Search Results for 'China'

Canadian navigates China's cultural shift

Everything went right for Yung Chang at the Sundance Film Festival. Within days of the festival's opening, his documentary, Up the Yangtze, landed distribution deals in the United States and Canada. The 30-year-old Canadian filmmaker found [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Qigong serves as vehicle for China's cultural promotion

"Going abroad" has become a popular phrase in China as its fast growing enterprises are doing more business outside. Traditional Chinese culture is also following this trend. Qigong, one of the cultural symbols, is going abroad to [...]

Posted On : Jan, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

The Moon Festival Of Beijing, China

The Moon Festival is very famous in Beijing, China where this festival is as important to the people living there as Christmas and thanksgiving in the west. It sure looks like a romantic festival to me like a [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Ethnic Arts and Crafts CHINA

Uygur Rugs Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has a 2,000-year history of rug production, and Uygur rugs enjoy a good reputation on the global market. They have been collected by many well-known museums and individual collectors. Uygur rugs [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

The Lantern Festival Of China

The Lantern Festival (also called Yuanxiao Festival) is on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month. It is closely related to Spring Festival. In the old days, people began preparing for [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2007 | Comments : 0

Corporate Culture (China)

The Chinese are practical in business and realize they need Western investment, but dislike dependency on foreigners. They are suspicious and fearful of being cheated or pushed around by foreigners, who are perceived as culturally and econo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Dining and Entertainment (CHINA)

* Dining is used to probe positions without any formal commitment. Business is generally not discussed during meals. Meals are a vehicle for indirect business references. * The Chinese are superb [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2007 | Comments : 0

China

The People Deeply rooted in Chinese society is the need to belong and conform to a unit, whether the family, a political party or an organization. The family is the focus of life for most Chinese. Age and rank are highly respected. However [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Cultures collide as China's citizens cash in on Communism

After my review of Feather in the Storm last March [Taipei Times, 25 March, 2007] a friend in America wrote to me saying he disapproved of what I'd written "both critically and morally." I had no idea what he meant. As he pr [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

China: philosophies and religions

Faith is the conviction in a superhuman authority that is adoration as thinking is the way one lives ones life. This article will explain some philosophies and some religions of China. We will begin with philosophy. Confucianism was f [...]

Posted On : Jul, 03 2007 | Comments : 0

Modern China: violence in 20th century

The initial half of the 20th century was an era of complete disorder in China, with more than a few dissimilar armed forces competing for power in the awaken of the Qing dynasty. Intellectuals were on a mission to discover or create a new p [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

EU-China culture get together

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of EU-China Diplomatic Relations, as one of the major events in a calendar of activities Europe Street will showcase Europe, bringing the best of European culture, food and industry to Beijing. For a large [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2007 | Comments : 0

A spectacle marks the climax of the annual Bun Festival (Chi...

It’s not every day that you see people racing up bamboo poles that are covered in sticky buns - unless you’re on Cheung Chen Island, where such a spectacle marks the climax of the annual Bun Festival. Origins of the Bun Festiv [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2007 | Comments : 0

China 'Water Splash Festival' April

The annual Water-Splashing Festival is most important holiday of the Dai people. Held during the sixth month of the Dai calendar, usually falling in the middle of April, it is also known as the Festival for Bathing the Buddha. The New Year [...]