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1、ChinaisemergingfrontandcenterontheglobaleconomicstageasanewmemberoftheWorldTrade,Organization(WTO)andtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO).Beijinghostedthe2008SummerOlympicsandShanghaiwillhostExpo2010.Moreover,Chinaisbecomingamajortradingnation.IsWesternculturereadytor
2、espectacountryknownprimarilyforpopulationcontrolandcommunism?ChineseCulture,WesternCultureassertsthatastheseeventsunfold,theWesternworldwillnaturallywanttoknowmoreaboutChina.Peoplewillhavetofilterthroughanexcessivesupplyofinformation,andinsomecases,misinformation
3、,tounderstandaculturethathastraditionallyheldsolittleoftheWesternworld'sattention.AndwhatarethedifferencesbetweenChinesecultureandwesternculture?ConceptionWesterncultureisbasedonindividualism.Forinstance,intheUS,youalwaystalkaboutindividualrights,insteadofplacing
4、thewholesocietyaboveyourownself.Chinesecultureisbasedonmasses(collectivism).Peopleplacedcountryandfamilyaboveyourownself.ConceptionWesterncultureisadventurousandexplorationbased.Westernersliketodiscovernewthings,inventionandexpandoutwards.Forinstance,bungeejumpin
5、gisconsideredadventurousandcommoninwesternculture.Chineseculturethatisbasedonhumanismandpeople.Youwillprobablyfindno-onedoingsuchathinginChina.ConceptionWestuseslawtoresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship.Youcanneverfind'law'well-establishedinChina.Chineseusesethic
6、sandtolerance(中恕之道)toresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship,.For2000years,Chinaisalandthat'sbasedonhumanrelationshipratherthanlaw.ConceptionWesterncultureisbasedonscience,whichattemptstoresolvepeopleandnature'srelationship.TheChineseattemptstofusethehumanand'heaven
7、'asone.(天人和一)toresolvetherelationshipbetwenmanandnature,ConceptionWestuses'god'andreligiontoresolvehumanandspiritualismrelationship.Incaseofproblemswithyourownself,youjustpraytogod.Chineseemphasizesinternalcultivationtoresolvehumanandspiritualism.ConceptionWester
8、ncultureisaculturethatexpandsanddevelopoutwards.ChinesecultureisAculturethatexpandsinternallyratherthanoutwards.Westernerhasmoreconceptiononspacethanonplace.Pe
