for.NET.\rpersonaltieswithasuperiorintheverticalchannel,thelatter\rrequirementusuallytakingprecedenceoveraneedforexceptional\rcompetence,asaconsequence,thereislittlehorizontalrelationship\rbetweenpeopleevenwithinthesameprofession.\rWhichofthefollowingbeststatesthecentralthesisofthispassage\rA.ThevaluesystemofJapanisbasedupontraditionalandconservative\rvalueswhichhaveinmoderntimes,beenmodifiedbyWesternandother\rliberalvalues.\rB.StudentsandradicalsinJapanhaveusedLeninistideologytodistort\rthemeaningofdemocratic,Westernvalues.\rC.Thenotionsofpersonalfreedomandindividuallibertydidnotfind\rimmediateacceptanceinJapanbecauseofthepredominanceoftraditional\rgroupvalues.\rD.ModernJapanesesocietyischaracterizedbyhierarchicalrelationships\rinwhichapersonaltietoasuperiorisoftenmoreimportantthanmerit.