Chinese People--- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Chinese don't show emotion easily.  They rarely "burst into laughter". A joke that will bring down the house in the West may only get a cordial chuckle out of Chinese. But when your host one day, gives out a hearty laugh with you, you know you are getting a friend.

Foreigners show their anger but Chinese remember the humiliation. Chinese may know more about your culture than you know about theirs. Chinese know Mickey Mouse and McDonald's but do you know Monkey King or Long Hua Chicken Don't believe in Chinese movies that win Cannes or other international movie awards.  If real life is depicted in those movies, they will not win awards.  And if they do win awards, there will surely be no Chinese audience.  So far, there has yet to be seen, a Chinese movie transforming real life into art.

When you go to rural areas where people see few foreigners, you will attract attention.  Don't assume they think as you think.  They are wondering why your eyes are blue, your nose is big and then, why you are wearing such outlandish clothing or such serious suits.  They will wonder how Polaroid can give you immediate pictures. They are not wondering what it would be like if they were in your shoes.