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Cultural etiquette in China – balancing between being society-bound and independent

The People

Deeply rooted in Chinese society is the need to belong and conform to a unit, whether the family, a political party or an organization. The family is the focus of life for most Chinese. Age and rank are highly respected. However, to the dismay of older people, today’s young people are rapidly modernizing, wearing blue jeans and sunglasses, drinking Coke and driving motorbikes.

Meeting and Greeting

  • Shake hands upon meeting. Chinese may nod ……………
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An aesthetical analysis of body language in conversation

HUANG He 1, ZHAN Qi-yi 2, ZHANG Yi-jun 1 (School of Liberal Arts, Kunming Science and Engineering University, Kunming 650224,China)  
Aesthetical analysis of body language in a conversation is an important part of the aesthetical judgment analysis of conversational discourse, which includes the nice look of facial expression as its outer form and the meaning implied in such expression, the outer beauty of posture expression and meaning conveyed by such language. The role played by both facial expression and posture expression in discourse, during a conversation, is to aid, verify, impress or remove. Facial expression and posture expression, which is of aesthetical evaluation should be conformed to discourse and context. The relationship between signifier and the signified of body language is an expressive one. $$$$
 
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Western body painting

Last week there was the world bodypainting-festival with the world championship in different categories in Austria. The world awards were presented to more than 40,000 visitors. Artists from more than 40 nations joined the competition for the world champion titles.

Body-painting is body-language and nonverbal communication! Body-painting also is a kind of fashion, a kind of self-presentation. Body-painting also is some kind of art.

To be honest I feel much more familiar with this kind of skin-message than the message of……………………

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Chinese sun bathing 

 since some years you will find more and more masked faces, probably women`s faces, along the beaches in China. The Austrian media “Standard” notes this today. Chinese women tend to cover their faces in order to keep their white skin safe. That means: white. And only a white face. The rest of the body can get coloured by the sun.

Why do Chinese women do this since some years? How can you explain the growing trend to cover the faces with such a plastic mask? Why only the face, and not the rest of the body?

In Western countries their was such a habit ………………….

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The first impression 2

The first impression influences the relationship you can call it the chemistry between the people. It “defines” if you like someone or not.
This first impression is very resistant to “good arguments”. If you e.g. like someone  by the first impression you will not be easily convinced by others and “good arguments” that this person is as good or as competent as you feel it from the point of view of the first impression. This functions also in the other way around: if you do not like sommeone from the first impression, there is quite a lot of resistance to arguments which try to convince you about the opposite.

Even if the first impression is so important you can never train or prepare well enough for this moment. It happens as it happens. It is as it is. The only way you can prepare a bit is to be open for this dynamic, for this to happen and for this to occur.

So one important step you can do is, to at least let youself  fall down in the situation you are in. To give in to your feelings, to your way of keeping up grounding in the moment you are in.
And don’t forget: There is never a second chance for the first impression 😉

But also be sure, that another first impression can occur. Be open for it and do not feel too desparately. This what happens is human. And this happens to everybody around you.

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Mc-body-reading

At least in Germany body-language is a very popular issue. People often think that you can analyse someone very quickly in order to know what to do and how to behave. Or in order to be prepared about the others acting and behaving.

But there is a big misunderstanding about body-language and body-reading. Far too often body-language is regarded to be useful under the photographic perspective.

This means:

If you look at someone, see his actual gesture that this gesture always has the same meaning and when you can identify this gesture and the meaning that you know what it’s all about.

But this can be true but it does not have to be true. This photographic kind of body reading seems to be popular because it misleads to a, I will call it, instant body-reading.

Body-language has to be of course regarded, and I hope you will agree to this, under various perspectives. At least it is always as I told you about some weeks ago, expression of the other and my own impression as observer. And of course result of the specific culture.

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Rescuing hug

Nonverbal communication accompanies us from the very beginning. It does not start in the moment of birth. It is some kind of subtile, on-going, very sensibel and convincing interchange between mother and (unborn) child. Sceíentific research proofs this as an overall phenomena in all cultures. It is something which mirrors an important nature of humans. Here is one very interesting example for this.

The article details the first week of life of a set of twins. Apparently each were in their respective incubators and one was not expected to live. A hospital nurse fought against the hospital rules and placed the babies in one incubator. When they were placed together, the healthier of the two, threw an arm over her sister in an endearing embrace. The smaller baby’s heart stabilized and temperature rose to normal.

Scientific research proofs the overal benefit of this kind of bonding, that means the deep influence which direct body contact has on man. One researcher, Mary Whalen, reports the following benefits:

  • Decreased number of apnea problems
  • Improved blood-oxygen levels
  • Increased weight gain
  • Better feeding
  • Greater temperature regulation
  • Decreased agitation
  • Decreased length of hospital stays and likelihood of re-admission

So just have a look if you want to get to know more about.

http://www.planetdeb.net/spirit/rescue.htm

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/hug.asp

http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2011/05/the-rescuing-hug/

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Body language of goal keepers (football EM)

today I wrote something in German about the two very important goal keepers and their body language. You are welcome to have a look here. It´s my column at tagesspiegel online.

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/fussball-em/der-koerperleser-stoiker-und-hampelmaenner-die-koerpersprache-der-torhueter/6810036.html

 

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Angela Merkel´s body language video-

All media write, talk and comment about Angela Merkel´s politics and behavior coping with the crisis. She polarizes whenever she talks about her political behavior, decisions and strategy. One side of the media reaction agrees, the other one disagrees completely. Some months ago many voices argued about her leadership. Those voices mirrored the opinion that she was not a leader at all.

Well she is a leader.

Well she shows this since ……………………

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Writing Chinese graphics – video-

…..is communication and art and body language. It is not only writing down a letter, a word or a graphic. Here is a little video from China Day Düsseldorf 2012, where you can get a little impression about the needed concentration, awareness and body tension.

watch?v=BlrEW_hrvsY

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