cultural differences - Hao Hao Report

The Voices of Time

I've met so many foreigners in China who've been highly aggravated by the lack of forewarning they get for both official and private functions. I'm sure every foreign teacher has...

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ndmagxian

4 months 2 days ago

time concepts

cultural differences

foreign teachers in china

expats

chinese

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Top Ten Myths About China in 2012 : The New Yorker

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For China, 2012 was a humbling year. When the history of China's reform era is written, this moment may prove to be a pivot point, a time when the myths...

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Ryan

5 months 2 weeks ago

5 months 1 week ago

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Political inoculation and personal empathy in China

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A student's recent rant about self-immolating Tibetans made me start thinking of the ways in which empathy works a little differently in China.

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Joel

1 year 2 months ago

cultural differences

China

Good Samaritan

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The first time I used a squat toilet

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I did everything I could to avoid using squat toilets, including running all the way from a restaurant back to my apartment when my stomach had an argument with one...

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Humour

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Travis

1 year 3 months ago

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Lying, “Lying” and Mainland China

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A cross-cultural communication double-whammy: Chinese communication style that's often *mistaken* for deception, and a society where deception is routine.

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Joel

1 year 6 months ago

culture

chinese culture

communication

cross-cultural communication

lying

cultural differences

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Raising kids in China

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Rookie LLW blogger Katie shares her thoughts on the pros and cons of choosing to raise little laowai children in China. Great topic and great comments.

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Ryan

3 years 5 months ago

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The Cultural Challenges of putting American kids in Chinese preschools

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A Taiwan-American couple pulled their first kid out of Chinese preschool after two years of failing to thrive. Now they're trying again in Taiwan with the second kid. The (fully...

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Warnings

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Joel

3 years 8 months ago

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Defining "You" (worldview differences a la The Geography of Thought)

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Reflections on East-West differences in self-understanding as presented by psychologist Richard Nisbett's in "The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... And Why".

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Joel

4 years 4 months ago

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The Thinking Behind the Spitting

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A funny-in-an-appalling-sort-of-way conversation about spitting last week in Chinese class uncovered an interesting thought category difference between our Chinese teacher and her North American students. So without further ado, read...

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Joel

4 years 5 months ago

860
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