Scoobyqueen Posted April 19, 2009 at 08:10 PM Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 at 08:10 PM When visiting China, I am always looking for different gift ideas that are unusual and typically non-Chinese but not tied to the country I live in (since I am not German). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renzhe Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:04 PM I've seen these, they seem to be popular with Germans living/working in China. My girlfriend found them funny. I do think that some of those are specific to Germany vs. China (as opposed to east vs. west), though. Think "punctuality", "bratwurst", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerri Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM I used some of them in my teaching, and the interpretations of some Chinese students were really interesting... many things were understood very differently. And, to be honest, I don't like it all that much because it's way too stereotyping for my taste. Case in point: We just recently found that I'm extremely good at not approaching problems, answering questions, directly, as it's supposedly typically German... Some graphics are also a bit too much oriented on German/European standards for graphical representation of certain things (tea kettle vs. coca-cola, noise represented by oscillator graph...) Still, with the usual pinch (or kg) of salt, some interesting food for thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM Report Share Posted April 19, 2009 at 10:48 PM I liked them thanks for sharing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCinChina Posted April 20, 2009 at 01:53 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 01:53 AM Thanks for the link. It's great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdavid Posted April 20, 2009 at 02:55 AM Report Share Posted April 20, 2009 at 02:55 AM Great find, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted April 21, 2009 at 02:49 PM Report Share Posted April 21, 2009 at 02:49 PM I especially liked the 'party' one :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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