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A steaming pile of ignorance - 8/8/8 is lucky because the number 'eight' rhymes with 'fortune' in Chinese - so much so that numbers like 1/6/8 can replace phrases like 'always prosperous'. The mathematical roots of lucky '8' are a bit dubious.
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Not terribly well researched, but some evidence that Chinese still feel bullied by the West and see force as justified when protecting collective harmony.