Sunday, November 4, 2007

Culture - East vs West (something to relax)

Understanding of Chinese/Asian culture vs. Western.........interesting research.

It also applies to all Asians, including the Indians, Japanese, Thais, Koreans, Indonesian, Malays, Dayaks, etc...

These icons were designed by Liu Young who was born in China and educated in Germany.
Blue --> Westerner Red --> Asian

Opinion


Way of Life


Punctuality


Contacts


Anger


Queue when Waiting

Sundays on the Road

Party

In the restaurant

Travelling

Handling of Problems

Three meals a day

Transportation

Elderly in day to day life

Moods and Weather

The Boss

What's Trendy

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hahaha! Funny comics!

Eastern & Western cultures have so much differences - we have to be very careful when we want to work in another cultural setting.

CambodianTim said...

These were great! I enjoyed them quite a bit - they are quite true! I may even want to share them! Thanks.

Elsie Owens said...

I had not lived in Korea for two years and traveled to other Asian countries I would not understand, but this definitely hit home. The descriptions are quite accurate.

Liz said...

Great way to view the cultural difference! Thanks!