Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture

With China being one of the largest sources of inbound tourists to Australia, the need to better understand Chinese culture has never been more highly emphasised by various organisations represented in Australian media, yet some cultural misreading with thinly-veiled value judgements are regular...

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Main Author: Li, Shi
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2013
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description With China being one of the largest sources of inbound tourists to Australia, the need to better understand Chinese culture has never been more highly emphasised by various organisations represented in Australian media, yet some cultural misreading with thinly-veiled value judgements are regularly discerned. Accordingly, a better cultural awareness is imperative for Australians to approach and understand Chinese people. This paper gives a brief review of the definitions of culture, its emergence and role in international relations. It then proceeds to the definition of Chinese culture and in particular, the turbulent history of modern Chinese culture. After a few preconceptions and misconceptions of Chinese culture in Australia are presented for discussion, finally some suggestions are made to help develop a historical and holistic view of Chinese culture.
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spelling usm-406452018-05-30T08:19:03Z http://eprints.usm.my/40645/ Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture Li, Shi P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) With China being one of the largest sources of inbound tourists to Australia, the need to better understand Chinese culture has never been more highly emphasised by various organisations represented in Australian media, yet some cultural misreading with thinly-veiled value judgements are regularly discerned. Accordingly, a better cultural awareness is imperative for Australians to approach and understand Chinese people. This paper gives a brief review of the definitions of culture, its emergence and role in international relations. It then proceeds to the definition of Chinese culture and in particular, the turbulent history of modern Chinese culture. After a few preconceptions and misconceptions of Chinese culture in Australia are presented for discussion, finally some suggestions are made to help develop a historical and holistic view of Chinese culture. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40645/1/Art1.pdf Li, Shi (2013) Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 9 (1). pp. 2-13. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Art1.pdf
spellingShingle P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
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Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title_full Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title_fullStr Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title_full_unstemmed Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title_short Some Reflections On How To Approach Chinese Culture
title_sort some reflections on how to approach chinese culture
topic P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
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