http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/03/21-stunning-superbly-serene-chinese-gardens/

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The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the
Chinese culture.
China has been emerging and growing for the past 35 years.
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China’s culture needs to be better understood by the rest of the worlds nations.
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By understanding the
Chinese culture, non-
Chinese governments and multi-national corporations will improve their abilities to negotiate with this growing economic power.

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Chinese culture is based on three primary philosophies.
 Philosophical leaders
 Confucius
 Han Fey Tzu
 Lao Tzu http://www.biography.com/people/confucius-9254926
 (Wong, 2001) http://www.theeast.org/?p=668 http://25.media.tumblr.com/tu mblr_lqsxhcmU141qapsqto1_128
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Confucian principles are based on five respectful relationships and five virtues.
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Respectful Relationships
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Emperor to Subject
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Father to Son
Husband to Wife
Elder brother to Younger
Brother
Friend to Friend
 (Wang, 2008) http://www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/14Traditions30.html

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Confucian principles are based on five respectful relationships and five virtues.
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Five Confucian virtues
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Ren (Humanity)
 Ren is the virtue that all others are built off of.
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Yi (Righteousness)
Li (Propriety)
Zhi (Wisdom)
Xin (Trustworthiness)
 (Wong, 2001) http://www.lopair.com/html/blog200312.html

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 (Wong, 2001) http://www.etiquetteoutreach.com/blog_new-york-etiquetteguide/

http://themoderatevoice.com/99332/chinese-military-modernization-challenges-andopportunities-for-the-united-states/
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Tzu focused on the concept of Legalism
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 Government with strong laws and punishments should govern.
By their nature, humans are evil and selfish
Because of this, humans cannot be trusted
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Humans are evil by nature and cannot be trusted.
Government must be created to maintain order
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Strong laws
Harsh punishments
Leadership is justified by it’s ability to punish.
Punishment is used to set an example to prevent further unrest.
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(Wah, 2003) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8555247/Tiananmen-Squaremassacre.html?image=21

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Lao Tzu’s philosophy takes a turn to allowing nature to dictate to people.
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It is in ones interest to live in harmony with nature.
One should not force his will on the natural world
The natural world should dictate to people in a natural and harmonize way
 (Wah, 2003)

http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/03/photo-series-natures-beauty-inchina-gil-azouri/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=is
-chinas-pollution-a-problem-for-t-2008-09-03
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 (Wah, 2003)

http://people.howstuffworks.com/tai-chi.htm
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 (Wah, 2003)

http://shanghaiist.com/2011/06/07/round_up_on_this_years_gaokao.php
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China’s school systems are test preparation centers.
Students spend their schooling preparing for the Gaokao test which will determine their educational advancement or delivery into the working world (Breach,
2011)

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Chinese students are some of the hardest working students in the world, working in preparation for the Gaokao (Liu and Wang,
2010) .
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14 Percent of the citizens of
China live below the poverty line so Gaokao is important for economic advancement (CIA,
2012).
Class sizes average 65 students per room and teacher.
Memorization skills are encouraged.
Teachers have no time for critical thinking skills.

http://english.neworiental.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4858
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China’s growing wealthy population is beginning to send their students to the United States and new private schools in China (Farland-Smith, 2009).
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One of the most successful private Chinese schools is the
New Oriental School
The New Oriental School has 55 schools across mainland
China, but is private
 Only the new Growing wealthy population can afford this type of education (Farland-Smith, 2009).

http://www.imjustsaying.info/2012/03/attention-deficit-is-your-childs.html
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My vision for China would be to bring the
American style of school to the poorer classes of the Chinese.
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This would be a state run school with…
 Smaller class sizes, allowing for more individual attention
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A focus on science and critical thinking skills.
An emphasis on speaking and articulating ideas.

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China’s future looked brighter just a few years ago but all hope is not lost.
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Future concerns for
China.
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Current Chinese economic downturn
Increasing population and decreasing jobs
Widespread pollution with a decreasing agricultural output.
 (Yifu, 2012) http://www.china-mike.com/facts-about-china/facts-elderly-children-adoption/

http://wanderlustandlipstick.com/blogs/kristengill/poverty/
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In our global economy, even the powerful Chinese economy is tied to the economic ebb and flow of the unstable world economy.
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In the past few years, China is showing to be in the midst of an economic slow down.
If this is not reversed, with
China’s large population, unemployment could become the downfall of a growing giant.
 This could increase
 The poverty rate
 Poorer health factors
 Increased pollution
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With their shrinking economy, some Chinese observers are seeing a reluctance of China to remain a global economic partner.
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China is moving away from
 Economic trade negotiations.
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 Internal pollution controls
Human Rights protections
China will survive as a nation, pending it continues to be a proactive world partner and does not revert back to its previous closed society.
 (Yifu, 2012) http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39793&Cr=global+economic&Cr1

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