[americandream]

In spite of their false bravado, I often find it rather sad just how deferentially the Chinese depend on/emulate us Western "experts". It's almost as if they are in a rush to forget who they are and where they come from. Strange.

Travel to India on the other hand, and they are quite relaxed about the culture thing. I find this dichotomy bizarre as both are overlapping and neighbouring ancient civilisations. Which is why I suspect that were Western money to leave (for the moment anyway), China would keel over from lack of direction. In time they will Japanise but by then oil (or the lack of it) will be a dampener.

I've been advising a few of my clients of this risk and encouraging them to adopt a more indigenous focus. I invariably get these disconcerting blank looks.

[SeaGypsy]

China as we know it only began after Mao's long march. Yes it is an ancient civilization; but no, it is more a conglomerate of ancient civilizations. There are hundreds of indigenous languages still spoken within China. China is younger than the USA in real terms.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I')n spite of their false bravado, I often find it rather sad just how deferentially the Chinese depend on/emulate us Western "experts". It's almost as if they are in a rush to forget who they are and where they come from. Strange.

Travel to India on the other hand, and they are quite relaxed about the culture thing. I find this dichotomy bizarre as both are overlapping and neighbouring ancient civilisations. Which is why I suspect that were Western money to leave (for the moment anyway), China would keel over from lack of direction. In time they will Japanise but by then oil (or the lack of it) will be a dampener.

I've been advising a few of my clients of this risk and encouraging them to adopt a more indigenous focus. I invariably get these disconcerting blank looks.

[SeaGypsy]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('americandream', 'I')n spite of their false bravado, I often find it rather sad just how deferentially the Chinese depend on/emulate us Western "experts". It's almost as if they are in a rush to forget who they are and where they come from. Strange.

Travel to India on the other hand, and they are quite relaxed about the culture thing. I find this dichotomy bizarre as both are overlapping and neighbouring ancient civilisations. Which is why I suspect that were Western money to leave (for the moment anyway), China would keel over from lack of direction. In time they will Japanise but by then oil (or the lack of it) will be a dampener.

I've been advising a few of my clients of this risk and encouraging them to adopt a more indigenous focus. I invariably get these disconcerting blank looks.