Understanding of Chinese/Asian culture vs. Western

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Understanding of Chinese/Asian culture vs. Western….. interesting research.

It also applies to all Asians, including the Indians, Japanese, Thais,

Koreans, Indonesian, Malays, Dayaks, etc…

These icons were designed by Liu Young who was born in China and educated in Germany .

Blue –> Westerner

Red –> Asian/Chinese

Opinion

B: langsung to the point.

R: blunder muter-muter dulu, apalagi kalo opininya berbeda paham.

Way of Life

B: individualis, mikirin kehidupannya sendiri.

R: demen kumpul2 sama saudara, ngurusin problem family.

Punctuality

B: on time. R: in time.

Contacts

B: contact to related person only.

R: semua temen, semua sodara, relasi luas, bisnis lancar.

Anger

B: marah ya marah.

R: marah tapi ramah.

Queue when Waiting

B: biasa antri teratur.

R: rebutan dong, siapa cepat dapat lah.

Sundays on the Road

B: menikmati weekend with his own way.

R: doyan ke tempat2 keramaian, mal, dll.

Party

B: bebas-bebas aja berkelompok dengan groupnya sendiri.

R: semua fokus ke satu acara party yang diarrange EO.

In the restaurant

B: ngobrol pelan-pelan di resto.

R: ribut ngobrol keras-keras and ketawa-tiwi, ga peduli meja sebelah.

Travelling

B: demen sightseeing, yang penting menikmati pemandangannya.

R: yang penting foto-foto untuk memory, pemandangan cuma jadi background.

Handling of Problems

B: tabrak aje, yang penting solve the problem.

R: sebisa mungkin menghindari masalah, or jangan sampe ninggalin jejak.

Three meals a day

B: makan kenyang 1 kali sehari.

R: 3 x makan, ya kudu 3 x kenyang.

Transportation

B: dulu pake mobil, sekarang udah care sama environment & health yang ga polusi.

R: dulu sengsara pake sepeda, sekarang gengsi dong kalo ga pake mobil.

Elderly in day to day life

B: udah tua lonely, paling ditemani Snoopy.

R: masa tua ga bakal kesepian, asal bantu ngemong cucu ya.

Moods and Weather

B: logikanya, hujan ya bikin repot.

R: banyak hujan, banyak hoki ya.

The Boss

B: boss juga member of team.

R: boss is dewa yang ditakuti.

What’s Trendy

B: makanan Asia yang healthy.

R: makanan Barat yang bergengsi.

The child

B: it’s ok punya anak, ntar dia harus berjuang untuk hidup like us.

R: kerja jatuh bangun, segala-galanya demi anak, sang penerus generasi.

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~ by 4j4x on November 6, 2007.