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Rosi Ross - NAVIGATING SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN CHINA

NAVIGATING SOCIAL DYNAMICS IN CHINA

Lian means “sense of shame in relation to social standards of morality and behavior”, while mianzi means “status, prestige, social position”. A person may have mianzi and yet have no lian. Lian reflects the legitimacy that an individual has within a given society.