Chinese Philosophies

Dr. Teresa A. HelmickJohnson County Community CollegeIntercultural Communication

My Department Four classes:

Public SpeakingInterpersonal CommunicationPersonal CommunicationIntercultural Communication

Interest in East-West Center January 2011– Speaker, Dr. Roger

Ames from the University of Hawai’i

It wasn’t because of this:

Or this:

Or even this…

Study of Asian Cultures

Garden at East-West Center

Map of China and Southeast Asia

Why do we need to know about China? Why do we need to care?

How many of you have been to China? How many of you have been to any

other foreign country?

Did you see the USA differently when you came back?

Why…. To be Smarter.

The United States How old is the US Government? Declaration of Independence 1776 Constitution 1788 225 years old

China How old is the Chinese Government? According to the US Department of

State Web siteChina is the oldest continuous major world civilization with records dating back 3,500 years.

China Has 1.331 Billion people. The United states has? 307 Million

China’s Growth 1980 2010

United States United States Japan China Germany Japan France Germany UK France

Prediction 2018-25 (Dr. Chris McNully)

China United States Japan India Brazil

Shanghai 1990

Shanghai China 2010

We have to care. We have to know about the Chinese culture in order to

communicate more effectively.

Three Chinese Philosophical Perspectives Confusion Philosophy

Daoism Philosophy

Buddhist Philosophy

Time Line Time line

Confucianism

Daoism

Buddhism

Our View We come to our worldview based on our

own assumptions, values, rituals, religion, perspectives.

1949 Mao Zedong declaring The People’s Republic of China

President Hu Jin Tao胡锦涛2003Joined the CPC 1964

We think we have it right. What other models do we have that we

can compare?

Questions to ponder…..

What about Korea? Honor’s Forum topic for Fall 2012

Sabbatical 2013 XI’AN CHINA - HERE I COME!