If you marry a Chinese woman, then be prepared 😉
There’s an interesting and astonishing effect when marrying with a Chinese woman. Quite often when I talked to western men who married a Chinese woman, most of them agreed to the observed effect, which is like this:
Before the marriage Chinese women more often seem to be restrained, friendly, a little shy, ………
Read MoreForeigner? Who is the foreigner?
A good friend of mine who knowsChinavery well, told me two little stories, which I want to share with you. Maybe as a Chinese you know about this and maybe as a Westerner you’ll revitalize your stereotype thinking about Chinese:
Competetion for the best!
It is not a surprise what I heard yesterday at the Business and Investors Forum China 2013 in Düsseldorf / Germany. I visited a special panel discussion about the competition in looking for high qualified new entries in business. The presented information was not new at all. Again the executives panel speakers underlined one main – principal – difference between China and Germany:
“Insanity means doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result”.
Failure instead of discipline is necessary
如果能从失败中汲取教训，失败亦是成功。
Often people fear that they’re lost when they feel that efficiency and money as highest values. This happens often especially when you’re brought up in a culture of high discipline. In such an education, under such a development or in such a culture there’s no space for failure.
But to be honest; it’s very human, that ………..
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A hesitating gesture
Chinese, especially female Chinese, like to expose themselves being photographed. They place themselves right away in front of the camera and wait for the relieving pic to be taken. Often they face something around themselves in order to give an impression of being related to this or that. Just like the little girl being related to this beautiful lotus flower.
Two aspects strike my mind almost always when I am aware of such a scene. First they expose and relate but in a more or less hesitating gesture. If you look at the hands or arms of the little girl you will see what I mean. She reaches out, or better to say remains ………
Read MoreSelf or Self is the question 😉
“Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.”
Shakespeare
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Dancing in the sunset, in Berlin
Perhaps you remember, some days ago,what I explained about my really striking experiences watching Chinese people dancing in the park.
Let me tell you something about an experience which I had in Berlin, in Germany. If you watch the little video you can get a similar impression which I got in the park in Beijing or elsewhere in China.
It is not so often, that you see people dancing outside somewhere in a park in Germany. It is really seldom and if you watch the people dancing you’ll get an impression of nice movement, joyful dancing and smiling faces. But in contrast to ……….
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