The difference between the Chinese and the Japanese
This is a story I heard from my Chinese friend living in Japan. When his professor studied in China, he became good friends with his Chinese roommate. One day he noticed his dictionary was gone and found out that the roommate was using without his permission. When he complained about that, the roommate answered, "I thought you were a good friend of mine."
My Chinese friend said that this incident was a good example showing the distance between people in both countries. In his opinion, the Japanese people are not so intimate as the Chinese people and they tend to keep a certain distance from others.
What do you think? Do you think the Japanese people are rather distand compared with people in other countries?
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Thank you for the correction. That Japanese can be more Chinese than Chinese themselves is a new idea to me.
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The difference between the Chinese and the Japanese
This is a story I heard from my Chinese friend living in Japan. When his professor studied in China, he became good friends with his Chinese roommate. One day he noticed his dictionary was gone and found out that the roommate was using without his permission. When he complained about that, the roommate answered, "I thought you were a good friend of mine."
My Chinese friend said that this incident was is a good example showing the distance between people in both countries. In his opinion, the Japanese people are not so intimate friendly as the Chinese people and They tend to keep a certain distance from others.
What do you think? Do you think the Japanese people are rather distand distant compared with people in other countries?
Borrowing anything without permission is not OKAY! Remember the Chinese saying...不問自取是為賊也! Japanese sometimes are more Chinese than Chinese themselves. Here's another cultural difference... Why is it honourable to commit seppuku in Japanese culture and not in Chinese culture even though Japanese culture are 90% bought wholesale from the Chinese?
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I think Japanese young people can be very close to each other, but there is a prerequisite: they share certain common things such as belonging to the same group, having the same values, etc. Maybe the difference is just that they need a little more such common things than people from other countries.
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