# Starman's Listings "The Real China: Thought and Behavioral Principles Unknown to Japanese People" Kodansha Gendai Shinsho Daisuke Kondo Price: ¥1000 (excluding tax) 272 pages The book has been read only once and is in overall good condition. With the obi (sleeve), no writing. Excerpt from the book's promotional text: What do Chinese people think, and how do they act? A leading China watcher in Japan answers sharply. Behind the frequent misunderstandings between Chinese and Japanese people lies the unique thought and behavioral principles of the Chinese, which the Japanese are unaware of. * A sharpened sense of risk born from the continent * A "hyper" survival-of-the-fittest society where the winner takes all * Daily life is a constant "struggle" with others * Chinese people think in terms of the inherent evil of human nature. It's not bad to deceive, but it's bad to be deceived. * "Money" is prioritized in everything. Money is equal to or more important than "one's own life." * "Company loyalty" and "bonds" are incomprehensible to Chinese people. Table of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: The Basic Principles That Form the Framework of China 1. 1 Japanese People Living on Islands and Chinese People Living on the Continent 1. 2 Longing for the Big 1. 3 Rough Temperament 1. 4 The People of the Central Plains Chapter 2: Lonely, Sad, and Anxious Chinese People 2. 1 "Lonely Chinese People" and the Dragon 2. 2 A High-Risk Society 2. 3 The "DNA" of Distrust 2. 4 The Concept of "Self" 2. 5 An Indifferent Society Chapter 3: No Sympathy for the Losers: A Cruel Chinese Story 3. 1 A "Winner-Takes-All" Society 3. 2 Top-Down Decision-Making 3. 3 Everyone Aims for the Top 3. 4 The "DNA of Escape and Evasion" Chapter 4: What Do Chinese People Believe In? 4. 1 Three Mouths 4. 2 "Money Worshipers" 4. 3 Deformed Buddhism 4. 4 Confucianism is Not a Religion 4. 5 Natural Taoism Chapter 5: The "Logic of the State" That Moves China 5. 1 The Concept of "Wu" (Martial Arts/Force) 5. 2 The Emperor System and Chinese-Style Democracy 5. 3 Sinocentrism and the Tributary System 5. 4 Traditional Chinese Medicine Diplomacy Chapter 6: Chinese People Are Not One 6. 1 Diversity Seen in Chinese Cuisine 6. 2 People Change When Their Place of Origin Changes (Northern Edition) 6. 3 People Change When Their Place of Origin Changes (Southern Edition) 6. 4 An Unbridgeable Generational Gap 6. 5 The Reality of Generation Z 6. 6 Japan is a "Refuge" for Chinese People Prologue References