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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Walk for Peace EN-CH colour: Transcultural Experiences in China

Walk for Peace EN-CH colour: Transcultural Experiences in China

Bates, Michael
Bates, Xuelin Li

Paperback

Series: Transcultural Experiences with 'Three Eyes', Book 2

CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceArt & Popular Culture

ISBN10: 1910334448
ISBN13: 9781910334447
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Mar 6 2017
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.74
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Product Description 'The recent YouGov Opinion Poll found that the Chinese were the most optimistic people in the world, with 41% responding to say they thought that the world was getting better and 33% responding to say it was getting worse; the figures for Britain were that only 4% thought the world was getting better and 65% thought it was getting worse. I realised that if I were to accurately view the real China, then I needed to change the lens I was observing it through from cynical and pessimistic to sentimental and optimistic. Not to do so would be akin to trying to understand the meaning of Chinese characters using the Latin alphabet.' 'My chosen mode of getting around on my three-month visit to China was an unusual one--walking. I was undertaking a charity walk from Beijing to Hangzhou, roughly following the Grand Canal connecting the two cities and extending some 1,000 miles....... When you walk, you need to engage with the communities you walk through in a real way--seeking food, water, shelter and advice on directions.' 'In each country I walk through, eighteen so far, what strikes me most are not our differences which are trivial, entirely cultural and massively over-stated, but our similarities which are vast, awe-inspiring and largely unexplored.' ---- the author.

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