Comments on: Low on the EQ side: the New Philosophy of China

By: Kum Morre

Kum Morre — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:57:14 +0000

The next time I learn a weblog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I mean, I do know it was my choice to read, however I really thought youd have one thing fascinating to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about one thing that you possibly can fix if you werent too busy searching for attention.

By: Uln

Uln — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:10:04 +0000

Hi, I am glad you answer to this post. I find this phenomenon very interesting actually, and I was disappointed that nobody commented on it.

To answer your question: I have lived in quite a few European countries and I have never even heard of EQ until I got to China. I always had the impression that Americans like that kind of stuff more than Europeans. They like more going to the psychologist, or doing self-help stuff or reading “How to be a real Leader”, etc. But then, that is only my impression and it is not very reliable, because most of my knowledge of American society comes from the internet and the cinema… I have only been there once

Perhaps a true American might want to comment on this?

Also, I think there is a question of timing. When I was back in Spain for Christmas I asked my mum about this and I was surprised to learn that she had heard of Coleman’s EQ. Apparently it did have some success at the time it came out, but it was never a permanent phenomenon like it seems to be in China. Here EQ (or qingshang) has become a normal word in everyday vocabulary!

By: Baide

Baide — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:52:22 +0000

Sorry to resurrect this post and distract the from the more important google discussion. But do Europeans talk about EQ? I’ve known about the coleman book and heard second hand reports of people talking about emotional intelligence or emotional intelligence training, but I’ve never seen or heard it personally. Also, I can’t really think of any works of fiction where I’ve encountered it. This perspective is that of an American by the way. As a way of improving my chinese, I’ve been reading the best seller 杜拉拉升职级。Although it’s probably an exaggeration, it feel like the references to EQ are approaching a 100. It’s interesting to see where cultural differences are. Thanks for your other recent content by the way.

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By: Uln

Uln — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:41:46 +0000

Wow. I didn’t get anyone asking about scientology, actually I don’t even know how to say it, must be something like: 科学教？

Any set of believes that you can put on a powerpoint and market them as career development stuff would work in China. I suppose scientologists are good at doing that, but arent they forbidden in China?… damn, it would be really sad for a Chinese to be conned by those sects and then on top of it to have to face punishment from the CPC.

By: FOARP

FOARP — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:54:38 +0000

And this is the benign side of it. On the other side it is worrying to have friends ask me what I think about, for example, Scientology. I try in my best way to explain that I consider it to be crack-pot nonsense designed to fleece people of their money, but I’m not sure it got through . . .

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