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On a related note I was listening to Glenn Beck one day and some guy calls in and says this is the reason why China will invade and take over the U.S. someday.
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03-18-2008, 05:38 PM
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So anything to learn from their "missionary" efforts? 100 million... Not bad.
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All I know is that my coworker cooked and ate the placenta after his new baby was born, and he's an MD who thinks it's healthy to drink your own urine. Very confusing for me. Somebody please help me out. |
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03-18-2008, 11:47 PM
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I think it is pretty safe to generalize that Chinese culture, as with other Asian cultures such as Korean and Japanese, values group identity and duty to the group over individualism. Concepts such as family honor, filial duty, respect for elders, honoring ancestors, etc. flow from those group values. You could spend a lifetime exploring that. Another fascinating area to explore is the concept of "guanxi" which influences, or is embedded in, the social interactions of Chinese society. You could spend a lifetime on that as well. Of course, working with mainland Chinese (as opposed to Chinese people from Taiwan) has it's own special brand of interestingness. I guess my only advice is to just make friends with and continue to try to understand your Chinese coworkers. It could be the start of a fascinating and very rewarding lifelong love of trying to understand what makes Chinese people tick. |
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They can have my ex-wife.
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