Comments on: a computer in every chinese home http://global-culture.org/a-computer-in-every-chinese-home/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Zina Lee http://global-culture.org/a-computer-in-every-chinese-home/comment-page-1/#comment-19067 Zina Lee Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:35:08 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/2007/03/23/a-computer-in-every-chinese-home/#comment-19067 No, I don't think we CAN assume -- however, neither would I think it would be smart to assume that "Western" culture won't appeal to the Chinese webuser, either. The Chinese have a favorite old peasant saying: "Be like the reed, bend with the wind, do not break." It's enabled the Chinese to recover from emperors, revolution, dictators, fire, flood, and earthquake. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see them take the same broad outlook on the Net. No, I don’t think we CAN assume — however, neither would I think it would be smart to assume that “Western” culture won’t appeal to the Chinese webuser, either.

The Chinese have a favorite old peasant saying: “Be like the reed, bend with the wind, do not break.” It’s enabled the Chinese to recover from emperors, revolution, dictators, fire, flood, and earthquake. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to see them take the same broad outlook on the Net.

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