I have had prejudice with Mainland China visitors like many Hong Kong people have. There are news about them behave improperly during their visits every weeks. They have done a lot of uncivilised behaviours such as ignoring the rules in anywhere and peeing in public. After an interview with a mainland china visitor, Mr. Lee, I realise that it may be a stereotyping and must be stopped in order to have less conflicts within Chinese and a harmonious society.
Before having the interview, I have asked some Hong Kong teenagers their opinions towards mainland Chinese. Most of them do not like them and think that they are unhygienic, uncivilised and impolite like what I think. This shows that many Hong Kong teenagers may have the same view as mine. They said they do not like mainland Chinese even though they have never visited mainland China. Then how come they can make a judgement? A reason to explain is that our thinking is affected by the media and the general public. The media has told us a lot of inappropriate behaviours that the mainland Chinese has done. And the general public has held a lot of protests and campaigns against the mainland Chinese. They felt that their interests are being affected through different means such as education and social welfares which will affect ours also. That is why there are more and more people hate them. I want to know about their views on us but it is just hard to find a mainland Chinese willing to accept the interview. After several hours, I found ain interviewee finally.
Mr. Lee is a visitor living in Guangzhou; this is his first time visiting Hong Kong. He was not willing to accept my interview before I said this is homework. The reason of this is that he was told that Hong Kong people feel h...
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...Chinese, our history, technology and institution network are different. We have been under governance by British so our culture has been affected by British culture and we have more advanced technology and different education as well. Therefore it is true that we are better educated and have a better living standard than some of the people in China.
It is inappropriate to have prejudice and stereotype towards other cultures. We should tolerate the differences in cultures and try to understand them more through various methods like researching on the Internet and have a chat with them directly. We should be intercultural competence during the conversation to prevent bad feelings of both of us. We should not have rude behaviours and show hatred towards other’s cultures. We should respect others; respect other cultures in order to have a better and harmonious society.
This is more important for a woman, as they are considered equal to men by the written law, but not necessarily by the spirit of the law. The first fact to be aware of is that if you are a woman in a leadership position going to China for a business trip, it is important that you are well prepared for the differences in culture. Passport to China provides a convenient example to demonstrate what the expectation is when sending a woman in a leadership position to China. It says, “An introduction letter that clearly indicates the female leader’s position, accomplishments, and credentials should be sent to China in advance” (p. 39). This implies that if a woman were to be present at a business meeting unexpectedly the Chinese participants may be surprised or even annoyed. Chinese businessmen normally assume that for a Westernized Women to be in power, she must be very competent at her job. When negotiating and speaking, the women in power should always be the first one to answer the questions, and not have the other attendees speak out of turn. A good tip to have when speaking with a Chinese man is that he will typically avoid eye contact with a woman. This a natural thing, that men commonly do when dealing with women in business. In the US it is considered acceptable to speak about women’s position of power outside of the workplace, but in China, it is
The treatment of Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Americans is often overlooked as the struggles of other ethnic groups in the United States take center stage in history. Many remember the plight of African-Americans and their struggle over basic civil liberties during the 19th and 20th centuries in America. However we shouldn’t forget that the Chinese were another group heavily discriminated against with the use of legal racism in the form of laws violating basic human rights and Sinophobe sentiments held by the American populace. After the “fall” of China to communism, anti-Chinese sentiments were only exacerbated due to the second Red Scare and the Communist witch hunts that it created. People of Chinese descent were another unfortunate target of racism in America’s long history of legalized racism.
In my first 19 years, I grew up in a small town in Northern China. My small hometown was lagging behind than some coastal city, such as Guangzhou and Shanghai, especially in social economy and education. Most of people live in my hometown have strongly stereotypes, for example girl should stay at home
Cultural diversity is in our workplace and schools; we may encounter stereotypes while communicating with others, even though we have different opinions toward other cultural values and beliefs. We can learn from another “culture”, but we have to respect their differences. I think in today society, people are stereotyped others based on their race and social class because we automatically judge another person without knowing them and assume they are a certain way. Everyone is different we identify ourselves with our own social beliefs, religious beliefs and racial traits and should not be judged because we are all different
Retrieved March 21, 2001, from the World Wide Web: http://english.peopledaily.com. Chinatown Online is a wonderful site with an abundance of information about China. http://www.chinatown-online.com/. Henslin, J. M. (1999). The Species of the Species. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach (4th ed.).
