Sentences with phrase «western counterparts»

«The overall report points to some shifts among various markets: Washington D.C. is no longer the standout leader and the eastern Sunbelt cities, Miami and Tampa, are lagging behind their western counterparts,» Blitzer said.

Second, despite problem behaviour being less common among Chinese adolescents than among their Western counterparts (Jessor et al. 2003), there is a rising trend of adolescent developmental problems, such as abuse of psychotropic substances (Shek 2007), adolescent suicide (Sun and Hui 2007) and school violence (Wong 2004).

Physical, verbal and relational aggression have been identified as distinct entities in many cultures and countries.16, 17,18,19,20 Typically, physical aggression is viewed as unacceptable by parents and is associated with peer rejection in most countries.21, 22,16,23,24,25,8,26 Nevertheless, meta - analyses have demonstrated that cultures characterized by collectivistic and Confucian values generally show lower levels of aggression, regardless of type, towards peers than their Western counterparts.27

Chan, et al., (2010) reviewed that the role of contextual or external factors is what differentiated Chinese perspectives on relationships from their western counterparts.

This contextual emphasis further reinforces the findings on cultural differences in cognitive styles (for instance, Nisbett, 2003; Choi, Nisbett, & Norenzayan, 1999) that East Asians tend to attribute cause of events to external or contextual variables rather than internal variables as compared to the western counterparts.

That China's legal services industry is at an earlier stage of development than many of their Western counterparts is another potential sticking point.

Then, one of Chinese firms» strongest motivation in entering into tie - ups with their Western counterparts is the prospect of learning and assimilating Western firm management practices and technology.

In a country unaccustomed to many political liberties, and eager to match the quality - of - life of its Western counterparts, the equation of the car with independence is a popular one — and one that is no longer frowned - upon by the government.

As savvy moves by officials in China are pushing its state - run English - language news outlets to start sounding a bit more like their Western counterparts, did a New York Times article over the weekend about improvements to air quality in Beijing bear

In her cross-media practice, Anna Ostoya (Polish, b. 1978) examines the histories of lesser - known avant - garde movements in East - Central Europe in parallel with their renowned Western counterparts.

Recycling Religion, curated by Juan Puntes and Marat Guelman, is a group exhibition, installation, new media and performance by a radical group of Eastern European Artists and select Western counterparts.

The fact that these artists are now as well known as many of their Western counterparts speaks to the fact that the art world is certainly more globalized now than it was in 1989.

While contemporary African art has existed alongside its Western counterparts for decades, global institutions seldom paid attention to the talent emerging from the continent.

Mail art was used as a common practice amongst the Eastern Bloc artists to disseminate their works and communicate with each other and their Western counterparts.

What do you find most interesting about the current generation of Chinese contemporary artists, compared with their Western counterparts?

Indeed, the spotlight seemed more focused on Asian artists than their Western counterparts, which may reflect a broader worldwide trend.

SMT also was one of those early JRPGs who took quite a bit of inspiration from its Western counterparts particularly Ultima and the fact it has an alignment (law / neutral / chaos) and three different endings are the most obvious facts which indicate that.

I suspect a lot of this has to do with the fact that the Japanese developers seem to be oblivious to what their western counterparts are doing.

Earlier expansions that were released in China either followed 8 months (World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade) or 23 months (World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King) later than their Western counterparts.

Don't get me wrong, there are some amazing serious Japense titles that karate chop the fuck out of most Western counterparts (plenty of which are plain retarded) but some elements of their games are often quite... hmm, what's the best word... INSANE.

Fans may notice the number «8» in the title, but Japanese games in the series are one number behind, compared to their Western counterparts.

And especially in Japan, where we have honestly lagged behind our Western counterparts in the variety of ways we've been able to interact with our fans up until now.

But it's also one of the boldest attempts to take the JRPG into the realm of interactive storytelling currently making its Western counterparts so compelling.

Though the palet and art style sparked interest for some games and definitely set them apart from their Western counterparts, it wasn't always so well received.

Especially in Japan, where, unlike their Western counterparts, comics, more popularly known around the world as «manga», continue to be enjoyed in their original paper format.

Indians authors may have woken up to this trend much later than their western counterparts, but are already making up for that by adopting self - publishing at a feverish pace.

True to form, a disconcerting number of clones taking to the stands alongside their western counterparts at this year's Shanghai motor show.

- Dead Island: Riptide (9 / 8/8 / 8, 33 points): The only Western game release this week generated praise from Famitsu for the most part, with reviewers scoring the game well above their Western counterparts even though they seemed pretty bored of the concept in the review text.

The nation's design, a veritable wellspring of ideas from an alternate reality, centers African aesthetics and artistic philosophies in lieu of their omnipresent Western counterparts.

They know how to please their men, they don't take good things for granted as their western counterparts.

Unlike the western counterparts Russian females are usually slimmer and keep better shape at the same age because of exercises, walks and avoiding fast food and overeating.

Russian women are very serious about their future, and think about themselves as wives and mothers much more than their western counterparts.

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Asian women aren't as susceptive to pimples and wrinkles compared to their western counterparts.

Chinese young people often feel like they don't have the time to «play the field» that their Western counterparts are afforded by society.

That's why Ukrainian and Russian women are really different than their Western counterparts.

They are not keen on making careers and earning million dollars like their Western counterparts.

There is no surprise in the fact that the modern day men are preferring to marry a Russian girl rather than their Western counterparts.

As we make these comparisons, it becomes clearer that Russian women are truly perfect in relation to their Western counterparts.

Many ignorant Westerners (who have never been to Russia obviously) believe that most women in Russia are desperate to leave their country and get a green card to America, or they pose that as the explanation for why Russian women treat us men so much better and are more open and friendly than their Western counterparts.

All old school manners are very much welcomed by all Ukrainian women and you are not going to insult any of them being extremely courteous and polite unlike with their Western counterparts.

If you have never spent time amongst Asian women, you may not be aware of how they differ in attitude and outlook to their western counterparts.

You need to know that Russian girls have a number of goals and dreams that are quire different from that of their Western counterparts.

Unlike their western counterparts, a Filipino woman does not need to spend an hour in the bathroom just to make themselves presentable.

We ran a number of statistical tests, accounting for body mass, lean body mass, age, sex and fat mass, and still found no difference in daily energy expenditure between the Hadza and their Western counterparts.

«Something I really struggle with is showing my students that spending 24 hours in a lab is not efficient or useful,» says Javid, who adds that students often need more «hand - holding» than their Western counterparts.

By comparing the hibernation habits of eastern dwarf lemurs and their western counterparts, researchers hope to shed light on what sends hibernating animals into standby mode, and whether lemurs — our closest genetic relatives known to hibernate — do it differently from other hibernating animals.

The Chinese government, along with Chinese science and technology workers, considers interactions and partnerships with Western counterparts to be critical.

Satellite observations revealed that ground uplift occurred at the eastern wells but not at their western counterparts, where the Timpson quake actually erupted.

China's response to these challenges and opportunities will be to adopt new strategies to strengthen our ties and cooperation with Western counterparts and the rest of the world.