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On the eve of the visit of President Obama to China, The 11/23/09 ( This is not a misprint. See reply to comment #2 below) issue of the Time magazine has a feature article with the above title. The lessons are:
1. Have ambitious goals
2. Education is important
3. Take care of your elders
4. Save more
5. Take the long view
These may be second nature to Chinese citizens by culture or by necessity but are well worth repeating and apply to everyone in the world.