mighty China (1890/2015 Western Imperialism)
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Pattberg geht hart mit westlichen 'China Experten' ins Gericht
"Thorsten Pattberg geht in der Asia Times hart mit westlichen "China-Experten" ins Gericht. Deren Methoden scheinen die Grenzen wissenschaftlich und politisch motivierter Streitkultur leider deutlich zu überschreiten..... Sehr empfehlenswert."
Source: MediaWatch - Fundstuecke im Internet
Source: MediaWatch - Fundstuecke im Internet
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Yao Minji: A dreamy, smoggy, funny year
A dreamy, smoggy, funny year
“It’s not about a definition, but more about universality,” Thorsten Pattberg, a research fellow at Peking University, said of Xi’s concept. “Everyone has dreams. The question becomes: Can you fulfill your dreams in China and not elsewhere?”
FEATURE | YAO MINJI | DECEMBER,31,TUESDAY | PRINT EDITION B1
Pattberg: China reveres foreign degrees more than its own diplomas
China reveres foreign degrees more than its own diplomas
(Shanghai Daily)
Thorsten Pattberg, PhD, Peking University, is a former research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Peking University and the author of “The East-West Dichotomy. Pattberg can be contacted at pattberg@pku.edu.cn.
Monday, June 1, 2015
German media calls American society kafkaesque and its feminists out-of-control (Sulkowicz Vs. Nungesser)
#feminism #carrythatweight #sulkowicz German media builds up behind #Nungesser, calls American society kafkaresque http://www.east-west-dichotomy.com/paul-nungesser-vs-emma-sulkowicz-fatal-attraction/
In Amerika gibt es eine Lynchjustiz, keine Frage. DIE ZEIT schreibt von kafkaresquen Zuständen. Wie zu Zeiten der Hexenverfolgungen. Nur diesmal haben es die Frauen, Feministen der 3. Generation, es fertiggebracht, ein auf wilkürliche Anschuldigungen basierendes, eigenes „Rechtssystem“ zu schaffen, in dem die Weiber immer die Opfer sind, und die Kerle erst gar kein Recht bekommen können.Source: www.east-west-dichotomy.com
Friday, May 29, 2015
I agree completely that the USA will want to use military actions against China
Hey Tyler, nice analysis. I agree completely that the USA will want to use military actions against China. China wants a peaceful rise, because naturally it is the greater phenomenon on earth, and based on its sheer size and quality of its people, it will become the biggest economy... by far. If the USA doesn’t attack it whilst China is still weak, that is. Washington knows that every little Chinese gain is America’s loss. The USA controls the entire world, so so the media boasts. Americans were indoctrinated that everyone who disagrees with them must be an enemy of freedom, and ought to be contained, coerced, and destroyed. What we see in the Western media these days -total disrespect for all other human beings on this planet: the Turks, the Chinese, the Russians, the Iranians, the Muslim countries in general - all are feeling the whip of an ever-increasing fascist American mission to civilize the rest of the world, if need be by force. Even the Europeans can’t take US hubris and arrogance anymore. One day, the bowl will break and the cradle fall. One cannot help but feeling more and more sympathy for the victims of American imperialism; for the people in Asia in general, and China in particular. The US media of matter isn’t having any of it, of course, and keeps praising and justifying US militarism while demonizing China. It proves my point that Western media is part of the problem. Just saying.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Top Posts for The East-West Dichotomy (EWD) in Spring 2015
The following is a list and rank of the all-favorite EWD posts in Spring 2015.
Readers are genuinely interested in unique East-West Dichotomy content:
Shengren, Language Imperialism, Peking University news, prominent China
scholars, Chinese mistress culture, Press Soldiers at The New York Times,
and related books and articles written by the author.
Surprise hits were an entry on Loser Laowai in China, and the controversy
surrounding China Expert Daniel A Bell's submission to the NY Times's
Orwellian Rules of Writing.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Criticism of US Media Draws Massive Cyber Attacks
It is impossible for us, at this stage of our investigation, to say where the attacks originated from, as most hackers (or groups of hackers) use proxy to disguise their seats anyway. However, the recent ambushes suspiciously "coincided" with our critical postings about Orwellian Rules of Writing at The New York Timesand related criticism of Western biased media reporting on China (whereas when we criticize China, it seems we are totally save.) Naturally, this has convinced us about the importance and the relevance of media critique, and, needless to say, has encouraged us to dig even deeper into the subject matter in the near future.
