Education, Skills and Learning

Big frog in a small pond, or the other way around? It's all to do with your upbringing

Graduated students of Hong Kong Polytechnic University have their pictures taken in front of a wall with messages of support for the pro-democracy movement in the part of Hong Kong's financial central district protesters are occupying October 31, 2014. The former British colony of Hong Kong, which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, has witnessed a month of protests calling on the Beijing-backed government to keep its promise of introducing universal suffrage. The protests have for the most part been peaceful, with occasional clashes between the student-led protesters and Beijing supporters seeking to move them from the streets.   REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS) - RTR4CA2R

A recent study has found that Americans are more likely than Chinese to choose to be the “big frog in a small pond”. Image: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Jared Wadley
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