Anti-Chinese sentiment of the United States was influenced by a complex interaction of factors. The initial racism was a product of common culture and lingering racial tensions of the Civil War. Racist portrayals of Chinese coolie labor developed into a negative caricature of the Chinese. Their character and intent in the US were perpetually called into question. Simultaneously, economic elements promoted a dislike for the Chinese. A vast influx of Chinese workers were entering the US and “stealing” US gold and jobs. This public hostility towards Chinese immigrants evolved into a politicized
China was isolated from the outside world both economically and socially for over fifty years. Not only did foreigners curious about the forbidden country, but also Chinese people desired to learn about the world. After Deng xiao ping introduced new economic strategy, Chinese people were exposed to new information. The exquisite and technological products were almost a culture shock to those long “protected” people, and it implanted an idea to local people that Western products are the best of all, no matter where it is from or what it is. Chinese people, who have never been to other countries yet, had a fantasy of western society, which also made them to believe in the quality of western goods. The same formula worked in fast food industry. Surprisingly and ironically, people from late 90...
American people and Chinese people are all generally nice and friendly. Since I arrived here, I have had to use English and faced a completely new environment. Almost all Americans whom I have met are willing to help; they accompanied me to apply for my Wild Card (the student ID in our school), helped me answer phones, and explained things patiently to me. Without their help, I cannot imagine how I could have gotten through the first half year of my stay. To me, Americans are as nice as Chinese.
In common, Hong Kong people have a higher education level and life standard than Chinese because lots of Chinese never enjoy education. The uncivilized behaviors of Chinese are low cultural level, the Chinese label an international image “locust”. The adoption of national identity gives a rude image. Besides, Hong Kong youth place importance on personal image. The behaviors of the Chinese cannot be accepted and understand. Hong Kong youths are disagreeable the image and behaviors of Chinese, the acceptance level of national identity decrease. By the news, Hong Kong residents are angry and complain that many of the visitors come from mainland stock up on everything. The products can resell at a higher price in China. The mainland visitors increase to 50 million that while only thousand numbers in 2003. (Tsang, 2015) In my opinion, apart from the division of product resources, they also capture educational, medical and accommodation resources. Up to 70percentage of students in university are mainland Chinese. The most important worried things among teenagers are the future resource. The resource has been expensive and lacking. Furthermore, jump in the queue, talk loudly and defecate indiscriminately are seldom appeared since the universal education in the past. The mainland visitors reappear these situations and lead Hong Kong to become a degenerated society. The citizenship of Chinese is lower than Hong Kong too much and cannot be received. The uncivilized behaviors cause Hong Kong teenagers disdain the Chinese culture. The acceptance of Chinese identity will connect to the discourteous
First, I feel Chinese people are less friendly. In China, the front desk officers or the information desk officers are usually impatient and unwilling to answer others' questions. However, people in the United States are more friendly. Sometimes even strangers are willing to help me if I need some help. The front desk officers are usually with smile faces when I ask something.
To conclude, I think Xu Xi is successful to show the paradox of Hong Kong people over handover. On the one hand, we should be glad of it because we finally reunite with our motherland after about hundred years of colonial governance. On the other hand, we may feel little apprehension over the Chinese government. We may not be confident enough on the policy of "one country, two systems." Some other people, or even the majority, are similar to Uncle Cheuk, i.e. they are unconcerned about politics.
The very first important development for a successful country is to have a respectable education system for those who need it from the first day they are born into the world. We have to instill what we want in our people to reflect how we want our to development to appear. In china their school system has more of a strict structure for example, at Harbin Number One High School; students begin school at 7:00 a.m., and remain until 8:20 p.m. The seniors, preparing for their final examinations, stay later, even until 10:00 at night.(Rybak) In a Chinese school the day are much longer than an American school day. This means that Chinese student spend a lot more time in school which bring us to conclusion that Chinese are more advantaged then the American student in long run. This prepares them for college or even the young adult can be bio-lingual. Most American student usually attends school for seven hours each weekday and may forget what they have learned because it in instilled into the young adults’ heads like the Chinese do with their students.
All in all, the Chinese culture is vastly different than the culture we have in the west. Although that may be the case, we still have to learn and maintain a connection with the Chinese culture since we are so heavily involved in their economic system. Not only are we involved in theirs, they are greatly involved in ours. There are thousands of factories in China that make products to export to the United States. This means that we need to maintain a good connection with the Chinese culture in order to keep our “guanxi” positive with
In a nutshell, every culture is unique and special in its own way. It is just how we perceive it. There is always good and bad in everything. We as an educated and evolved generation should be wise enough to accept the good part and neglect the bad side of a particular culture. That way we can keep moving forward in life with a wonderful self-identity and life principles.
The portrayal of different cultures is a vast spectrum, from cultural appropriation to multiculturalism. Using a culture for profits or misinterpreting a culture without knowing the significance of that culture is an easy way to end up culturally appropriating. This is simply distasteful and abuse of a different culture. We must check ourselves in order to not commit this act and to remain respectful of different cultures. On the other end of the spectrum, multiculturalism is the proper way of bringing cultures together and helps to unify