comparative value priorities of chinese and new zealand

Kuan Tze (pinyin: Guanzi, also “Kuan Tse”, 4th - 3rd Century BC) the author of the
widely quoted, and misquoted,
“If you are thinking a year ahead, plant seeds.
If you are thinking ten years ahead, plant a tree.
If you are thinking a hundred years ahead, educate the people.”
also published treatises describing regional behaviour stereotypes in China. The
stereotypes of North and South China are generally (Eberhard, 1965):
� The stereotypical northerner is loud, boisterous, more open, and with a quick
temper, quick to anger. (Perhaps tending to use extreme anchor points on a
Likert scale item.)
� The stereotypical southerner is clever, calculating, hardworking, and less open in
displays of emotion. (Perhaps tending to use less extreme anchor points on a
Likert scale item.)
Contemporary researchers have also indicated the existence of culture areas in China
(Ralston, Yu, Wang, Terpstra, and He, 1996; Littrell, Alon, and Chan, 2006). The
concept of ethnolinguistic fractionalisation is can be employed to identify societal
cultures and culture areas.
Fractionalisation, Effects, and Validity
The construct ethnolinguistic fractionalisation arises from definitions presented in the
Atlas Nardov Mira (Department of Geodesy and Cartography) of the State Geological
Committee of the USSR in 1964. The Atlas was an extensive project to provide an
extremely accurate depiction of the historic ethnic and linguistic compositions of the
peoples of the world. An index providing a summary number, Ethnolinguistic
Fractionalisation (ELF), was constructed by Taylor and Hudson (1972). The ELF
measure reflects the likelihood that two people chosen at random in a defined area will
be from different ethno-linguistic groups. Initially no economic or political variables
were considered.
As an example, Easterly and Levine (1997) published an article, “Africa’s Growth
Tragedy: Policies and Ethnic Divisions” that found a statistically and economically
important negative effect of ethnic diversity on economic growth in a cross-section of
countries. Easterly and Levine found that moving measures from an ethnically
homogeneous country to one with a diversity of ethnic communities was correlated with
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