China's Quest: A New Cultural Identity | University of Denver (2010)
Wang Gungwu, chairman of the East Asian Institute and university professor at the National University of Singapore, delivered the last lecture in DU's 2009-10 "Bridges to the Future" series on April 28, 2010. He described China as a country torn between its national longing for a unified, holistic identity and its emerging role as a global economic and political power.
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Eleven years later in 2021, this is still the greatest speech about the Chinese culture of all.
Prof Wang is an encyclopaedia of Chinese culture and history. What a great speech!
All knowledge is in his head. Speaking off the cuff. Like LKY that I know off. Great speech and lesson for me. Thank you.
Mad respect for the Chinese people today! From America!
I am watching this great historian today 13 years later and still find this talk incredibly relevant and illuminating. China's culture is still very much evolving. He clarifies many issues well. 1. Chinese has no difficulty accepting the current leadership. Legitimacy of the ruling is never in doubt, contrary to what the West claims. Harvard studies show consistently high appproval of the government. 2. The West deems Chinese government as totalitarian. The government (and the constitution) proclaims it as democratic. China's understanding of democracy is that it's for the people, and with leaders selected ground level up with proven records of serving the people competently, not by the ballot boxes electing candidates representing different interest groups. 3. In the 2010 when this talk occurred, relations between China and US good at most levels. Sadly, these relations turned toxic with US branding China as an enemy, even though China has repeatedly called for coexistence and cooperation. The world needs these two great nations to work together to overcome common global challenges.
1:41:10 watching in the year 2021, this has become true
it's very interesting to watch this in year 2024. Apparently the more US pushes or fights with China, the more China moves toward her tradition and heritage.
Moral and traditions are different. The CR destroyed many relics of the past; the impact on the Chinese culture is not unknown. The promotion of standardized spoken Chinese in the mainland has done much to promote the evolving Chinese culture by promoting exchanges.
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The best of traditional Chinese culture isn’t contained in physical relics but in classical texts, literature, poetry, philosophy, and other immaterial culture, which aren’t easily destroyed
I should say not knowable, not unknown.