Foreigners Watching Chinese Culture

Author: Zhu Xiaoxue
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This textbook enables students to master the linguistic expressions related to Chinese culture commonly used in international communication. In terms of content, it does not repeat the cultural and historical materials already taught in secondary education, avoiding monotony. It helps students understand foreigners' perspectives on Chinese culture. From the perspective of cultural comparison, it stimulates students' active thinking and discussion, thereby deepening their understanding of Chinese culture and learning to articulate their own views and positions more effectively, better introducing Chinese culture, promoting mutual understanding in international communication, and advancing China's foreign relations. Through cross-cultural comparison, this textbook strengthens students' sense of identity and awareness of their own culture; enhances students' sensitivity to cultural differences and communication behavior differences; helps students understand the communication behaviors of people from different cultural backgrounds in various contexts; guides students to decide on the choice of communication behavior, content, and methods based on the differences in cross-cultural communication contexts (time, place, communication partners, and topics); and assists students in analyzing, explaining, and resolving difficulties and problems arising from cross-cultural communication.