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Sun Tzu and the Super Bowl
The final American football championship, the Super Bowl, will be played on Sunday. I have been contemplating the contest, between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears (as did several of the young men in my recent Winter… Continue reading
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Xun Zi (Hsun Tzu)
Jeremiah, of Granite Studio fame, asks a question: In the past we’ve had a bit of debate in our department when it comes time to teach our 5000-years-in-9-weeks-from-Yao-to-Mao course. After Confucius, we usually discuss Mencius and Xunzi. What… Continue reading
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So…What’s Up With That Book Banning?
A few days ago I posted on the banning of eight books in the PRC, how it resonated with the Legalist practices of the Qin emperor and how the the resistance of some writers suggested that China was… Continue reading
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Paid Family Leave: Cultivating The Root Of Humanity
This just off the AP wire: The United States lags far behind virtually all wealthy countries with regard to family-oriented workplace policies such as maternity leave, paid sick days and support for breast-feeding, a new study by Harvard… Continue reading
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How Could I Not Run This Picture….
And how’s this for a reflection on the long-term prospects of the Yankees in China – or the Chinese in Yankees: Ancient masters of Wayall subtle mystery and dark enigma… Continue reading
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Globalization And The Uses Of The Past
An interesting post over at Diligence China (hat tip, Granite Studio), on the cultural implications of China’s economic rise. The topic is framed in terms of business culture – or, more specifically, how foreign business people can use… Continue reading
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China Daily: How To Treat Disability
Turns out my column in China Daily ran last Thursday. They informed me today. Here is a link. It is about "Ashley’s Treatment." For regular readers of The Useless Tree, you will notice that I have blogged on… Continue reading
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Avoiding the Vacuous
Raymond Zhou, who writes a column for China Daily, and bilingually blogs, warns us against the reinvention of the kowtow: Winter vacation is around the corner, and a management school at Zhengzhou University has given one special assignment… Continue reading
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Yankees in China
Here’s a story that captures a couple of my interests simultaneously, the New York Yankees and China: The Yankees consider themselves the most driven team in a competitive sport, so their push to boost baseball in China is… Continue reading
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Peter Singer on Ashley’s Treatment
Peter Singer, prominent Princeton ethicist, weighs in today on the case of the parents who allowed medical interventions to limit the physical growth of their disabled daughter. Her name is Ashley and I blogged about the case earlier,… Continue reading
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