This Sunday, May 13th, is a special date in the calendar. It’s Mother’s Day, a day when we should show our moms just how special they are.
本周日，5月13日，是日历上一个特殊的日子–母亲节，一个我们应该向我们的妈妈表示她们是多么的与众不同的日子。
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How to tell if you have been in China too long
China is Crazy and you see things like this daily.
Every culture has its good and bad habits and often when you stay in a country long enough, you run the risk of adopting the bad habits. Listed below are some funny and wickedly true habits I’ve come across that will indicate if you have been in China too long and are being drawn to the dark side.
→ You stop saying sorry or excuse me when you accidentally bump people
→ You allow your children to openly urinate on the street
→ You always take the front seat when you catch a taxi
→ You never use the seat belt when you catch a taxi
→ You never ever leave home with out toilet paper/tissues
→ You never clean up your dog’s poo when walking it in the street
→ You stop cleaning your tray at McDonald’s or KFC
→ You stop smiling or being friendly to service staff
→ You no longer feel that yelling into a mobile phone at restaurants is rude or unusual
→ You start littering and dumping your trash on the street instead of the bin
→ You automatically haggle when ever you buy something
→ You now believe that queuing and waiting in line is for losers
→ You give in to peer pressure and start smoking every where. Lifts, restaurants, taxis…..
→ You have adopted the habit of loudly hawking and spitting
→ You never used to use your car horn, now you use it constantly at the slightest provocation
→ You are no longer worried about disturbing people and make as much noise as you want when ever you want where ever you are
→ You have given up on direct communication and are always looking for the implied meaning
→ You can no longer understand why copying and bootlegging is illegal outside China.
(Blog posted by China Travel Go on January 26, 2012 by Brendon. You can see the original article by following this link to China Travel Go)
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Ten Things Never to Do in China, and Chiafu’s comments
Chiafu: I came across a great article on dummies.com that lists out ten things that foreigners should avoid doing while interacting with native Chinese, in order to save them from “certain embarrassment and possibly even outright humiliation”. It is a very useful article and all the ten things it points out are very common and worth paying attention to. As a Chinese who grew up in China, I’d like to go deeper into each of them and offer my own insights.
NEVER ACCEPT A COMPLIMENT GRACIOUSLY
The virtue of being “qianxu”, or modest and self-effacing, is highly valued in Chinese culture. It is so deeply rooted into the social norm that since a young age, many of us have developed knee-jerking reaction to counter whatever complements are given to us. On the other hand, arrogant behaviors are generally frowned up and looked down on much more than in Western cultures. It is always a good idea to play it safe by never qualifying oneself after receiving complements. However, this is not to say that one should refrain from giving complements to Chinese people at all — as human beings, we all love complements! If you feel your complement is genuine and sincere, do not hesitate to reaffirm it even the other person “denied” or “rebuffed” it. It’s not likely that yo get a “thank you” in return, but I assure you the other person loves hearing your complements.
NEVER MAKE SOMEONE LOSE FACE
East Vs West – A guide to Chinese Culture
In so many ways Chinese culture is very different from western culture and these differences can vary from being very obvious to so subtle you barely notice. These cultural differences are a part of the incredible appeal of travel in China and they can often leave you bewildered, confused and angry if you don’t understand them.
The blue and red posters below from a project by Yang Liu are a brilliant illustration of key cultural differences between Chinese and the western cultures. These posters as a generalization are amazingly accurate and extremely helpful in explaining cultural differences.
The blue side is the western side and the red side (politically correct) is the Chinese side.
Transportation
Only poor people, crazy people and foreigners ride bikes
In the west bicycles are becoming more popular because they are more environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to vehicles. In China on the other hand in the mad rush to modernize and embrace new wealth, people have been dumping their bikes in droves and switching to vehicles.
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