One China Policy?

Thirdfox

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

For want of a better source, Wikipedia supplies...


I wouldn't welcome the loss of those cultural elements to the monolithic bloc that China represents today.

"The status of traditional Chinese culture within China is also severely weakened as a result of the Cultural Revolution. Many traditional customs, such as fortune telling; paper art; feng shui consultations; wearing traditional Chinese dresses for weddings; use of traditional Chinese calendar; scholarship in classical Chinese literature; and the practice of referring to the Chinese New Year as "New Year" rather than "Spring Festival"; had been virtually wiped out in China."

I would not agree with that statement at all. Come down to a Chinese wedding and you'll see the traditional red Qi Pao being worn, peanuts and sweets being offered to guests.

We love our "New Year" celebrations, classical literature (including the 4 great works of art: Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Hong Le Meng and Shui Hu Zhuan are known by everyone) Paper folding etc. etc. have all recovered in my opinion. Of course China has been influenced by Western culture (they've learnt the dangers of not evolving along with the times) but apart from the crazy time of the Cultural Revolution I do not believe that many important cultural things have been lost (physical things certainly but the culture is still alive and kicking )

SimpleSam06

Well yourself and those scholars cited above will have to agree to disagree, so.

Thirdfox

I'm afraid so. Since I was not alive before the cultural revolution I do not know if huge amounts of "culture" has been lost and replaced by Western ideals/nothingness/Communist whatever but I do know that the examples of "culture" stated above are commonly found in the China of today.

The Hong Kong scholar and broadcaster used in Wikipedia may not be in the best position to give an objective view on what China's current situation is. (Nor can I, I freely admit) So I can only judge by what I see and experience while living for that one year in China.

Cheers for all this useful info Thirdfox. I studied history and never touched this stuff so nice to get enlightened .

berliner

Mweelrea wrote: »

or connacht or ulster,

Its terrible i think, Imagine muslims became the majority in leinster and then they decided to break leinster away from Ireland and set up their own independant muslim state.

The serbians must be furious

So unjust to Serbia.The media in Ireland has been useless telling the full story.

Thirdfox

KaG1888 wrote: »

Cheers for all this useful info Thirdfox. I studied history and never touched this stuff so nice to get enlightened .

Got to say though - don't trust me (or anything you see on the internet) without getting sources. I know I'm telling what I believe to be the truth but you can't be sure.

Make sure if you want to make sure you know the "truth" or at least the closest thing to it to do independent research on issues. Challenge everything (my law professors hate me for doing this )

I grew up in Ireland so just learnt European history in school too. Funny incident when my teacher told me that the Chinese weren't an ancient civilisation (nor the Aztecs) acceptable for my history essay but it's quite right that in Ireland we focus on Irish history and European history. In China I'm sure they know nothing about De Valera and in the US they know little about the Ottoman Empire.