Description

This invaluable book provides a reflective analysis on European civilization through a Chinese cultural perspective, along with the author?s diplomatic experiences in Brussels on the Chinese Mission to the European Union.

The book has three main focuses: maritime civilization, human civilization, and the relations between Chinese (East) and European (West) civilization. It aims to stimulate discussion to rethink the East ? West relations in terms of globalization and its contributions to a new post-maritime human civilization.

Hai Shang (?殇 ) means elegy of the sea.

He Shang (?殇 ) means elegy of the river.