1. Chinese Philosophies Dr. Teresa A. Helmick Johnson County Community College Intercultural Communication

2. My Department  Four classes: Public Speaking Interpersonal Communication Personal Communication Intercultural Communication

3. Interest in East-West Center

4. It wasn’t because of this:

5. Or this:

6. Or even this…

7. Study of Asian Cultures Garden at East-West Center

8. Map of China and Southeast Asia

9. 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?

10. Why….  To be Smarter.

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

12. China  How old is the Chinese Government?  According to the US Department of State Web site China is the oldest continuous major world civilization with records dating back 3,500 years.

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

14. China’s Growth  1980 2010  United StatesUnited States  JapanChina  GermanyJapan  FranceGermany  UKFrance

15. Prediction  2018-25 (Dr. Chris McNully)  China  United States  Japan  India  Brazil

16. Shanghai 1990

17. Shanghai China 2010

19. Three Chinese Philosophical Perspectives  Confusion Philosophy  Daoism Philosophy  Buddhist Philosophy

20. Time Line  Time line

21. Confucianism

22. Daoism

23. Buddhism

24. Our View  We come to our worldview based on our own assumptions, values, rituals, religion, perspectives.

25. 1949 Mao Zedong declaring The People’s Republic of China

26. President Hu Jin Tao 胡锦涛 2003 Joined the CPC 1964 胡锦涛

27. We think we have it right.  What other models do we have that we can compare?  Questions to ponder…..

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

29. Sabbatical 2013