What is comparative philosophy and is it possible in the 21st Century?

The project of comparative philosophy, or East-West philosophy, is becoming  generally accepted while its methods are  carefully examined  in light of post colonial theory.  In my investigations I prefer the term global philosophy.   In the remarks to follow, I will develop what I propose as the appropriate methods and perspective to be standard for contemporary discussions of global philosophy. My examples to support my argument will be drawn from the histories of Greek, Roman and European philosophy, classical Chinese philosophies in the Confucian, Daoist, Legalist and Mohist traditions, and from a variety of positions of frequently referred to under the category of Indian philosophy.

The first version of a recent paper of mine, presented both to the philosophy department at Renmin University and on another occasion to an international workshop at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, both in Beijing, entitled World Philosophy and the Crisis of Technology, can be found in this section below.