Angela Merkel´s body language video-
All media write, talk and comment about Angela Merkel´s politics and behavior coping with the crisis. She polarizes whenever she talks about her political behavior, decisions and strategy. One side of the media reaction agrees, the other one disagrees completely. Some months ago many voices argued about her leadership. Those voices mirrored the opinion that she was not a leader at all.
Well she is a leader.
Well she shows this since ……………………
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On Chinese Body Thinking
when you are hungry you eat. when you are tired you sleep. ….what
does you astonish about this perspective? 😉
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The Power of Emotion
there is an interesting talkshow today on tv. The issue “The power of emotions” is discussed from different points of view. My part is to illustrate the issue related to emotions in politics. The talkshow can be seen via th following link for about another week.
click on West ART talkshow
http://www.wdr.de/tv/westart/sonntag/sendungsbeitraege/2012/0617/uebersicht.jsp?sdatum=2012-6-17
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China Day Düsseldorf / Germany
though the weather tried to spoil the China Day Düsseldorf, it had no chance at all. 😉
It was a wonderful, very friendly event in the middle of Düsseldorf Old Town.
Read MoreMusic Training Improves…….
In western sudies scientists are convinced that learning is directly supported by movement. The more you move the better you can learn. The more you move the easier people enjoy what they do in the process of learning. So: to sit still or to behave in a rigid way by moving “properly” or too much controlled is oppposed to learning, enjoying. Being able to learn and to inhale what you have learnt is the base of sustainebility. And sustainebility is an important aspect of respecting life. Resspecting life means in this case to respect people.
The hypothesis that music training can improve verbal memory was tested in children. The results showed that children with music training demonstrated better verbal but not visual memory than did their counterparts without such training. When these children were followed up after a year, those who had begun or continued music training demonstrated significant verbal memory improvement. Students who discontinued the training did not show ………………….
Read MoreChinese as a compulsory foreign language in all schools
This is an interesting and inspiring message. The more China moves towards the western countries, the more Chinese engage in western business and culture, the more western countries need to open up to the language.
Thus these means also to open up to a completely different way of nonverbal communication and body expression. A way which we are not familar with at all. Just think of one fact: western are used to look at the other´s mouth when talking while Chinese are used to look at the other´s eyes while talking.
Looking at the mouth makes it very difficult to get an impression of the facial expression. ……………………….
Read MoreMore relevant factors of psychotherapy in China
Family (fealty) and the one-child policy: Family has always been strong in China and from an early age, family loyalty is seen as crucial to survival in the future, as one generation relies on the next for support in old age or infirmity. The one-child policy has dramatically affected the Chinese people’s experience and the lives of families. Under the one-child policy there comes an increased insecurity amongst the elderly and the young alike. Parents put enormous pressure on this one child from an early age to conform to educational expectations, moral responsibility, and the work ethic. In the past, maybe five or six children would have shared the burden, but today that is no longer true; single children feel the increasing need to make a success of life in order to care for their parents later. Cousins become brothers and sisters, which is an adaptive social support, but they cannot share the parental burden as each has their own.
The one-child rule is not rigid: one can have more than one child, but the state only recognises the first child as the recipient of state benefits and schooling freedom. Additional children become a financial burden to the parents. Girls are not appreciated in the family in the same way ………………
Read MoreJapan Day 2012…..
Düsseldorf in Germany is a center of Japanese living and working. There are many Japanese firms located, a well known Japanese cultural field to be found and thousands of Japanese who live in and nearby the city.
Every year there is the Japan Day with a full and pittoresque programm throughout the whole Saturday: theater, Manga, Cosplay, music, dance performance andsoon.
Insofar this day focusses a year of planned verbal and nonverbal communication. It is a day for meeting East and West in one place. It is a day to communicate in the way you want to.
http://www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/index.php?id=305&L=1
Read MoreChina cultural year in Germany
today the China cultural year was opened in Germany in Berlin with a wonderful concert. Have a look.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-01/31/c_131383950.htm
Have a nice evening. 😉
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