“The way of looking at the world can be so different, and there isn’t one right way. There is a beauty in the other, and there is a beauty in the Chinese way of approaching life.” – Jim Caime
TBC’s Executive Director, Fr. Jim Caime, was featured on a Limitless Laowai podcast in which he discusses the 400+ years of Jesuit history in China and what lessons travelers to China should take to heart to find comfort and succeed in China.
Listen to Jim’s podcast to hear more about TBC and how TBC engages students with China.
Original post can also be found here: http://limitlesslaowai.com/jimcaime/
This is the first American edition of Anderson’s fascinating account of Britain’s first diplomatic mission to China in 1792. By the end of the eighteenth century the East India Company had been trading with Chinese merchants for two hundred years, but in a strictly limited way.
At the dawn of the Age of Enlightenment, as the 18th century drew to a close, the Western world was eager for knowledge—driven by a philosophical movement that championed reason and science. King Louis XV of France asked for the advice of his trusted Minister of State, Henri Bertin, about how to reform the spirit of the nation, after giving it some thought, Bertin famously responded, “Sire, to inoculate the French with the Chinese spirit.”