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[quote=YINDUFFY,291311]Traditional Chinese culture did not place as strong an emphasis on the individuality of children as in the West. In some communities children were not formally named until later in life. Until then they were just called nicknames like "little doggie" or "little flower". Even then many would change their first names later on. Some change their names to suit their occupations. My wife changed her name because as a director in the Xinjiang province agriculture ministry she felt her name was too cutsey. A nephew changed his name to one that sounds more lucky when he went to work in his mother's clothing shops in Shiherzi. The Wall Street Journal Newspaper published an article on this subject a few years ago.[/quote]
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