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Interrupting Communication 2

To begin with: Between China and western countries I think there is a big and important difference in living feelings, (cognitive) demands, (self-) control, a relationship and love. A difference which produces a lot irritation, disappointment, sadness, anger, hope and felling lost on the one hand or dependent on the other.

A week ago a friend of mine told me about his experience when the communication between his Chinese girl-friend and him was interrupted in a way which he could not understand and follow. They had had a relationship for say about one and a half years and they had been really in love with each other. After the relationship broke, they decided to go on being good friends but without a love-friendship. Both agreed ……………..

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China for kids

When I came across this website I felt like a kid. 😉

And at the same time I felt invited to learn more about China, the Chinese people and the Chinese culture by following the advice of this website in a very playful way. Playing and exploring always is like an adventure. and to be honest I am convinced that being part of an adventure help to vanish all obstacles, all resistance to any kind of intercultural problems. And being a child invites you to explore a culture more or less on a noverbal level. And this is the chance you and we have. Trust this playful, nonverbal approach to you and the other. Trust the stranger in yourself and make him familiar to yourself. 😉

Trust the child in yourself.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/china_for_kids.htm

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People are different

Yesterday I visited Yang Liu in Berlin. She told me an astonishing story about her little book “East meets West”. The book is announced to be part of intercultural communication. It is presented as an attempt for better understanding the two fields of culture: East and West, China and Germany.

Of course, if you remember the foto, which I posted some days ago, the book helps to support better understanding.

BUT Yang Liu wrote this little book as a diary. She told me…………………………..

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