Law Practice,
International Law,
Education Law
Jul. 3, 2018
Understanding the Chinese as they understand Americans
We encourage if not demand the Chinese to study American law and policy, which in the beginning and at the end are integral to American culture as they also reflect it. We should be ready to reciprocate.
Frank H. Wu
President Designate
Queens College
Frank is William L. Prosser Distinguished professor at UC Hastings College of the Law.
I spent the summer teaching American law in mainland China. As a Chinese American, perhaps more assimilated than my parents would have preferred, I had an opportunity to study again the difficulties between these two nations. Much of the trouble in the relationship of the two greatest economies in the world arise from misunderstanding. The same tendencies of "lost in translation" impair deals and exacerbate disputes. A phrase that is not quite wrong in substance but a...
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