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Allies have the explicit objective of strengthening themselves as much as possible by forming powerful, ideally unbreakable alliances with other parties. In order to achieve this objective, instead of simply being partners of convenience, they are committed to defending the other party’s interests as if they were their own.
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Ding, M. (2019). Acquaintance Type 5: Allies. In: Rethinking Chinese Cultural Identity. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9961-9_34
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