What do Russians think of China and Chinese people?
https://qr.ae/prUMWL For the most part we don’t care about China, let alone its regime. However, if we do talk about it we think, first, how China changed in just about…
What is a good example of a cultural value in the United States? What would be an example of a cultural value that is not valued in the United States?
https://qr.ae/proR0W American Qualities and Suppositions Independence. … Fairness. … Casualness. … The Future, Change, and Progress. … Accomplishment, Activity, Work, and Realism. … Straightforwardness and Confidence. … Time.
A Search for the Soul of Naples
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/26/a-search-for-the-soul-of-naples Marius Kociejowski’s offbeat paean to the city emphasizes the resilience of its inhabitants in the face of blows dealt by fate. By Claudia Roth PierpontSeptember 19, 2022 Neapolitan culture,…
Do South Koreans dislike or fear China?
https://qr.ae/pvsN1R Dislike or fear is an understatement. South Koreans absolutely loathe China. Courtesy of the pro-US mainstream media. Partly it has to do with lingering stereotypes and resentment from the…
The problem with ‘han’ 한 恨
https://aeon.co/essays/against-han-or-why-koreans-are-not-defined-by-sadness?utm_source=rss-feed Korean culture is characterised by an untranslatably profound sorrow and regret. Or is that just another stereotype? As a Korean resident of the United States, I have been both…
Amia Srinivasan And The Politics Of Sex
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/03/amia-srinivasan-and-the-politics-of-sex.html Maggie Doherty at The Nation: “Does Anyone Have the Right to Sex?” was a shrewd yet compassionate essay, marked by rigorous thinking as well as the hope that we…
Why is it that Chinese often adopt a “Western” name, but Japanese do not? What’s the historic or cultural reason for this difference?
https://qr.ae/pGdEs2 The common answer here that “Japanese names are easier to pronounce” is technically correct, but it’s not the main reason why Japanese don’t use English names. The actual reason…
Reality + or –
https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2022/02/reality-or.html by Tim Sommers How do we know that the external world exists in anything like the form we think it has? Assuming that we think, therefore we are, and…
Blond Hair, Blue Eyes
What is beauty? Specifically, what is it to be a beautiful person? This has long been considered one of those imponderable questions, akin to asking about the meaning of life.…
The robot culture that is Singapore
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/09/the-robot-culture-that-is-singapore.html The robot scans its surroundings also for offenses like Illegal hawking, improperly parked bicycles, assembly of more than five people in line with prevailing Covid-19 safety management measures and…