Happiness will create harmony
By Wang Xinjian and Lu Xiaokang | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-09 07:23
Chinese people need not only affluence, but also a real feeling of security and a greater sense of equality to be truly happy
Happiness is based on security. It is unimaginable that someone lacking a sense of security can enjoy a sustained happy experience. So, if we turn that around, a sense of security is perhaps an effective way to examine Chinese people's sense of happiness.
Francis L.K. Hsu, the noted anthropologist who wrote extensively on the interaction between Chinese and United States cultures, pointed out, in his research on cross-cultural communication, that everyone has two worlds, the inner world of his heart and the outside world.
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