Dynamic Tourism, China, Business

This is an interesting characterization of the Chinese people by comparison to the Russian people:

[Travel writer, Colin] Thubron believes that no nation could be less like the pragmatic Chinese than the eternally abstract Russians. – That’s Shanghai

I like the ability to summarize entire nations of people in 1 word descriptions.

Chinese = pragmatic – Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory (Wikipedia)

Russians = abstract – thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances (dictionary.com)

Do you agree with these characterizations?  If they are accurate, it helps explain why the Chinese and Russians have had such a hard time working together.

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