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Just stunned shame

By: Ulrich Sollmann
16-02-2013
intercultural, News, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just stunned shame

some days again an Indian was raped and brutalized sexually abused. This time it was a 6 year old little girl. I can`t find any words to talk about just to post the link to the Times of India.

At the same time I want to bring into mind again how often this happens mostly to woman and girls, not only in India. You read about sexual raping and abuse all over the world: Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran but also in Europe and the US.

What kind of rude affect and psychological state of mind and political interest is hidden?

What does this mean considering the fact that we do no longer live in the middle ages?

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-15/delhi/37118961_1_b-d-athani-joint-probe-falak

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Chinese and American body language differences, new perspectives

By: Ulrich Sollmann
03-02-2013
Body language, intercultural, society

Chinese and American body language differences, new perspectives

There has always been a comfortable zone felt by native speakers and so they don’t feel any difficulty in communicating with each other. But when a foreigner tries to communicate with a native of a country, action speaks louder than words. Lot of things like body language, facial expressions, gestures come into picture. Let us deal with the differences in body language between China and America in this article. Before we start, why China and America? Well, both these nations are totally different in terms of their culture and both have equal business opportunities in each other’s nations and so it has become mandatory if you are doing a business in China or plan to settle down in America or anyway around.

There are lots of cultural differences between Chinese and

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Disentanglement of the nonverbal clew

By: Ulrich Sollmann
24-01-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, society

 

Disentanglement of the nonverbal clew

Last week I had a funny experience and I want to share it. I was invited by Deutsche Welle, the German international broadcasting company,  for an interview on body-language and nonverbal communication between the German chancellor Angela Merkel and the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Such an interview is quite ……

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Our dreams are different……

By: Ulrich Sollmann
23-01-2013
intercultural, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our dreams are different……

When I saw these photoes which a Chinese friend of mine showed to me I was not really shocked by the information (because I already had experienced the same here in Germany), but really felt a pity about those difficulties in relating to each other even if you want to do or you have to.

These difficulties can be seen all over the Western countries. How will it be in China concerning Western students living and studying in China?

Who can tell?

I also felt ashamed imagening the feelings of those CHinese students who show up on those photoes. How do they feel? Especially being together with other students and not really meeting them, not really touching them or being touched.

http://2011.soulofathens.com/our-dreams-are-different/not-here-or-there-1.html

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Feelings: good or elusive?

By: Ulrich Sollmann
21-01-2013
Body language, intercultural, nonverbal communication, psychology, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feelings: good or elusive?

Last Friday I visited the studio of Deutsche Welle in Bonn. That is the German international Broadcasting. I was invited for an interview on the issue of body language and nonverbal communication, concerning the difference between Germany and China.

I was asked general questions on the issue and very specific questions on the difference of behavior of Angela Merkel und Wen Jiabao.

While waiting at the Chinese editor`s office ………

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What is harmony?

By: Ulrich Sollmann
19-01-2013
intercultural, nonverbal communication, psychology, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is harmony vs. cohesion?

China is famous and well-known for the basic value “harmony”. In former times and today. Harmony characterizes philosophy, culture, society and politics. It seems that life is harmony, or it should be like this.

The concept of harmony in Chinese culture comes from music. Confucianism played a key part in the formulation of the earliest form of Chinese music, Qin. Qin music illustrates the concept of harmony through its techniques such as the level of pressure and the speed of tempo, which symbolize Yin and Yang and the different temperature in the four seasons. (If you want to read more look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_Harmonious_Society) ………Music, under Confucian concepts, has the power to transform people to become more civilized and the goal of music is to create balance within individuals, nature and society. Leading people “back to the correct direction in life” not only

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With creativity against smog

By: Ulrich Sollmann
16-01-2013
intercultural, News, nonverbal communication, society

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With creativity against smog

well Bejing just like other big cities in China suffer from terrible smog and air pollution. We often experience similar smog over here in Germany and Europe. Thus not as intensive as people in China have to endure.

There is another interesting difference between China and Europe. It is the way how people react to this. Over here we protest, we demonstrate for better air. We criticize politics and companies and of course all those car drivers, who better could take the train in these days.

But we are not as creative as the Chinese are when you look at the wonderfully made masks.

Have a look and enjoy. But don`t forget, good air, healthy breathing is one important base to live on or to live by.

http://german.china.org.cn/environment/txt/2013-01/16/content_27704342.htm

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If you are…………

By: Ulrich Sollmann
13-01-2013
intercultural, society

“If you are in a hurry or go slowly,

the road always remains to be the same”

old chinese proverb

 

„Ob du eilst oder langsam gehst,

der Weg bleibt immer derselbe.

 chinesisches Sprichwort

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Meet Dr. Freud

By: Ulrich Sollmann
08-01-2013
intercultural, psychology, society

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Dr. Freud

ABSTRACT: LETTER FROM CHINA about increasing demand for psychoanalysis among the Chinese. Writer tells about Elise Snyder, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Yale who, in 2001, began recruiting American analysts to provide analysis to Chinese patients over the Web via Skype. The concept of discussing private troubles and emotions with a stranger runs counter to some powerful Chinese beliefs. For most of Chinese history, mental illness carried a stigma of weakness

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As stress grows, modern Chinese turn to Western psychotherapy

By: Ulrich Sollmann
07-01-2013
intercultural, psychology, society

As stress grows, modern Chinese turn to Western psychotherapy

When Li Xianyun began working as a psychiatrist at Hui Long Guan Hospital in Beijing in 1991, she did not discuss her job in public. People thought it was strange, she says, and they assumed she worked in an insane asylum. Now, those she meets are eager to learn more about her profession.

“If I tell them I’m a psychiatrist and talk about my job, they show ………….

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