Of course, this isn’t to say that current idiosyncrasies of Chinese culture are due solely to its recent history. China is crazy entrepreneurialCompared to the rest of the world, China is [insert expletive] insane. They look at the success of others and do their best to emulate it, but Chinese culture looks inward and prizes intimacy among in-group members. China is full of trade-offsI originally came to China because I wanted to understand a culture and people that were so different from me. To paraphrase Laozi, the China that can be understood is not the real China.