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Page history last edited by PBworks 16 years, 4 months ago

Thousands and thousands of years of male-dominated rule (much like the Europeans). Probably in a way, leads to idea that the father is the breadwinner. Also influenced by american culture. In the earliest recorded form of Chinese history, "Records of the Grand Historian", kings were regarded as sages and moral standards. 

 

 

qin dynasty = great wall of china, oppression, explains .. crazy mainland father mentality; great wall = technology, hard work - kind of stereotypical traits of asians

han dynasty = confucianism, meritocracy - this ideal has been carried on through the generations.  many chinese look down upon the welfare system because of such.  also, religion, sort of similar to christianity, kind of leads to conservativism.

pretty much all of history = oppression, but also protection through this - could possibly be why chinese support republicans, but they like the democratic system

because of the various foreign takeovers/invasions, many chinese are nationalistic

 

Hong Kong:

British took over in 1897, helped the economy greatly

started the first bank: HSBC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hongkong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation in the far east; possibly why we're very thrifty in general?

HK was a safe haven for refugees from China (trying to escape communists) - that's how my mother got to HK - she looked up to the British system, and now the american one

another part of what makes my parents hard workers is that they had very little when they grew up.  Most of HK was pretty poor, and they had to make their own way to america and save and work to become what they are now.

 

 

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