Chinese culture and foreign trade

　　"China is a country with long history and rich culture, the archaeological finds are part of China's cultural heritage, and are cream of China's ancient civilizations. People both at home and abroad are sure to be proud of the brilliant Chinese culture."
　　"As the Chinese economy expands further, more foreigners will see the palpable benefits of being conversant with its language and culture if not for its intrinsic value, at least for economic advantage." As the Chinese economy forges ahead, the culture of the land is entering upon a new period of flowering with the result that its impact and allure on the world at large is growing apace The whole world rings with the praises of Chinese culture.
　　Foreigners who are interested in the development of Chinese culture and economics might also be interested in this discussion. This is Mr. Smith’s first visit in China. He doesn't know beans about Chinese culture and their way of life. The businessman who knows Mandarin but not Chinese culture is obviously unaware that his behavior is considered rather rude in Chinese etiquette.
　　However, once they are in China and before they can strike it rich, they may find that what is "no enough" includes their command of the Chinese language and knowledge of current affairs and Chinese culture. First he should learn Chinese culture and value
　　It would help you successfully communicate with the Chinese to get a glimpse of the culture and habits in their contacts. "In the East, especially in East Asia where Chinese culture was the mainstream, there were many illuminating examples of creativity and inventiveness in 5,000 years of Chinese history." Being able to write Chinese words and engage in simple conversation in Mandarin by no means indicates that a person understands Chinese culture. "People who know the Chinese language but are ignorant of Chinese culture, or do not know the Chinese language but have translated information on Chinese culture, will not be able to truly understand their own culture." "Chinese language is the key to Chinese culture which includes calligraphy, paintings, ceramics, literary classics, history and others."
　　The transmission of Chinese culture to non-Chinese is made more difficult.Deeply influenced by the national culture, the characteristics of the Chinese people are different from those of other nations. The Chinese people are deeply influenced by Confucianism and Taoism. Confucius, Lao Zi and Mencius are the figures who have the deepest influence on the formation the Chinese culture. One’s age and experience is attached of great importance in Chinese culture. It would show more sincerity for cooperation if you send senior persons of high positions to attend the talks. And the third, the leaders of the state –owned enterprises, who are deeply influenced by the traditional Chinese culture . The Chinese culture treasures the ability to sympathize with other people (in Chinese, tong qing literally means ″to have same feelings″) and to recognize their value and dignity without regard to their social status.
　　"In the evolution of Chinese culture, the norm had always been the interaction and intermingling of Confucianism and Taoism." To understand the “rites” of Chinese people, you have to first learn about the Chinese culture.Though a box of moon cakes is inexpensive, it shows your identification of the Chinese culture, through which the clerks would be deeply aware of your empathy. All these problems are actually related to the Chinese culture.
Dragon is an evil monster in English, but it represents emperor in the Chinese culture. Phoenix, a beautiful bird, stands for empress. Both animals symbolize nobility and power.
　　Some magpies was singing in the tree when I left home for the first time, a good omen in Chinese culture.
　　The Yellow River is the cradle of ancient Chinese culture. Weaving beautiful fairy tales out of entrancing natural phenomena is responsible for some of the best literary and artistic creations in what loosely is referred to as Chinese culture and they are eternally gratifying to man's aesthetic sense
　　It is said that the Chinese are family-oriented, and family occupies an important position in the people is hearts, which manifests the cohesion of the Chinese culture. All these questions actually contain the concept of family of the Chinese culture.
　　"It underscores the supreme importance of the family in Chinese culture, and aimed at strengthening the sense of togetherness and cohesion."
　　You should take notice of the taboos on colors in the Chinese culture when choosing the appropriate packing paper. Different colors represents different meanings in different countries and nationalities. In China , red represents luck., wealth , good fortune and joy.. While in westerners’ idea, red is the color of the blood, shows impulsion, aggression and turmoil. So Chinese people like wearing red clothes during joyous festival, while westerners generally choose blue, because they feel that blue represent calm.
　　To understand them, one must have some understandings of the Chinese culture. By doing so, it would be easy to understand the thoughts and behavior of the Chinese people. Although the Chinese culture is an integrated whole, there lie great differences between the regional culture and the culture of various nationalities in China, owing to its broad territory and a great number of nationalities. China has 56 nationalities, each of which has its own characteristics, which influence each other, forming the various and colorful Chinese culture. The age-old Chinese culture becomes a strong bond for ethnic harmony and national unity The cultures of various regions are not completely identical, and are even quite different sometimes. You should treat such varied and colorful Chinese culture flexibly. Despite of its great internal differences, the Chinese culture shares some general characteristics as an integrated whole. "Only when we are well versed in both the Chinese language and culture can we truly appreciate the depth of Chinese culture, which dates back a few thousand years."
　　However, as a complicated phenomenon, the Chinese culture which have deep influence on the people for thousands of years would On the contrary, it has played an important role in many fields. The Chinese culture not only contains the culture of various nationalities, but also absorbs and borrows foreign culture. As foreign thoughts and culture are introduced to China, the Chinese also start to get some understanding of foreign culture. Changes have also taken place in the Chinese culture. Therefore, you will probably meet many things that seem to be familiar when operating enterprises in China, but they have been changed under the influence of the Chinese culture. This is probably what we usually call the “cultural trap”.