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The China Code: A Continuum of Twelve Quintessential Chinese Behavioral Characteristics
125F, The Center, 989 Changle Lu, Shanghai, 200031 China.
Abstract:
China is evolving-it is becoming modern and international-but its trajectory will never intersect with the West's. Fortunes have waxed and waned over thousands of years, but Chinese civilization has remained apart. Enduring fundamentals-morality rooted in stability, anti-individualism and a micro-analytic, balance-obsessed worldview-both fuel contemporary growth and preclude China's ascendance as a superpower capable of projecting values abroad. A unifying "Confucian Conflict" between trenchant ambition and diffused anxiety also explains the actions and attitudes of ordinary Chinese people. This "street level" article articulates an "insecure or safe" continuum of twelve quintessentially behavioral characteristics that are observed in all realms of contemporary life including diplomacy, business, consumer behavior and social structure. They are: Ritualistic Observation, Robotic Depersonalization, Hierarchical Regimentation, Anxious Self-protection, Trust Facilitation, Pragmatic Elasticity, Incremental Progression, Released Repression, Confidence Projection, Epic Ambition, Scaled Mobilization and Joyful Celebration.
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