Cultural Differences Between Chinese And American Immigrants

As globalization coming, communicating are more and more widely, greeting custom is different from the Chinese and the American because of cultural exists. The cultural differences exist between the Chinese and the American in how to express thanks and responses thanks and responses. The word “Thank you” is widely used in English to show gratitude in such case as being invited, helped, given a gift,etc. Chinese may not say word like “thank you” very often but just smile and nod. This would leads to a misunderstanding if they are dealing business in United States. Chinese people have less skin contact than American during first greeting to show their respect. They we bow to a 15 degree angle to a stranger while dealing a business.