It’s long been bandied about by a lot of very educated people that the Chinese ideogram for crisis is composed of two symbols -  one for danger and one for opportunity. Consultants, trainers, authors and supposed experts have been “championing” the “Chinese perspective” on danger and change based on this conclusion.

Except there is a lot of evidence that it’s simply wrong. Of course there may be differences of opinion on such things, but here’s some information on the topic:

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