How Am I Shaped By My Culture as an East Asian Citizen
Cultural Context: East Asia to UK
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Confucius said 'By nature, we are almost the same, but by practice, we get to be far apart'. This video explores this theme and how it relates to East Asia and the UK.
By the end of this video, you will have learnt:
- there are four areas of particular difference: language, family, belief and history/government
- until about 500 years ago the cultures of east and west were very separate
- our cultures are now much closer together
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