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Ego and Freedom

Alice Poon
Mar 13, 2009
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Here is my translation of the essay:-

"How are Chinese different from Westerners? Well, Chinese like to fight for their ego while Westerners like to fight for freedom.

When the Chinese feel their own ego is threatened, they tend to squabble with their own family. When the Chinese family feel their ego threatened, members of the family tend to squabble wit…

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