I guess everyone knows that China is very different than the people from the western hemisphere... but we don't know which are the difference, because the difference go beyond of they eating dogs!...
-Western culture is based on individualism, we work better when we are alone, in a group we tend to be less efficient as an individual, Chinese had learn that two heads think more than one, and they are very good at working as a group of people.
-Western culture is more adventurous, we like to explore new things, parachuting, bungee jumping, etc.. Chinese people are not likely to do such a thing, they are more on the conservative side.
-West uses law to solve any kind of problem, Chinese culture tend to use human relationship to solve problems between people.
- West uses 'god' and religion to resolve human and spiritualism relationship.[1]
Even though both cultures are very different and we don't even understand each other, with the time we have learnt to get along, to try to understand each other, or at least respect each other's culture, and that's been a huge cause of the augmentation of the trade between continents.
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Hello Diego, I think your Blog is very interesting. One Advice: it´s better to avoid using comments like they eat dogs and stuff like that, as it could be seen as politically incorrect....
ReplyDeleteThere are always exceptions to the rule and one thing that it is not acknowledged to "Western civilization" is the fact that yes, we do tend to work alone (like each state on the US), yet we are able to work in teams and very effectively (like US as a nation), so it's very interesting. Not to mention the fact that big-city Chinese people aren't exactly team players especially when getting to work cross-culturally because of their own "conservative xenophobia", just to name a few of these, so I think it's great to generalize because it really helps to understand, but also, there are certain topics that should be deepened when we talk about culture
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