There are two Wests: one is dead, though pretending to be alive, and the other is thriving, though pretending to have troubles. They are different and must not be confused, lest great mistakes be made. For centuries, the West has struggled with the recurring idea of its own decline and looming disaster. While other nations refrain […]
Ukraine is Beijing’s biggest quagmire, and there is no easy way out. A Russian victory is unlikely, and a prolonged war would bleed China politically and economically—unless the Western political front collapses, mesmerized by its ghosts. But then it’d be a different story. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat on […]
On May 22, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinscahft (DFG), together with the Council of Sciences, announced which departments of excellence at German universities would receive federal funding for the seven-year period 2026-2033. Since then, the failure to renew funding for the Department of Excellence “Religion and Politics” at the University of Münster – active since 2007 with […]
The subconscious of countries and institutions shapes their choices. How to speak to the CPC on a deeper, more soulful level and get it to see the broader, global reasons behind the market? Do states or institutions have a subconscious, a character? Some psychiatrists, like Italian Narciso Mostarda, (see here) believe they do. If so, […]
When will an eruption occur in China? Is Beijing more similar to Vesuvius or Etna? A flow of questions and maybe some advice for Trump – you’ll get what you want without much effort. What’s brewing in China? Many ordinary people, who see the value of their homes sliding, their children unemployed, or who have […]
Unlike any other nation, China is a civilization country, a country that identifies itself with a civilization and vice versa. Then, facing the issue of coping with the onslaught of a different civilization prompted some profound rethinking and soul searching about China’s intellectual history, both as a cultural and a national issue. Nothing similar exists […]
The lesson from the US crackdown on protests could be different in Beijing—suppressing uprisings without suppressing opposition would be a theological turn, akin to that with the Vatican. The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that: “Chinese state media have sought to portray the escalating Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies […]
