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US professor taps Eastern thought and Chinese gardens for life lessons
Amid a renewed interest in Chinese gardening as it rides on increasing cross-cultural exchanges between East and West, at least one US scholar feels the best way to transplant Asian thought on Western soil is fusion.
Some Chinese experts believe their gardening practices, steeped in Eastern culture and philosophy, will not work in the West, but Jon Burley, associate professor in the School of Planning, Design, and Construction at Michigan State University, cannot see why not, because the quintessential Chinese garden is actually very versatile, he says.
For more, visit: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-08/31/content_15722634.htm
