Thursday, January 20, 2011

On the cohesive Chinese

..."most people do not really see themselves as members of a large multinational unit, global citizens, or "mass consumers." Instead the drivers of history remain the essentials: the desire to feed one's family, support the health of the tribe, and shape the immediate community. The particularistic continues to trump the universalistic..." from article in Foreign Policy,  "Rise of the Hans."


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