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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9508065, member: 2844"]In Asian cultures in general, copying is regarded differently from the way we see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 70s a few of my schoolmates were Japanese. They told me that the Japanese school system nips all creativity, including creative thinking, in the bud. On the upside they had no homework. (Maybe the Japanese system didn't want children to work on their own?)</p><p>I have heard that today the system is pretty much the same. As is the high suicide rate among children, adults too.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The situation in Communist China is different of course, stifling in another way.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at historic Japan, they were masters at perfecting the arts and techniques that were introduced from Korea and China. Antique Japanese items tend to be utter perfection, whereas antique Chinese items feel more free, and can even show the personality of the maker.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9508065, member: 2844"]In Asian cultures in general, copying is regarded differently from the way we see it. Back in the 70s a few of my schoolmates were Japanese. They told me that the Japanese school system nips all creativity, including creative thinking, in the bud. On the upside they had no homework. (Maybe the Japanese system didn't want children to work on their own?) I have heard that today the system is pretty much the same. As is the high suicide rate among children, adults too.:( The situation in Communist China is different of course, stifling in another way. If you look at historic Japan, they were masters at perfecting the arts and techniques that were introduced from Korea and China. Antique Japanese items tend to be utter perfection, whereas antique Chinese items feel more free, and can even show the personality of the maker.[/QUOTE]
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