The Reticence of India

Like China, the world began to see India as a rising power in the post–Cold War world. While today many would argue China has pulled away from India, in the 1990s, the two countries were comparable in terms of their economic and military development. In the post-Cold War world, thanks to domestic reforms, India’s economic growth took off at unprecedented rates. It continued to invest in its military, and also became a nuclear weapons state. But, as this chapter shows through two of its relationships, with the United States and with ASEAN, India remained peculiarly reticent on the world stage. And the narratives that accompanied its material growth remained entrenched in older ideas and inward facing ideas about nation-building.

Research on Auditory Coordination in Piano Performance Teaching

At present, with the continuous enhancement of China's comprehensive social strength, the living standards of Chinese residents have been fully optimized, and material growth has been completed on the existing model. After the material is satisfied, the spiritual level of our residents has a higher level of pursuit. Among them, the piano, as an elegant and long-established instrument, can be used to play music and resonate with people. Therefore, the piano performance teaching in China pays attention to the cooperative practice of hearing, vision, and touch to ensure the effective improvement of piano performance. Relevant teaching methods allow students to immerse themselves in the wonderful music with the audience during the performance. This article will discuss the auditory coordination in piano performance teaching and explain how to comprehensively strengthen piano teaching in a reasonable and effective way.