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While core Chinese values have remained substantially intact, some have been challenged by modern ways of life. Let’s see how they fare below.
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Yen, W. (2017). Contemporary Expressions of Tradition. In: From the Great Wall to Wall Street. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33008-2_8
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