West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
China DailyThe cover of one of Kenneth Pomeranz's books. Less prejudice urged Even with a really good commitment from both parties to engage in open dialogue, it is evident that not all issues would be resolved, he said. He is also working on some other projects about China, and on a world history textbook for undergraduates, which provides an opportunity to consider historical teaching on a global scale, emphasizing the importance of historical thinking and challenging biases. "It also involved reading a lot of the kinds of books that are used to teach world history all around the world and sort of trying to figure out how to tell the story in a way that's not just centered on the West, but also a way that will argue with an attempt to overcome some of the prejudices," Pomeranz said. "So the world history book I'm working on is asking: How do we teach history in a way that doesn't ignore the fact that those prejudices exist, but brings them to the level of surface awareness so that we can argue without them?
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West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
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West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
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West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
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West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
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West should bear in mind China's uniqueness
China DailyWhat if what we find so unsettling about China is not that it is so different, but that it's so like us?
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