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Conversations In Chinese
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The reason for being so strict is mainly the traditional point of view. Jiena also talks about how she was able to get permission to go to Shanghai to study.
According to traditional values which are more conservative, the children are expected to respect their elders and treat them with care and look up to them. There is a saying that the day you teach is when you will be treated as a father. This leads to
Jiena discusses her viewpoint regarding Shi Yi.
Jiena gives her viewpoint on teaching her children in the future. She thinks that although the Chinese psyche is being influenced a great deal by western culture, the culture which is so deep-rooted will not diminish as quickly as it may seem.
Jiena talks about the expectations that Chinese parents have of their children.
Chinese people are more conservative where relationships between male and female are considered.
People realized that being too conservative may actually be harmful to their people rather than beneficial. Therefore they started becoming more open and hence began to accept certain positive attitudes that western culture had.
Sexual relationships are taken more seriously in China than in the west. People are less likely to get involved physically unless they are sure of their future relationship. But as time goes by the generations are slowly changing their outlook.
Jiena gives a brief introduction and tells the difference between Oberlin College and her previous high school in Shanghai.
Children in China are brought up with stricter values regarding their attitudes towards their elders. Unlike children in the West, they do not gain independence to make their own choices at an early age.
Jiena talks about how the revolution came about. And what did that have to do with the way male/female relationships were looked at?
This clip is a continuation of, "How under Mao the viewpoints of Chinese people were influenced (part 1)"
The Chinese psyche varies between the younger and older generation, especially because the younger generation is being exposed to so much media at a younger age.
The traditional values held by the Chinese.
Jiena moved to Shanghai for high school because she had to go and study music. Her parents had no choice but to send her to Shanghai for her music education.
Jiena talks about Chinese history.
By law, China expects children to take care of their parents during their old age. The western trend of sending elderly parents to retirement homes is not as common. She also mentions that unlike children in the west who gain independence at the age of eighteen, children in China cannot live independently until they are married.
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