Wednesday, September 11, 2013
The Public Intellectual and Social Media
SHARE Most leading public intellectuals on world history are either Western or Western-educated internal proletariat. They have now discovered marketing strategies and the internet to boost their version of history.

       Sunday, July 7, 2013
Confucianism at Peking University
SHARE An insider's look at academic life and Confucianism at Peking University, the mother lode of Chinese education.

       Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Welcome to the GONGO (Government Organized NGO in China)
SHARE NGOs in China must register with the government and find a governmental sponsor. That makes them GONGOs - Government Organized NGOs.

       Sunday, May 26, 2013
Michael Witzel and the New Chinese Cultural Renaissance
SHARE Michael Witzel is a classical philologist, historian, linguist, Wales Professor of Sanskrit at Harvard University, and the author of The Origins of the World's Mythologies.

       Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Why Western domination over World History
SHARE Western dominance over world history is no coincidence; the West controls the language in which it is written. Time that nations start competing for their terminologies.

       Friday, April 26, 2013
Beida or Tsinghua - Which is the best university in China?
SHARE China has many prestigious universities; which one is the best?

       Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Asia Pacific World: Lingualism -- The Competition for Terminologies
SHARE Capitalism forces people to compete for market shares, natural resources, and human capital. Less obviously so, they also compete for terminologies.

       Friday, April 5, 2013
Can China really end corruption? (in Japan Times)
SHARE The new Chinese government vows to "end corruption" and to "double the average income." This op-ed explains how the two notions are linked.

       Friday, March 29, 2013
Pattberg: We should adopt Chinese language concepts -- by CHUA Wei Ling
SHARE Chinese words have potential to go global.

       Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Vienna launches 5th Global Forum at United Nations Alliance of Civilizations
SHARE Confucian scholar and ethicist TU Weiming calls for a more pragmatic approach by governments and civil society organizations in reaching out to build a more diverse and tolerant world.

(2 comments)        Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wade Davis -- Loss of Language and Cultural Diversity
SHARE Wade Davis, renowned anthropologist and ethnographer, talks about the loss of language and cultural diversity.

       Tuesday, February 19, 2013
New Generation of Japan Leaders: YAKURA Katsuo
SHARE YAKURA Katsuo, rising star of New Komeito political party of Japan.

       Tuesday, February 12, 2013
China, The West: Languages and Undead Terminologies
SHARE Many Chinese concepts are deceased in world history yet behave in China as if alive -- they are truly undead concepts .

       Thursday, February 7, 2013
Germany - Land of Poets and Plagiarists? Minister of Education Cheated for Doctorate
SHARE BERLIN - Annette Schavan, Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, cheated for her doctoral degree. The University of Düsseldorf revoked her PhD degree.

       Thursday, January 31, 2013
Western Translations Distort China's Reality (Interview on Stop Imperialism)
SHARE NEW YORK/TOKYO -- Eric Draitser sits down with Dr. Thorsten Pattberg to discuss academia, language and imperialism. Dr. Pattberg examines the ways in which academic imperialism is used to shape dominant discourse.

(2 comments)        Friday, January 25, 2013
Pattberg: Language Imperialism in China (Interview)
SHARE In Europe we have arrived at a critical time in world history when the mentioning of a single Chinese concept like shengren by its true name is regarded as culture treason.

       Friday, January 25, 2013
Science Magazine: No shengren, please!
SHARE WASP language policy: US Science Magazine excludes Chinese terminologies from its publications.

       Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Pattberg in Iran: The Monologue among Civilizations
SHARE From grassroots movements like the many "East-West' centers or conferences to big institutions like the United Nations, many people talk about the so-called "Dialogue among Civilizations'. Most of that dialogue is in English. What's in there for the non-West?

       Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Iran: The Problem of Western 'Asia Studies'
SHARE Many Western observers remain blissfully ignorant about Eastern concepts and ideas and refuse to adopt Eastern terminologies into their reports. They describe Eastern cultures on the back of their own Western taxonomies. Is this the future of 'Asia Studies'?

(2 comments)        Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Iran: The Intellectual Property Rights of Culture
SHARE Translation is a tool to communicate ideas from one language group to another. That said, translation must also have its limits when it comes to names, titles, and concepts that, often as a matter of common-sense, mutual respect, or simple ownership, should not be or cannot be easily translated. Words like Allah, Imam, or Ayatollah for example.