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Earthquakes, Spoiled Formula and Kidnappings – Part 2
Terrible things did happen under Stalin and Mao. Tens of millions died due to the policies of these dictators. However, that isn’t true today. Most Chinese do not like to display their dirty laundry...
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Honor Chinese Style – Part 3
In 1935, Lin Yutang wrote, “Face cannot be translated or defined. It is like honor and is not honor. It cannot be purchased with money, and gives a man or a woman a material pride. It is hollow and is...
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Discovery’s First Step
If you haven’t traveled in China, your opinions about that country are probably wrong. I’ve traveled there often, and I’m married to a woman who was born and lived in China during Mao’s Cultural...
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Lin Yutang Explains Christianity in China
“For most Chinese the end of life lies not in life after death, for the idea that we live in order to die, as taught by Christianity, is incomprehensible, nor in Nirvana, for that is too metaphysical,...
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Second China Quiz
The answers may be found anywhere in the first three hundred posts for this blog. The first person to answer all the questions correctly will win a free copy of either My Splendid Concubine or Our...
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Caressing Nature with Chinese Calligraphy
It would be difficult to talk about Chinese art without understanding Chinese calligraphy and its artistic inspiration. A painting has to convey an object, but a well-written character conveys only its...
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Conquest
I woke up this morning thinking that many in the West want nothing less than China to be something he or she understands, which means a capitalist, multi-party republic, Christian nation with a culture...
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The Mental and Emotional state of “Face”
No, this is not about looks or Botox or face-lifting creams or hairstyles, or tanning salons, or the desire to have a rounder, paler moon face—the standard of beauty to most Chinese. What I am writing...
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The “Vanishing” Street Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is not vanishing. What I’m talking about is demonstrated in the videos included with this post. In China, many artists use sidewalks as a canvas and a brush with water to paint the...
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Caressing nature with a long handled brush
It would be difficult to talk about Chinese art without understanding Chinese calligraphy and its artistic inspiration. A painting has to convey an object, but a well-written character conveys only its...
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Lin Yutang’s “My Country and My People”
If you haven’t spent time in China, your opinions about that country are probably wrong. I’ve traveled there often, and I’m married to a woman who was born and lived in China during Mao’s Cultural...
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Lin Yutang explains Christianity from a Chinese viewpoint
Lin Yutang (1895 – 1976) was a Chinese writer, translator, linguist and inventor. He was one of the most influential writers of his generation. In 1933, he met Pearl S. Buck in Shanghai and she...
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What Honor Means to Most Chinese: part 3 of 3
In 1935, Lin Yutang said, “Face cannot be translated or defined. It is like honor and is not honor. It cannot be purchased with money, and gives a man or a woman a material pride. It is hollow and is...
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