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![]() Hence, China becomes a mysterious, bewildering and elusive place where “truth becomes fiction when fiction’s true” (Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber). Not only are these confusing to the audience, they are perplexing to the one who speaks of them as well. Think of the beliefs in yin-yang dualism and that all beings become one the Taoist belief that all things in the world are produced by being and being is produced by non-being and the Confucian belief that change is the only constant. Its history is like magic imagination can turn into reality and reality can become an illusion. In one moment, the beasts seem to fill the earth in a flurry of activity, in the next, there is only grass and silence.Ĭhina is like a kaleidoscope - it has everything and can become anything. It feels as though we're on a hunt in the wilderness, sitting in a jeep with binoculars in hand, peering at the bears, tigers, leopards, lions, elephants, apes, gorillas, zebras and antelopes. When we think about China’s vast mountains and rivers, massive population and rich history, the picture we form in our minds seems to be both real and illusory. For nearly half a century, while the Westerners have stopped invading and colonising China, their understanding of the country is still shrouded in a colonial mindset and befuddling myths that speak in large part of novelty, contempt and sympathy, and a small measure of hostility too. ![]()
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