{"id":58009,"date":"2026-05-27T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=58009"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:49:00","slug":"my-academic-story-with-china-gary-sigley%ef%bc%9athe-strength-of-chinas-approach-lies-in-enabling-communication-among-all-different-civilizations-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=58009","title":{"rendered":"My Academic Story with China | Gary Sigley\uff1aThe strength of China’s approach lies in enabling communication among all different civilizations around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING<\/span>, May 27, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — A news report from Global Times:<\/p>\n

\u3010Gary Sigley, former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia, professor of the Australian Studies Center, Beijing Foreign Studies University\u3011<\/p>\n

China is the origin of tea and the origin of tea culture. I would say that China has the richest and most diverse tea culture anywhere in the world. China already has a lot of resources to share.<\/p>\n

But what I think is also important is that China’s role here is not to tell everyone, “you need to be like us. Our tea culture is the best tea culture.” So I think this is a platform where China can say: “we have a very important tea culture here, but we also would like to learn about the experiences and the tea cultures of people around the world.” So (it) provides a platform to share those experiences in a way that conforms and fits in with the ethics and the objectives of the\u00a0Hehe culture.<\/p>\n

“From my perspective as an Australian scholar, the Western culture has tended to say that our way the Western way is the best way. So I think there are a lot of problems with this approach.”<\/span><\/p>\n

If we’re going to go to a multipolar world, we need to have a way in which we can respect each other’s cultures, and not say yours is better or yours is less worthy.<\/p>\n

I think that’s the advantage of a Chinese approach: We have all these different civilizations around the world communicating with each other, he (cooperation), seeking a way to be he (harmonious).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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BEIJING<\/span>, May 27, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — A news report from Global Times:<\/p>\n

\u3010Gary Sigley, former director of the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia, professor of the Australian Studies Center, Beijing Foreign Studies University\u3011<\/p>\n

China is the origin of tea and the origin of tea culture. I would say that China has the richest and most diverse tea culture anywhere in the world. China already has a lot of resources to share.<\/p>\n

But what I think is also important is that China’s role here is not to tell everyone, “you need to be like us. Our tea culture is the best tea culture.” So I think this is a platform where China can say: “we have a very important tea culture here, but we also would like to learn about the experiences and the tea cultures of people around the world.” So (it) provides a platform to share those experiences in a way that conforms and fits in with the ethics and the objectives of the\u00a0Hehe culture.<\/p>\n

“From my perspective as an Australian scholar, the Western culture has tended to say that our way the Western way is the best way. So I think there are a lot of problems with this approach.”<\/span><\/p>\n

If we’re going to go to a multipolar world, we need to have a way in which we can respect each other’s cultures, and not say yours is better or yours is less worthy.<\/p>\n

I think that’s the advantage of a Chinese approach: We have all these different civilizations around the world communicating with each other, he (cooperation), seeking a way to be he (harmonious).<\/p>\n

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