Tag / ethics
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抵制“圣诞节”能保护传统文化？ – Can boycotting Christmas save Chinese culture?
The end of the calendar year in China is also the time for a particular phenomenon: a wave of ‘anti-Christmas’ demonstrations. This rejection of Western festivals is intended to protect Chinese culture.
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天价文物和贱价文化 – The price of cultural heritage
Ancient cultural artefacts are becoming hot property – exploring the commodification of Chinese history.
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生气发火是无能的表现 – Anger won’t accomplish anything
Exploding with anger is just an display of cowardice. A celebration of patience in the face of what we cannot control.
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岁数 – Maturity
Why do we struggle to retain the appearance of youth? In this short piece, sociologist and philosopher Li Yinhe meditates on the pleasures of age.
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巧克力随便吃 – Eat as much chocolate as you want
A humorous look at liberal education: how should we teach our children the complex art of self-management, when the trend around us seems to be one of increasing indulgence?
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上海踩踏故事：如何从“乌合之众”的盲动中走出？ – Reflecting on the Shanghai stampede
On New Year’s Eve, 35 people died on the Bund, crushed by the crowd. Cultural analyst Zhang Tianpan, reflects on similar mass movements and the Chinese experience of public events.
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努力的目标永远不是多有钱，而是有多少选择权 – My goal is not more money, but more choice
Blogger Zhao Jianfei recounts a dialogue with her mother, and intergenerational conflict of values between exploring the world and expanding one’s horizon, as against saving money.
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性欲望及其界限 – Sexual desire and its boundaries
Li Yinhe is China’s most famous gender and sexuality theorist. Her writings celebrate sexuality as a source of pleasure and personal growth, while insisting on ethical considerations. This piece offers a proposal for delimiting socially appropriate and healthy sexual behaviour.
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人人都在惯孩子 – Everyone is spoiling children
One of the consequences of the one-child policy is a tendency to overprotect that precious single child – sometimes with negative consequences.
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“到此一游”考 – ‘I was here’: reflections on travel
Why do Chinese people feel an impulse to leave inscriptions at places they visit? This pieces offers historical insights into the development of tourism in China, from old times to the modern period, and the multiple ways in which Chinese travellers like to memorialise their journey to places of cultural significance.
