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Foreword
We talk a lot about western values. Heaps of books and articles about them. (Pinker, Shapiro, Greenberg). But what about Asian Values? Do they exist and if so what are they?
Had Confucianism. Then 批林批孔
Development in west down to western values. But China did well for millennia without Judeo-Roman input. And is now flourishing.
Is it time we took on some Asian Values?
China is not about supremacy because when your are no.1 you can only go down
America has one Big Idea: Freedom
China has no Big Idea except China Dream. Which is Xi Jinping’s dream of a docile and controlled population.
Serious or silly. A bit of each. Taking a walk around the paddock. Seeing Asian values via my trek around Asia.
Chapter One: 三十而立
I arrive in China and Reg Little talks of Confucianism. Is there anything new to say here? Story of interesting times.
Politics in everything : story of writing about the a Gang of Four
What was Jing doing at the time?
Chapter Two: 四十而不惑
Working with Steve. Learnt what, about Asian values? North Koreans lie. Love a drink and song.
Jing and June 4. Tank Man
Chinese are desperate for forex. We are the moneyed ones. They tell us about what they’re going to do and we go “yeah, sure”. But look! Cultural gravity vs the cultural balloon. Affinity with Israel. How they looked after the Jews in WW2.
China and the Jews
China and the Romans?
China and the Jesuits.
Learning about the three types of facing death from Ross Maddock. 等死，怕死，找死
西为中用
Chapter Three: 五十而知天命
Jing and Malcolm and Bo Xilai
I start a business The Japan vs China story. Chinese are successful wherever they are. Cultural balloon.
India visits with Duty free shoppers
India gave China Buddhism.
Bo Xilai in Hong Kong
Chapter Four: 六十而耳顺
Chinese as an aid to memory. Calligraphy better in the mainland than HK. 三点水
No Xilai arrested
Corruption. Li Hong and the ICAC comment
Chapter Five: 七十而从心所欲求不逾矩
China and the Versailles Treaty - mistrust of the victors SCMP article
Chinese love T
Optimism in China v HK. Note Kevin’s comment the other day Chinese no longer optimistic.
Treatment of Muslims
Chapter Six: Summary and conclusions
References
Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker
Suicide of the West, Jonah Goldberg
The Right Side of History, Ben Shapiro
Index
Each chapter about 8,000 words = 24 pages. Total ~ 60,000
Jeremy Barme
Steve FitzGerald
Garry Woodard
Ross Garnaut
Sir David Akers-Jones
Kevin Rudd
Malcolm Turnbull
