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...think to some extent, work ethic and hard work could be considered that,” she says. “I think that in a sense, the idea of working hard, getting what you deserve, and good deeds are values that are based in, at least in China, very much based in family values...
...Chinese government’s limits on religion, there are few Christians who are from mainland China, Shen says. Most Asian Christians at Harvard, she says, are Korean...
...developing world - it's no wonder we feel as if we've been through a 10-year gauntlet. Americans may have the darkest view of recent history, since it's in the U.S. that the effects of those trends have been most acute. If you live in Brazil or China, you have had a pretty good decade economically. Once, we were the sunniest and most optimistic of nations. No longer. (See a behind-the-scenes video of TIME's cover shoot...
...chronicle and reflect this unsavory maw. The rise of all manner of new media and the lack of barriers to criticism from the blogosphere seemed to intensify every scandal and left very few public figures unsullied. Sure, some amazingly great things happened this decade, from the stunning rise of China to Apple's dazzling array of new products to the feats of sprinter Usain Bolt to our nation rallying (at least temporarily) around its first African-American President. But all that seems more like counterpoint rather than the main act. (See pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...
...estimated that the U.S. needed to spend $1.6 trillion to bring our roads, highways, bridges and dams into good shape. Sure, the engineers are looking for work but know that the U.S. spends only 2.4% of its GDP on infrastructure, as opposed to 5% in Europe and 9% in China. Here again, why should a politician spend money today to fix something that won't collapse until tomorrow? Especially if he or she could get re-elected by cutting taxes instead...