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This new edition of Intercultural Interactions presents a fully updated set of training materials which have been developed to form the basis of a variety of cross-cultural orientation programmes. These materials are based on the assumption that there are commonalities, or similar personal experiences, when people live and work in cultures other than their own. More comprehensive in scope than its predecessor, the Second Edition also contains a practical new user's guide, and its expanded coverage draws readers in with more vivid scenarios and examples reflecting changing world events and social milieu.
Communication in Personal Relationships Across Cultures examines the communication practices of non-Western cultures. The international cast of contributors assembled here leaves behind the biases typical of most research and theorizing done in this area of communication and enables the reader to develop a thorough understanding of how people communicate in non-Western societies. Chapters focus on communication practices in China, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Brazil, Iran, Africa, and totalitarian societies. Through both emic and etic approaches, this groundbreaking volume explores how members of a culture understand their own communication, and compares the similarities and differences of specific aspects of communication across cultures. --From publisher's description.
How can North Americans improve their communication with the Chinese? A useful and efficient approach to understanding prevalent cultural assumptions underlying everyday Chinese communicative activities, Communicating Effectively With the Chinese Identifies and conceptualizes some of the distinctive communication practices in Chinese culture. Utilizing the self-OTHER perspective as a conceptual foundation, authors Ge Gao and Stella Ting-Toomey portray and interpret the dynamics of Chinese communication. They examine how self-conception, role and hierarchy, relational dynamics, and face affect ways of conducting conversations in Chinese culture. They explain why miscommunication between Chine...
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
In the West, love occupies center stage in the modern age, whether in art, intellectual life, or the economic life. We may observe a similar development in China, on its own impetus, which has resulted in this characteristic of modernity--this feature of modern life has been securely and unambiguously established, not the least facilitated by the thriving of literature about qing, whether in traditional or modern forms. Qiancheng Li concentrates on the nuances of a similar trend manifested in the Chinese context. The emphasis is on critical readings of the texts that have shaped this trend, including important Ming- and Qing-dynasty works of drama, Buddhist texts and other religious/philosop...
In the past, his father's company was facing bankruptcy, and his second uncle's family was eyeing them covetously. Lin said, "If the tiger doesn't show off, do you think I, Hello Kitty, will do?" She had schemed and schemed to stand out amongst the contestants, successfully marrying the famous Second Young Master Gu of the Li City. From then on, she would ascend to the peak of her life ... But one night, she was pushed into a corner by Second Young Master Gu. "Quiet and obedient? Simple and naive? "Mrs. Gu, which of these words has anything to do with you?" "Mr. Gu, the marriage is already concluded. What's the matter? You want to return the goods? " "I'm sorry, but I don't support retreating!"
At the end of the Warring States Period, the Qin Kingdom began to become more and more powerful after the Shang Martingale Change Method was adopted. After the internal strife of Lao Ai and Lu Buwei, the First Emperor, Ying Zheng, appointed Li Si as the prime minister, and Wang Jian and Huan Gonggong as the grand generals. This action infuriated all the people in the world. Some of them raised their hands to fight back, and the most powerful force was the Mo family. Since the Mo family had always followed the strategy of "loving each other but attacking each other", the world's righteous scholars all responded, and those who responded threw life and death away, and the people of the martial world all revered them as "ink people". Faced with the pressure of the Blizzard Qin, could the Mo family turn the tide? This was how a life-and-death duel would begin? [Previous Chapter] [Table of Contents] [Next Chapter]
After so many years of separation, Zhang Kuochuo had returned from overseas. He was no longer that poor student from the unknown higher vocational school that day. He found his birth parents and had a rich family background, so the man that came back was now a rich and handsome man. However, he had come back to make a blind date and then suddenly got married. Who would have thought that she would be the lucky woman? In the face of the proposal from her old classmate, Luo Qingli had concealed an important secret from her many years ago. However, after the marriage, he realized that the wedding had been a mistake. Zhang Kuochuo had stumbled upon the secrets of that year one step at a time, but in the end, he had discovered that the truth was actually related to him. He had thought that she was only here to help her classmate. He hadn't expected that she would actually return to repay her gratitude ...
Everyone called her stupid, laughed at her because she was ugly, and bullied her for being stupid! She was the grand young mistress of the Duke's Mansion, but she dared to shit on her head even when she was a servant! In the 21st century, the policewoman came over, and the scenery was beautiful and beautiful. The slut evil girl stood by the side, and the heartless prince didn't come again! Mad Phoenix defied the will of the heavens. Cultivating the cannon emplacement, gathering talent, and building weapons! Whoever bullies her will die a horrible death, whoever insults her will die a horrible death!
An ordinary person was neither a male god of science nor a literary hegemon. He was transported to a country with no overlapping histories. He didn't want to be a gentleman, so he couldn't do it either! If you want to be a bad person and have a little conscience, you can only use limited knowledge as a springboard to develop yourself. There was bitterness and laughter, and fear of death, but he had experienced many things. It was not loyalty, but there was also a sense of loyalty. It was just an ordinary person. It was just a good platform for him to have a lot! Empty history! Close]