'Rice theory' explains north-south China cultural differences

Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 18:31 in Earth & Climate

A new cultural psychology study has found that psychological differences between the people of northern and southern China mirror the differences between community-oriented East Asia and the more individualistic Western world -- and the differences seem to have come about because southern China has grown rice for thousands of years, whereas the north has grown wheat.

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