i would disagree that a lack of individualism can be used to call the Chinese morally inferior as you are judging Chinese morals and values by western ideas of what is good or right.
Where did he say that what you claim he said? Have I missed something?
Well I was basing that assessment on the following that dragonized wrote
Which leads me to my next point, my main one on why I believe the moral inferiority issue.
That next point being the one I posted a response to (a lack of individualism in chinese culture) which included statements such as
modern chinese culture as interpreted by the chinese is one that rests its laurels on taking abuse and breaking down individualism
And
Individualism is demonized
It seems that perhaps you did miss it.
Thanks for the lecture notes. I've already written the bulk of my own lectures for the coming term on the topic of intercultural relations and communication but these might also prove very handy.
I also will not make the claim that "all" Chinese/Korean/Japanese etc. people are like that; I merely say that this topic has been discussed by Japanese and Chinese scholars with reference to individualistic societies as we know them from the West and the implications it may have for cross-cultural dialogue between for example FTs in China and their Chinese partners.
I fully agree. In fact I remember advising a poster on here not long back to do a bit of research on the basics of high and low context communication as it might come in handy while visiting the Far East. If only more teachers had the vision to understand the differences in these simple day to day things and the sense to veer away from questions such as which system is superior or which is right and instead just accept them as being different.
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