Comments on: How to Interact with Foreigners, and other Olympics Propaganda

By: Crystal Tao

Crystal Tao — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:28:42 +0000

This is a very good example of cultural differences. Going to use it as a reference in some of my posts ))

By: sarah

sarah — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:55:50 +0000

Great post, I put a link to your site in one of my blog posts, fyi. Keep it up!

By: zach

zach — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:06:49 +0000

And they don’t say what is the proper behaviour toward tibetan monks or burma students?? Hit them? Don’t watch the Olympics! Don’t support the hipocrisy

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:02:39 +0000

The Olympics is China’s coming out party of sorts, it’s first steps into the modern world. China’s trying hard to enter a new age. It’s sad to see that instead of help, the developed nations try at every turn to criticize and downplay China.

How willing to you think China and it’s people will be to change when the views of “people” like “Tiannamen” seem to be the norm in the west?

By: Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:31:30 +0000

I really encourage you to learn Chinese before translating Chinese.

Online dictionaries? Seriously?

What path of thinking did you use when you decided to label etiquette posters as political propaganda?

And if you’re going to critisize Western etiquette, maybe you should research what basic Western etiquette is first.

By: NickMacnab

NickMacnab — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:39:54 +0000

Those walking rules aren’t abnormal. I was taught those same things as the proper way to walk in groups. It’s good etiquette.

By: phauna

phauna — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:51:50 +0000

Men are supposed to walk on the street side of a lady so as to take the brunt of any splashed water or mud from passing cars. It’s kind of old fashioned chivalry.

By: cjudah

cjudah — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:43:22 +0000

Or the walking of people is out of being polite. Men should walk next to the sidewalk with women so that nothing has the potential to splash etc. Fucking read up on being polite to people.

By: bepp

bepp — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:45:42 +0000

I wish they would hand out pamphlets in the same way, addressing foreigners’ behaviour whilst in China.

By: Beijinger

Beijinger — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:13:35 +0000

Idiots! you think these are rules created to keep foreigners at a distance while these are common etiquette for Chinese people that have nothing to do with the Olympics. Authorities are just reminding people to behave well during the Games according to existing and already widespread traditions. People who don’t research this shoudln’t try to interpret stuff without knowing the basic background info.