Comparing China and the West: Who is ready for the challenge?

Comparative culture studies often seem to come up halfempty: the China specialist may object if half the readings focus not on China but the West, and the teacher of Western Civilization may object to half the class’s attention being turned away from the subject he or she was hired to teach.

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Main Author: John G. Blair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2008-10-01
Series:The ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts
Online Access:http://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/229
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spelling doaj-1cff0647347e4feb9382bffdcf3cd6962020-11-24T21:09:32ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesThe ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts1943-99381943-99462008-10-01161485610.16995/ane.229130Comparing China and the West: Who is ready for the challenge?John G. Blair0Beijing Foreign Studies UniversityComparative culture studies often seem to come up halfempty: the China specialist may object if half the readings focus not on China but the West, and the teacher of Western Civilization may object to half the class’s attention being turned away from the subject he or she was hired to teach.http://www.asianetworkexchange.org/articles/229
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