Cultural Differences In Taiwan And The United States

I think one of the culture differences between China and U.S is privacy. Chinese people have a different view of privacy than Americans. They would likely to ask other people’s age, income, marital status, jobs and so on. Even though they barely meet each other, but they will start conversations talking about everything related to their background. However, Americans will think this is rude and annoying. Questions related to those are too much privacy. But in China this seems very normal. So they have a better idea about this person and know much about their background. And a lot of time I think Chinese care about someone’s background.

China and America are both diverse and have a fascinating history. American and Chinese cultures both have similarities. For example, both cultures prefer to dine with family and friends. Dining with loved ones brings joy to both American and Chinese society. Another similarity is that American and chinese cultures tend to engage in conversations while eating. They talk during meals to socialize and talk about the events that happened during their day. Both countries also prefer to have a wide variety of food. Chinese and American cultures tend to do this so that you can have a lot to choose from. These two cultures differ in etiquette and cuisine.

As a Thai woman who has relocated to the United States of America in 2009. The first thing I noticed about the US is the size of the country. The difference between Thailand and the United States that affected me the most is the “Culture”. There are three cultural values between Thais and the US are Collectivism-Individualism, Competitive and Cooperative, and belief about talk-silence.

America have a variety of food with no staple food to eat with every meal, unlike in Vietnam where the food is more exotic, but very easily to get sick of. Both countries daily meals consist of cooked goods, vegetables, and a variety of foods. Daily routine for eating is the same for both countries consisting of breakfast, lunch and dinner. But where there are similarities, there are differences such as the food cultures. Both the countries have difference regions, so of course each region vary on what they eat, and what they have access to. In America, the southern region’s foods are different than the cooked foods in other regions. In the same way, the foods that the southern region

Cultural difference in my opinion is the diversity between cultures which makes them divergent. For starters, I am somewhat confused with what you are asking of me, but I will still give it my best shot. In my opinion cultural difference is the different practices seen between two different cultures. An example being here in the United States and those in China. I have many neighbors from China down in Rochester and the thing that I have noticed is when it comes to elderly people. The Chinese have great respect for their elders, but I am not saying that Americans do not too. The matter of the fact is parents tend to live with their children even if they have a family of their own. It shows the fact that the children have great respect for their parents and thus keep them close. In the United States having a elder family member live with

Chinese culture is very different with Western culture, compare Chinese communication style with the Western’s, Western people like to be straightforward about their topic, but it might seems like rude in Chinese culture. When I still attend school in China, my Chinese teachers taught me that being straightforward in the conversation is not polite. Therefore, when I start a conversation with anyone who is Chinese, I would ask them about their recent life for about ten minutes and then go into my topic or anything that I would like them help me to achieve. After I came to the United States, I feel Americans are very straightforward about the things they need or want. Once, my American roommate wants to borrow my textbook for the next quarter,

One difference between American and Chinese customs is food. For example, in America they pile all their food onto one plate. They first get more servings as they need to pile on their plate which is known as buffet style eating. On the other hand, Chinese people finish the food on their plate first before getting more. People in China do not mix all their food onto one plate. Food is one feature that separate the American and Chinese cultures.

I was born in Taiwan. My country is democracy system. We use voting to select our president. The candidate will give people their policy. If people support their policy, they will vote to the candidate. The one who get the most voting will win the election. Not only president election but also public issue need to decided by election. The foundation of democracy is citizens. Citizens is always stronger than the government.

Food is one aspect between Americans and Chinese. For example, Americans have a buffet style table. This style is when you get more

Japan is the country were the sun rises and United States is where the sun sets. Both countries being located in just the opposite site of the globe, possesses lots of variance in their culture, value, ritual, tradition and many other things. As we all know that, Japan is renowned for its discipline whereas United States stand out for its liberty, among the various diversity in both the countries, customer service is one of them.

Certain life events are known to be high stressors; changing jobs, getting married and moving are a few and these are changes within the same country. American and Chinese cultures are so vastly different, I believe it would be normal to experience "culture shock" and/or "homesickness" to some degree. I can imagine feeling isolation, uncertainty, and frustration, which for some, can turn into anger, hostility even rage, all possibly contributing to anxiety, depression and in extreme cases, mood disorders. These feelings may be more difficult to deal with for a person who is older, has mental illness and/or a history of substance abuse.

All cultures have some form of stereotypes, low or high perspective of the world, and the way the people like to entertain with each other in a new community. As muslim is the dominant religion in Egypt, the culture follows the typical guidelines associated with the philosophy with the practice. Moreover, communicating in a multicultural environment is the combination of understand the norm and a fine line between being respectful and not o offend anyone. For instance, a business meeting is schedule well ahead of time and during the meeting it is customary to interrupt for any situation that may arise. On the other hand, American may view those interruption as a distraction. Also, introduction is handle with a lengthy and limp right hand handshake,

The population, economy, histories, politics boundaries, and religion of China and the United States are not similar. Looking at the food culture between the two countries is very different. When a person speaks about the Chinese food culture, they need to praise the taste, color, shape of the Chinese dish, and smell. In china, most of the people take wheat and rice as their daily main food. They believe that fruit, wheat, vegetable, and rice are the best food to boost the health of a person. Consequently, meat is not a major food for them since they believe that it causes “health problems such as high blood pressure, and heart attack.” In China, the cooks need to decorate the food to make it more delicious than never expected. On the

I always had an interest in Chinese Cuisine especially since I went to high school in Flushing Queens, which is an area known for having a very large Chinese Population. Being Immersed in the both the American and Chinese culture within Flushing, I saw firsthand how these two cultures blend

When I was younger, I didn’t quite understand the differences between the Native Taiwanese and Mainlander in Taiwan, where Mainlander referred to Chinese migrants during or after the period of the surrender of Imperial Japan, and World War II. It wasn’t until much later that I understood why Taiwanese divided among themselves. I was told that my mother's side of family have experienced the White Terror, which refers to the entire period from 1947 to 1987, during this period, many of the family lands was confiscated by the Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party. It was also during the White Terror period that Mandarin Chinese language was established as the official language of Taiwan, and the other native language mainly Taiwanese was considered as taboo and forbidden. The language differences are especially obvious between Northern and Southern of Taiwan, while my mother's’ side of the family resident in the South, as I grow up in the North, I speak mainly Mandarin Chinese, and I can understand but not quite fluent in Taiwanese.