Hans Vaihinger

was easy to manufacture, as it is estimated that 150 pounds of silk would require 750,000 silk words, not to mention the care, time attention that these worms required . The profit and political power that china gained from the Silk Road fuelled the Han Dynasty, transforming china into an increasingly prosperous…

Individualism as the Downfall of Revolution Revolution, by definition, is the creation of massive, world-altering change. It embodies the crumbling of old morals, traditions, habits, technology, and hierarchies. In the era of the May Fourth Movement in China, this was no less the case; revolutionaries sought an enormous paradigm shift, especially in terms of China’s culture and values. This is expressed clearly in the literature and film of the era, through creators such as Lu Xun and Cai…

Not one country has the same customs and cultures as another. The world is very diverse in the sense that there are so many different people that come from all over. During the interview process, I learned many things about China’s special foods, the role of women in society, family life and their educational system. The first thing that Li and I talked about is foods, because each culture has special food. Talking about the special foods in China, Li mentioned that, “they do not celebrate…

VIII. Jack Ma: The E-commerce King in China Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is the Alibaba CEO who used China’s consumer potential, when no one else was thinking about it, to build his e-commerce empire. One reason he chose a company that began with the letter ‘A’ so that it will always show up at the top of every search engine about e-commerce, even above Amazon. Jack Ma started in the e-commerce industry by applying to many jobs that he did not get. He got rejected by many companies and learned…

Since British colonialism, Chinese and Indian had migrated to Tanah Melayu and build their own moderate town. Since then, Tanah Melayu had become a multiracial country until now. Today, we are still living with other races in peace and harmony under one roof. We can tolerate with each other without boundaries or problems. If we don’t preserve our solidarity, we will have to face many problems in the future. As a Malaysian, what we can do is we can nurture solidarity by celebrating diversity…

Throughout his life, Confucius identified many complications pertaining to the morality and well being of the Chinese civilization.(The Twelve Theories of Human Nature, Leslie Stevenson, David L. Haberman, Peter Matthews Wright, Oxford University Press, Sixth Edition, 2013.) Confucius diagnosed the problems in China to be the desire for wealth or profit, lack of familial respect, one’s words do not represent their actions, ignorance to the Way of the Sages, and the lack of benevolence in human…

“Je suis Je” or Let Me Be Myself: six thoughts for the elites of the 21st century to ponder about First time I heard about the elite theory in my class on Foreign Political Thought while doing my graduate studies in China. Even though Moska’s book “Elements of Political Science” had its drawbacks, it surprised me that I was introduced to this theory in China rather than in my, what I thought “far more democratic country”. It got me thinking about my country, the EU, the Northern America and…

As large empires grow, their stability becomes increasingly difficult to maintain due to differences between social classes, oppositions to policies, and changes in religions. As recorded, China has been in this position multiple times, given that it holds one of the largest populations in the world. Consequently, it had to use a certain doctrine that is authoritarian enough to effectively rule over its people, with the accompanied moral guidelines derived from said doctrine. For example, the…

Multi-disciplinary, diverse and pervasive, Chinese culture encompasses a firm foothold in Eastern Asia. One of the most intellectual cultures in the world, this culture is responsible for major advanced technologies that took place in history as well as today. The axial rudder, the navigational compass and the heavy ploy, all responsible for the Industrial revolution, in fact were outcomes of the Chinese cultural intellectuality. This helps establish the view that Chinese culture is an…

barbarian status is nonsensical in that a few centuries before, China itself has been ruled by barbarians and clearly culturally transformed by their rule. Had China remained its own state and continued to conquer surrounding nations as it did during the Han dynasty then his argument may have some validity. There is no definite way to know Ch’oe Malli’s knowledge on the extensive history of China as the stretch of the Chinese empire grew and shrank from the Shang Dynasty to Malli’s time. His…