Cultural Shocking Experiences Of The Chinese Culture

One of the immediate things I learned in China was that I did not entirely understand my own values. Growing up in the United States, I felt the prosperity of wealth seemed greater than the qualities of love, humanity, and happiness. I questioned the value of money, whether it was the entry to the doors of contemptment, or if it is a barren dream waiting to be lived. As the frequent stops at restaurants became an ordinary occurrence on my family’s itinerary, I noticed the difference in cultural values. I saw people lose track of time because they invested their attention on each other, rather than checking their phone. I realized I should treasure my time spent with others, since nothing else ranks a greater superiority over living in the moment. Seeing people appreciate companionship showed me the values of love and happiness are derived from living actively and feeling important to others. Understanding cultural values has influenced my mindfulness to strive to live my life to the fullest while embodying the quality of awareness to who I am as a person and what I

Four Chinese mothers have migrated to America. Each hope for their daughter’s success and pray that they will not experience the hardships faced in China. One mother, Suyuan, imparts her knowledge on her daughter through stories. The American culture influences her daughter, Jing Mei, to such a degree that it is hard for Jing Mei to understand her mother's culture and life lessons. Yet it is not until Jing Mei realizes that the key to understanding who her

Cultural Issues/Differences – China has a very old and complex culture. Traditions vary between towns, cities and country areas.

When I came to America from China at age 16, everyone around me appeared to be different. However, I didn’t just talk to my Chinese friends. I pushed myself outside of my bubble; I tried my best to make friends with American students, while I still maintained good relationships with my Chinese friends. America is very different from what I expected, everyone speaks so fast and unclear; it almost made English a completely different language from what I had already learned. As I was trying to make friends, I realized that Chinese culture had made me different from Americans; things that I was curious about as a Chinese person were very private to American students. For example, in America, people won’t mention what their parents’ jobs are when they meet someone for the first time.

On the first day, I struck up a conversation with a Chinese girl in my global history class who was born in America, spoke fluent Mandarin, and had vast knowledge of her culture. She talked about her admiration for K-pop and favorite Asian foods, which I had never heard of until that day. I was filled with awe and shock, faced with my meager knowledge of my own culture. I was so deeply integrated in American culture that I had lost touch with my roots. However, the last four years at Flushing High School have allowed me to learn more about where I came from, and have formed who I am as a

A. Cross-Cultural Differences Company X is considering expanding its business to China. However, prior to moving into a new and foreign market, Company X must understand the various cross cultural differences that are relevant to properly conducting business in China. By being more sensitive to and understanding the cross-cultural differences, Company X's transition into the new market should be less challenging and improve its chances of acceptance. Language, work ethic and material culture are three cultural differences that should, first, be understood prior to pursuing opportunities in China.

As I looked outside the dirty window of my Chinese classroom, I began to sit and think. Why are they so nice to me? Why do they want to talk to me? Why do the treat I like a celebrity? I’m a normal kid from America. As my thoughts raced around the room my day came to an end at a joyous 10 PM in Foshan, Guangdong, China. Everything was different, the people, and although my nose burned at times because of pollution, I still felt the lucidness of the city. When the bell rang for class, I ran to my dorm, stopping for pictures, and the occasional hug. Everyone stood and stared, we all wore the same clothing. We all had the same rules and regulations, but I was different. They knew, but still treated me as a friend. Once I arrived in my dorm, Lulu, 5’6, fair skin, dark brown eyes, and short cut black hair barged through my paparazzi and shut the door behind her, and said, “My parents are ready! Let’s

First, when characters indulge in their rich cultural background, specific distant cultural characteristics can resurface and bring out a whole new version of oneself. In the short story ‘A Pair of Tickets’ by Amy Tan, Jing-Mei Woo travels to China to visit her half-sisters, to break the news of their mother’s death. When she arrives in China, she gains a whole new perspective. She begins to feel her Chinese cultural heritage coming back to her. “My mother was right. I am becoming Chinese” (Tan 179). When Woo arrives at the terminal, she sees her sisters and through them she sees the part of her that is Chinese. All it took was being in the right location, China, and meeting her half-sisters for the first time to redeem her Chinese qualities.

