Our research in the past 40 years has identified beneficial effects of Chinese calligraphy handwriting (CCH) practice on visual attention, cognitive activation, physiological slowdown, emotional relaxation and behavioural change. We hypothesised that these outcomes may constitute a compressive set foundations which could impact several traits personality within context Confucian culture values....

This commentary reviews An et al.’s (2021) article, ‘Towards Confucian Geopolitics’. It first acknowledges the article’s achievement in highlighting importance of reading geopolitics by excavating Chinese traditions and cultural perspectives. However, also points out that article has failed to understand complex nature ideology differentiating between real-world political struggle idealism. The...

This paper is on comparative leadership philosophy. It explores the ancient Asian wisdom for leadership development from the Kautilyan and Confucian perspectives. Every now and then, there is a need for us to look and re-look at ancient wisdoms to be applied effectively in the modern context. In this paper, the authors provide an inside-out leadership development approach. This has practical im...

The article aims to draw attention educational inequalities concerning Chinese women. text is dedicated the following areas: Confucian conditions of social practices and beliefs, ambiguous emancipation in post-imperial period, contemporary problems gender inequality access higher education.