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| The East-West Dichotomy is here to stay! |
Pattberg considera que el "conocimiento es políglota" y que conocer un único idioma, el del propio país de origen, es ahora una enorme carencia
Esta es mi opinión de experto
El lenguaje global del futuro podría consistir en una combinación de palabras clave de varios idiomas y culturas. El experto cree que hay que elaborar un método científico que permita convertir esto en una realidad.
Pattberg considera que el "conocimiento es políglota" y que conocer un único idioma, el del propio país de origen, es ahora una enorme carencia. Ni siquiera las lenguas de los pueblos más influyentes de la Tierra son suficientes en un mundo globalizado.
El lingüista no es partidario de continuar la guerra terminológica por ver qué idioma se impone sobre el resto. Para Pattberg la solución es crear un lenguaje global que unifique los vocabularios de muchas lenguas en una sola. Este idioma universal estaría formado por los términos clave de múltiples culturas. Antes, dice Pattberg, hay que inventar un método científico que lo permita.
Mediante las traducciones se pierde la originalidad y la capacidad de inventiva de culturas que existen de siempre. Pattberg ve esto como una especie de desprecio por parte de la cultura imperante.
“El mundo está preparado y los hombres de hoy receptivos a adoptar terminología que no sea europea u Occidental. Es el momento.”
De algún modo este proceso sería algo así como ‘liberar’ algunas palabras nuevamente a su idioma original, adoptarlas y así evitar la traducción. Ciertos términos clave, algunos conceptos técnicos tendrían que pasar por este proceso.
Este experto en cultura china reconoce, a su vez, que las traducciones no pueden desaparecer del todo: son necesarias en la comunicación entre personas de distinto origen. Sin embargo, la posibilidad de mantener términos en su ‘versión original’ es para Pattberg el camino más “bello, auténtico, genuino, sofisticado y preciso.”
El caso de China es una clara muestra de cultura que tendrá que aportar vocabulario original al idioma global del futuro. Pattberg es consciente de que muchos considerarán esta idea una locura y que no se puede hacer algo así como: “poner en libertad” términos de otros idiomas.
El lingüista no es partidario de continuar la guerra terminológica por ver qué idioma se impone sobre el resto. Para Pattberg la solución es crear un lenguaje global que unifique los vocabularios de muchas lenguas en una sola. Este idioma universal estaría formado por los términos clave de múltiples culturas. Antes, dice Pattberg, hay que inventar un método científico que lo permita.
Mediante las traducciones se pierde la originalidad y la capacidad de inventiva de culturas que existen de siempre. Pattberg ve esto como una especie de desprecio por parte de la cultura imperante.
“El mundo está preparado y los hombres de hoy receptivos a adoptar terminología que no sea europea u Occidental. Es el momento.”
De algún modo este proceso sería algo así como ‘liberar’ algunas palabras nuevamente a su idioma original, adoptarlas y así evitar la traducción. Ciertos términos clave, algunos conceptos técnicos tendrían que pasar por este proceso.
Este experto en cultura china reconoce, a su vez, que las traducciones no pueden desaparecer del todo: son necesarias en la comunicación entre personas de distinto origen. Sin embargo, la posibilidad de mantener términos en su ‘versión original’ es para Pattberg el camino más “bello, auténtico, genuino, sofisticado y preciso.”
El caso de China es una clara muestra de cultura que tendrá que aportar vocabulario original al idioma global del futuro. Pattberg es consciente de que muchos considerarán esta idea una locura y que no se puede hacer algo así como: “poner en libertad” términos de otros idiomas.