Though I’ve spent nearly half of my life growing up in China and soon immigrated to Canada, my travels outside of the two countries have been limited, mostly due to financial drawbacks. The opportunity to pay Western tuition while abroad has been a major reason for my decision to embark on a global exchange experience. Spending my pre-teen years and on in Canada, I saw how valuable my early experiences from China were, even at a young age; my unique standpoint resulted from both cultural influences allowed me to shape my identity in an empathetic and accepting way, otherwise impossible without firsthand experience. Hence, though I recognize my privileges, my lack of endeavors outside the country feel dissatisfying and limiting, and my viewpoints seem to rest under a

The exploratory experiences were very different. In China, their project was shot term and for Europe, it was a major project that changed history. Spain and Portugal had similar motivation and goals. The Europeans were searching for trade routes to Asia and Portugal set up trades in east Asia. China have up, so they didn’t have a goal as strong as theirs. The Chinese experiences were commanded by Zheng He. He was the Muslim explorer who went and led many voyages. His desire was to spread Chinese prestige. He was one of the greatest person in the Chinese history. He led over 300 ships called “treasure ships”. Zheng He voyages connected in the Indian ocean, while Christopher Columbus voyages connected Europe with Americas in a way that no previous

Learning the verbal and nonverbal way that people communicate in one’s environment is the key to one’s success. When one faces the challenges that the opposite sex can present to each other, and learn to communicate effectively with one another one can begin to see the world from a different perspective. This different perspective can oftentimes be a better way of viewing things then the same old way that has always been used. In the same respect gaining an appreciation and understanding of the way other cultures communicate can give one another tool to use when tackling problems. Sometimes good old American ingenuity might not be the answer. Being able to understand another culture may bring in fresh ideas that have

As I recently wrote my autobiography, I was able to reflect upon and gain a better understanding of my life and the influences that shaped my character and beliefs. I then composed a biography of an individual from the Chinese culture named Faith. Writing her story has given me the opportunity to gain a great deal of insight into the influences her different culture has had on her development. There are kindred attributes and stark differences when comparing our two extremely diverse cultures. Nonetheless, I am convinced it is within the differences that subsist between any cultures that the greatest value and benefit to society will be realized. A comparison of our ethnicity, culture, gender, and socioeconomic status is listed below along with an explanation of the benefits that are achieved when our cultures interact, learn, and work together.

Being raised in a predominantly Chinese household, I only knew about the Chinese culture. When I went to an American school for the first time, the way others behaved and talked was unfamiliar to me and I felt isolated because I had difficulty communicating with my peers and teachers. While being immersed in a different culture, I unconsciously learned that I would have to find a balance between two worlds that would work for me. My personal experience trying to connect two diverse worlds caused me to immediately disagreed with the author, Laura Bohannan, when she expressed her initial opinion of human nature of being universally homogeneous.

I am finally enjoying all my classes and I am working on a major is psychology and a double minor of history and Chinese. My start at SMU was rocky and tough, at times I didn’t know if I would even continue to be enrolled at SMU, but I can honestly say that at the moment I am so happy and I am looking forward to my majors and minors. During winter break I even decided to do a test run of my China trip and I went to Chinatown in San Francisco. China Town is as close to China as I could get in the US and I loved it. I could not get over the beautiful red and gold lanterns that lined the street and all around me was people speaking Mandarin. I didn’t feel uncomfortable but instead I had an urge to experience more of it. This experience proved that I would be able to survive in a culture completely foreign to

This year is my forth year that I has been studying in the United State. I’m already used to the U.S. culture and the U.S. living style. So in general, I didn’t experience any culture shock after I got here. If I had any culture shock, it’s probably three years ago. I couldn’t remember any of them. However I do have some thoughts about the differences between the U.S. and China after four years of studying in the United States.