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¡¡¡¡7. Break an appointment. When you make an appointment, you should make sure that you will be there on time. If you are late or can not go to the appointment, you should call to either delay or cancel the appointment as soon as possible. If you did not obey the time of an appointment, or without an appointment, break into other people¡¯s working area or room without permission, this is fall short of western culture, they thought those actions are lack of civility.
¡¡¡¡8. Misuse of appellation. Without title to say their surname, normally say teacher plus surname etc. This is not obeying western culture. Normally people did not say surname, when they introduce themselves, they usually say their given name. In school, you can say the teacher¡¯s name without calling him or her teacher. This is western culture rule. Even in the company in western countries, employee can talk to employers with their names without using the job title.
¡¡¡¡9. Greetings and farewells. When the Chinese people meet friends, they often say: ¡°have you eaten yet¡± or ¡°have you had your lunch¡±. This is a common Chinese greeting around meal time. If you say this with foreigners, it means hi or hello. But many foreigners feel unusual. To Americans, the greeting might mean this: ¡°I haven¡¯t either. Come on, let¡¯s go together and get something to eat,¡± in other words, it could indicate an invitation to a meal. There is a similar Chinese greeting, translate in English like ¡°where are you going¡± or ¡°where have you been?¡± the natural reaction of most English-speaking people to this greeting would most likely be ¡°it¡¯s none of your business.¡±
¡¡¡¡10. Ways of address. In recent years, the trend of many English-speaking people has been to address others by using the first name like Tom, Michael, Jane, etc. Rather than calling the person Mr.Summers, Mrs. Howards or Miss Jones. This is especially common among Americans, even when people meet for the first time. This applies not only to people of roughly the same age, but also of different ages. It is not at all uncommon to hear a child calling a much older person like Joe, Ben, May, Helen etc. This may even include the child¡¯s parents or grandparents. People of different social status do the same. For example, many college students call their professors by their first names. The professors do not regard this as a sign of disrespect or familiarity, but rather, as an indication that the professor is considered affable and has a sense of equality. This, of course, is quite counter to Chinese custom. One can imagine the reactions of adults if a child were to call a grandparent by his or her first name, or a student to do the same in calling a teacher. A quick reprimand, and possibly even a spanking for the child, would be sure to follow.
¡¡¡¡11. Compliments and praise .cultural difference also exist in who can be complimented. It would not be unusual to hear an American woman talking about how hard her husband works and how well he has done, about all the promotions and honors that he has received. She might do the same about a son or a daughter of hers, how bright he or she is, what good marks he or she makes in school, how active the child is in his\her stamp-collection group, when and where he or she performed in a concert, ect. In Chinese, this would be considered bad taste; one simple does not praise members of one¡¯s own family in front of other. Another example of a Chinese taboo is complimenting a man on his wife¡¯s looks. The remark ¡°you have a lovely wife¡± would be regarded as almost perfectly natural and even highly appreciated by westerners.
