Original-language term required. Anthropologist Andrew Kipnis’s book on Producing this concept emphasizes how good etiquette and gift-giving contribute to a behavior translated as “emotional attachment.” The most-cited contemporary expert on this concept described it as a “second currency” in an article investigating its effect on the returns to FDI. This concept is central to the “differential mode of association” theorized in a 1947 sociological classic which describes the “egocentric” order it creates. That long-banned book is (*) From the Soil, which describes how this concept underpins rural reciprocity. This equivalent of the Russian blat facilitates dealings between businesses and governments in the “Bamboo Network” based on the principle of rén. For 10 points, name this concept that refers to networks of social relations among Chinese people. ■END■
| 2025 Chicago Open | 2025-08-09 | Y | 11 | 55% | 0% | 27% | 107.17 |
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bollinger | BHSU B | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | 62 | -5 |
| Will Alston | Will They Ever Finish Bruckner’s Ninth Boulevard? | BHSU X | 83 | 10 |
| Tracy Mirkin | Floridovician | Woke Michael Du be like "I'm a genders player" | 84 | 10 |
| Jerry Vinokurov | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | Broken Socal Scene | 97 | -5 |
| Charles Hang | It's not X, but... defenders | The RAND Coöperation | 102 | 10 |
| Jaskaran Singh | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 121 | -5 |
| Kevin Wang | I worship the Pyramid (abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard) | BHSU B | 124 | 10 |
| Dan Ni | Enjoying the Hole Experience | Thamos, King of Egypt: The Sahara of the Mozart | 125 | 10 |
| Swapnil Garg | Li Bai Chocolate Mushussu Pacha Latte | Halifax Shipping Services | 125 | 0 |
| Jeremy Tsai | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | Mumbo Jumbo Will Labubu | 125 | 0 |
| Corry Wang | Broken Socal Scene | The Met on Laserdisc. Bravo! | 125 | 10 |
| Fern Fang | Please sir, may I have some morb? | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 125 | 0 |
| Isaac Kirk-Davidoff | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | Please sir, may I have some morb? | 125 | 0 |
| John Marvin | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | 125 | 0 |
| Henry Atkins | No, explaining that your buzz came from watching an isekai is not "Proustian" | "Real quiz bowl" only consists of the ACF academic pyramidal scene and the late 2010s NAQT scene. | 125 | 0 |
| Guy Indorante | Big is moving to Evanston! | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | 125 | 0 |
| Sam Macchi | "real numbers are uncountable" factoid actually just statistical error. diagonal georg | Big is moving to Evanston! | 125 | 0 |