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The discussion last week was fantastic. We really are debating about things now instead of taking others' ideas. I have some things to say about the cultural differences and the personality differences.

    I remember one of us mentioned about why Chinese people didn't go out and colonize. The Europeans did instead. What I learned from the Chinese history and classics, the big idea of the Chinese culture is "harmony". Though this word has been twisted in recent years (a lot of Chinese girls would start laughing), it is the foundation of the personality of Chinese people. The reason for the emperors ruled the country for so long is that the people would rather stay the same than having a battle and a better king unless they couldn't stand anymore. Battles are disasters, but Chinese fight bravely against unreasonable intruders. The culture teaches us to be lenient with others, but fight back when the others are across the line. There is no "taking other's land and kill them" part in the bodies of most of us. I guess that is one of the reasons of why Chinese locked themselves up instead of conquering the world.