Source: http://www.dontknow.net/punto-de-vista/thorsten-pattberg-apoyar-creacion-lenguaje-universal-mundo-globalizado-si
Sunday, May 24, 2015
The bias of American empire is the media lens through which international events are perceived and interpreted
"Reportage on U.S. foreign policy is even worse. The bias of American empire is the media lens through which international events are perceived and interpreted. Whether it’s coverage of the fighting in the Ukraine, the war on ISIS, the numerous civil wars fueled by American interventionism which are raging throughout the Middle East, the coverage of democratic movements in South America, or negotiations of trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Pact – egregious examples of media spin and disinformation occur daily in the corporate press as well as NPR and public media."READ FULL ARTICLE AT VEER MAGAZINE.
One remark about the paradoxes of today's so-called 'media monopoly' and its opposition, the self-proclaimed 'independent press': Despite the fact that there are hundreds of 'New media' outlets, independent journalists, and websites such as Democracy Now! and FAIR, the existence of such oppositional forces only seems to r e i n f o r c e the power of the mainstream media.
Why, because the more people cry "corruption" and "misinformation" on, say, a piece of gratuitous warmongering against China or Russia in The New York Times of The National Interest, the more 'free advertisement' and 'controversy' that piece will generate, thereby becoming ever more truer, and relevant and significant. Top tier journalists know very well that they m u s t create "new realities." They are writers after all. Only after having penned a sensational report about, say, some "famous teen dissident who's ready to take on the Chinese government" will that dissident become truly notable. Hence the notion of targeting journalism or press soldiery. They are effectively scoring against their ideological enemies.
What I am saying is this: The existence of so-called 'New media' is somehow c o m p l i m e n t a r y to the success of the Media Monopoly. The hierarchy is maintained, if not cemented permanently, precisely by the existence of lesser news outlets, conspiracy websites, and tens of thousands of news pundits on the fringes of the internet. If you want to have proof of this, just look at the past 50 years of civil rights movement and libertarian make-belief that changed nothing in reality. If anything, the 'New Media' were partly complicit in creating monopolies. After all, that's how the Big guys in the media business, just like all businesses really, are protecting themselves from the nasty insects all around them: by growing in size and crushing them.
But back to the US media bias and ideological agenda against foreign nations.I know a couple of journalists who hope every day that some social justice warriors or free the media wackos criticize their work, because that way they will attract more attention, which amounts to getting more expose and cross-referencing, which translates into journalistic fame and promotion, public speaking engagements, book contracts, perks and sinecures. In a way, the ultimate step toward their profession's path to final 'self-actualization' is for the journalist to become the story himself.
This strategy works best when writing about foreign people, because if, say, 10 million Chinese feel offended by an anti-China campaign, that is fantastic for the journalists and their editorial rooms. People of color and foreign people in general are expected to protest by the millions. The New York Times employs 6 'China correspondents', one for every 200 million Chinese. They try every day with China bashing reports to provoke a response, hopefully a physical one, that would cause even more US media retaliation against the Chinese people.
For the US media monopoly and empire bias: the more they offend foreign nations, their governments, and their people, the better. We see this with the Western press on Islam, the Middle East, Iran, China, Russia and the Ukraine, India, whatever suits the agenda of the day. They only way to stop this media madness is to ignore it. Yet, that is precisely what the 'Free Press' is NOT allowing to happen, I claim; on the contrary, they are driving traffic to the mainstream by pointing fingers. They are saying THIS and THAT is NOT TRUE! And people are looking. If history has taught us anything about "reality", it is that attention triumphs over the truth -all the time. When Jesus Christ some 2000 years ago declared himself the King of Jews and the Son of the Jewish God, that wasn't the truth. But people got so upset about his dishonesty, and the lies he and his fellows were making up, that it become a mass movement resulting the most powerful religion of all today.
Every writer knows this: The more fantastic and sensational the story, the more likely it is to disrupt the lives of the people. I have yet to meet a single journalist who isn't fully aware that he creating "disturbances" that will -hopefully- have serious consequences. In fact, some newspapers seek to actually influence foreign leaders and countries, or at least the perception about them. And for that they need thousand of lesser media outlets and freelance writers who spread the word and syndicate the message. It's a perfect symbiosis. All the people who criticize FOX News watch FOX News every day. And then they pretend to not like it.
The only way to battle the mass media bias against foreign nations, naturally, is by ignoring the mass media. But as I just explained, not even the critics are doing that. They can cry all the want; in the end might is always right.
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