In the Committee of 100's most recent newsletter (Spring 2008), they cited an interesting study looking at personal goals of the American and Chinese general public.The top response for both groups was "to have a happy family". But while 72% of Americans chose this option, only 54% of Chinese did.15% of Americans said that they wanted "to work on behalf of society," while only 10% of Chinese respondants cited this as a goal. 
Perhaps most interestingly, 42% of Chinese chose "to get rich" as a personal goal in life, while only 8% of Americans did so!
The full article has not been posted on line yet, you can see the numbers we took from the article here. (Click on the image to enlarge.)
For more information on the Committee of 100, or to check to see if the Spring newsletter has been posted online, click here.
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