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  1. This is the favorite one for many Chinese men : ) They wish they were the target of this stratagem.
  2. There is another famous pattern called "Beauty Stratagem", which is about how to use attractive women to distract leaders to win the war.
  3. So the Head of Zheng succeeded without bloodshed. This is called "borrow knife to kill people". I am sure you can see a lot of examples.
  4. the head believe that his people were not loyal. The head ended killing those critical supporters himself.
  5. The Head of Zheng Feudal State wanted to invade another feudal state. He did not do it directly. Rather he used some tricks to make...
  6. One of the famous pattern is called "Borrow Knife to Kill People" (translated literally). This came from a story in Warring States Period.
  7. I think it is more appropriate to call them patterns. These patterns also live across cultures.
  8. Each of the stratagem can be summarized in four Chinese words and they are still used today, even in different contexts.
  9. These stratagems came from real events in ancient Chinese history. They are so embedded in the Chinese culture.
  10. Many people heard about Art of War by Sun Tze. There is another famous book about ancient war strategy - Thirty-Six Stratagems.
  11. Guang Xi province for Zhuang Zu and Ning Xia province for Hui Zu. Preferred treatment for minority groups can cause animosity from Han.
  12. Chinese government has set up a few autonomous region for provinces with a concentrated minority group. For example, Tibet for Tibetan,
  13. Selling handcrafts, performing cultural shows and making local delicacy are some popular ways to make money.
  14. Unlike the US, Chinese prohibit gambling officially. Minority groups cannot build casinos to attract tourists.
  15. Many of them rely on tourism as their main source of income. In many ways, one can compare them to American Indian tribes.
  16. Minority people are often perceived as uneducated, rude and dirty because they often live in rural areas and refuse to change.
  17. They dress in traditional clothing, cook traditional food and follow rituals. Many of them are still "stuck" in their old civilization.
  18. Some minority people may look like Han People, who dress similarly to westerners. Many of them maintain their own tradition.
  19. The largest minority group is Zhuang Zu, which has 11MM people in three provinces. The smallest one LuoBa Zu, which has ~2300 people.
  20. Majority of Chinese are Han people - 1.1 Billion. The rest of Chinese are called minority groups collectively.