korea--a miniature of ancient china

i think i know korea much more than countries in south asia and central asia since it is closer to east china and culturly influenced by chinese. like japan, ancient korea is under the shadow of china. they import everything from china, from culture to language, up till now, they are parcially using chinese characters even if they invented a new unique korean system which they are pround of. i suppose a lot of korean look down upon chinese since our country is not as rich as korean. my friends tell me that those korean always try to state that they are korean, not chinese in front of american. haha. really ridiculous. i suppose they will be proved wrong after 10 to 20 years. since chinese economy is booming. we wasted too much time on development. it is estimated that the GDP of guang dong provice, the richese provice in china, will exceed that of korean as a nation in 15 years. really impressive.
ok, let's talk about the culture. i strongly recommende you to take a look at korea. since this country is a live fertile of chinese ancient custom. you can find how chinese eat, sleep and so on 2000 years ago. they preserved these custom. anway, we will see.
and what is more, i think korean think close to chinese. i mean they are thinking in the same way as chiense. it is hard to explain. for example, korean and chinese have the same idea to deal with the family conflicts. a lot of chinese prefer to watch korean tv serious which is an evidence.
by the way, korea also changed a lot.they developed fastly after 1970. but they still keep some traditianal stuffs. it is wonderful.
and there are two korea. north and south one, under communist and under capitalist. haha. just like east and west germany. it is a hard issue. we can talk about that later
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