no need to be all philosophical in a esl essay. hehe, existence is a hard question.
maybe focus on a narrow point and be detailed instead of a list of examples.
"individualism" is human nature, Chinese or Canadian. The so-called "collectivism" in China only started some half a century ago. Remember the days when people had to get approval from "the Organization"/CCP to marry a person? This is typical "collectivism". Sounds strange? Thoses days are just over for couple of months.