Taiwan’s Silent Revolution: Trust, Family, and the Forge of Cohesion

A Confucian web crafts Taiwan’s quiet rise to resilience Over 2,500 years ago, Confucius forged a creed amid China’s warring chaos—duty, trust, harmony as life’s keel, threading self to kin to society. This ethos, once Asia’s spine, melded with economics to weave a rare cohesion, where personal honor fuels collective ascent. In 1912, Sun Yat-sen … Continue reading Taiwan’s Silent Revolution: Trust, Family, and the Forge of Cohesion →

The French Paradox: Liberty, Equality, and the State’s Heavy Yoke

France’s state-driven dream battles its own weight over decades Liberty, equality, fraternity—these words, carved into France’s revolutionary granite, gleam as a noble trinity. Yet beneath them lurks a paradox: a state-driven vision, crafted to cradle these ideals, has hardened into a yoke too heavy to hoist. From the postwar surge—5.1% annual GDP growth through 1945-1975 … Continue reading The French Paradox: Liberty, Equality, and the State’s Heavy Yoke →