Returning home from England, a friend asked me: “How many years is China behind the UK in its development?” This is a question with no easy answers, because it involves many factors, including history, politics, economy, culture, and education. Nevertheless, the following…
The so-called “Chinese characteristics” in Chinese culture today have been overemphasized as opposed to other nationalities around the world. This leads one to wonder what the reasons are behind this interesting phenomenon. Here are some of those characteristics:
A newlywed couple from Kyoto, Japan has been making news after sharing a breathtaking collection of video images from their honeymoon. Kaz and Mariko Yamaguchi, wanted to ensure that their epic honeymoon would be captured in the best way possible. So…
There is a farmers market every day in China — if farmers or people from a village have more produce than their family can eat, they often sell the excess at the market. One day, a housewife was taking a…
Thousands of Native Americans are protesting in North Dakota demanding that the federal government stop the construction of the nearly 1,200 mile (1,931 km) Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Every year around the middle of the seventh lunar month, it is the time for the Hakka people in Taiwan to observe the Hakka Yimin Festival. The event has been celebrated for 181 years since 1835. At this time of…
YouTube user Michael Rogge has uploaded a fascinating collection of videos documenting daily life in Japan and other parts of Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia during the Twentieth Century.
The idea that the size of a population determines its ability to develop a complex culture has been a growing consensus among archaeologists and anthropologists. The logic behind this consensus seems to be sound; however a new study says it…
Human sacrifice was practiced in many early human societies throughout the world. In China and Egypt the tombs of rulers were accompanied by pits containing hundreds of human bodies, whose spirits were believed to provide assistance in the afterlife.
I am a westerner, not an Asian, so I really have no clue how the Chinese perceive beauty and what “ideal” beauty standards they have. I see all Chinese women to be very beautiful and very sweet looking, I have…
I was often asked: What on earth do Americans think of China and Chinese people? The following list contains some things for your reference. Whether they are correct or not,…
Returning home from England, a friend asked me: “How many years is China behind the UK in its development?” This is a question with no easy answers, because it involves many…
The so-called “Chinese characteristics” in Chinese culture today have been overemphasized as opposed to other nationalities around the world. This leads one to wonder what the reasons are behind this…
Located in Nantou County’s Caotun Township in central Taiwan, the National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute (NTCRD) is an agency of Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture. The purpose of the NTCRD is…
A newlywed couple from Kyoto, Japan has been making news after sharing a breathtaking collection of video images from their honeymoon. Kaz and Mariko Yamaguchi, wanted to ensure that their…
There is a farmers market every day in China — if farmers or people from a village have more produce than their family can eat, they often sell the excess…
An idiom is an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words, but that has a separate meaning of its own. Idioms stand out as shining pearls…
Thousands of Native Americans are protesting in North Dakota demanding that the federal government stop the construction of the nearly 1,200 mile (1,931 km) Dakota Access oil pipeline.
The Chinese character 藥 (yào) refers to a medicine or drug. It is composed of two parts. The top part 艹 is the Chinese radical that indicates grass and grass-related…
Every year around the middle of the seventh lunar month, it is the time for the Hakka people in Taiwan to observe the Hakka Yimin Festival. The event has been…
YouTube user Michael Rogge has uploaded a fascinating collection of videos documenting daily life in Japan and other parts of Asia, including Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia during the Twentieth Century.
The idea that the size of a population determines its ability to develop a complex culture has been a growing consensus among archaeologists and anthropologists. The logic behind this consensus…
Human sacrifice was practiced in many early human societies throughout the world. In China and Egypt the tombs of rulers were accompanied by pits containing hundreds of human bodies, whose…
I am a westerner, not an Asian, so I really have no clue how the Chinese perceive beauty and what “ideal” beauty standards they have. I see all Chinese women…
Flamenco, the heart and soul of Spanish music and dance. The passion and power that flows out of the best performers is always mesmerizing. But, when little girls perform the…
This is how life of Inuit children and their parents 75 years ago looked on a barren Alaskan island.
Wow, people got really riled up about this. Are they small-minded to say she is all wrong about beauty, or is it the other way around?
So does this explain why athletes give each other so many public displays of affection? Is this why basketball players hug, give chest bumps, and high fives? And why baseball…
Watch as a man directs his friend’s 4-wheel drive using only Aboriginal sign language.
I recently came across an excellent documentary that really changed some of my notions about climate change.
