Qians friends wish she had more time to play. after she finishes regular grade school, she goes to a chinese school. qian misses playing with her friends, but she likes learning to write chinese lettersand her mom wants her to

The answer is: maintain a bicultural identity

bicultural identity is a condition when a person regared himself/herself as a member of 2 cultures.

We can see that qian's mom want to maintain this by sending her to regular grade school when she could interact with american culture and continued the next education in chinese school when she could interact with chinese culture