Encountering the Chinese : a modern country, an ancient culture /
This volume provides a comprehensive cross-cultural guide to Chinese culture, along with insights for Westerners on how best to communicate and interact with Chinese people in both business and social contexts. It also explains how current Chinese values are rapidly changing and how etiquette and co...
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Boston :
Intercultural Press,
[2010]
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| Edition: | Third editiion. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface to the third edition
- Introduction: Brief background to the Chinese way of life
- Part 1: Advice For Westerners Interacting With The Chinese
- 1: Chinese titles and forms of address
- Chinese naming practices
- Overview of Chinese forms of address
- Chinese forms of address Westerners should use
- Other forms of address used in the PRC
- 2: Greetings, conversations, and farewells
- Greetings among the Chinese
- Conversational openers
- Conversational restrictions
- Farewells among the Chinese
- Notes
- 3: Chinese-style dining
- Significance of dining
- Chinese way of dining
- 4: Appointments, visiting, and time use
- Time-use patterns in official Chinese contexts
- Time-use patterns in nonofficial Chinese contexts
- Receiving social visits from Chinese friends
- Word about hosting Chinese visitors in the United States
- Notes
- 5: Chinese modesty and humility
- Chinese "disparagement" of themselves and their families
- Other behavioral features of Chinese humility
- Origin and nature of Chinese humility
- Notes
- 6: Making friends with the Chinese
- Levels of personal relationships among the Chinese
- Chinese-style relationships and their pitfalls for Westerners
- Some cautionary advice about romance
- Notes
- 7: Education and training among the Chinese
- Teaching and training the Chinese today
- Student life and relationships in the PRC
- Special role of Chinese teachers
- Traditions of Western and Chinese education
- Notes
- Additional readings on educational practices among the Chinese
- 8: Negotiating and institutional decision making
- Decision making in Chinese institutions
- Cultural bases of Western and Chinese decision making
- Five differences between Chinese and Western negotiating practices
- Note about Western women working in China
- Notes
- Additional readings on commercial practices among the Chinese
- 9: Concept of "face" in Chinese-Western interaction
- General explanation of the concept of face
- Contrasts between Chinese and Western concepts of face
- Recognizing common face-saving behaviors of the Chinese
- Protecting your own face (and that of others) when among the Chinese
- Dealing with a face-loss situation you have caused
- Notes
- Part 2: Advice For Westerners Living And Working In The PRC
- Living as a foreign guest in the People's Republic
- Obtaining personal assistance
- Changing attitudes to dress and self-decoration
- Coping with time-use differences
- Few suggestions about queuing
- Accepting, refusing, and giving invitations
- Lending and borrowing
- Gift giving among the Chinese
- Being entertained at a meal
- Hosting a banquet or other meal
- Problems of foreign teachers at Chinese universities
- Interacting with administrators and other faculty
- Note about audience behavior outside of classroom
- Interacting with domestic employees
- Social aspects of traveling
- Making use of the Internet
- Preparing for your final return to the West
- Keeping in touch after your return
- Intercultural context of encountering the Chinese
- What are intercultural services?
- For additional reading
- Notes
- Appendix A: Glossary of Chinese terms
- Appendix B: Chinese titles and forms of address
- Recommended readings
- Index.