Taylor Gentry

Chinese Culture
Topic: Chinese culture and stereotypes
Thesis: Chinese culture is vastly different from here in the U.S., but how we stereotype
the Chinese people blinds us from the unique lifestyle of the Chinese culture.

1. Introduction
a. The world is very diverse when it comes to culture. What one culture finds
to be normal, other cultures could have a different view on the subject.
Chinese culture is vastly different from the culture here in the U.S. and the
stereotypes that we made for the Chinese culture are false. Most people
only know what is around them and have not experienced living in a
different culture.
Transition: Now that I have told you my topic, I will give you information on the culture
of China and what has made it what it is today.
2. First Point: Interesting facts about Chinese culture
a. One-Child Policy
i. Limited the family to one child
1. If China did not make this law the living standards in China
would go down (Hesketh, Lu, & Xing, 2005)
ii. Ultrasound
1. People started to use ultrasound to find the gender of their
baby
a. Families would sometimes abort the child if it was a
female
2. A law passed in 2001 that made it illegal for doctors to
reveal the results from the ultrasound
a. Families would bribe doctors for the information
iii. Change to the Birth
1. If one parent was a single child, then the family was
allowed to have 2 children
b. Relationships
i. First impression is everything
ii. Parents often are involved with their childs relationships
iii. When two people get married they also share their friends and
social lives with each other.
c. Arts
i. Yin Yang symbol
1. A sign of forming a whole
a. Night and day
b. Man and woman
ii. Kung Fu

1. Means human Achievement

iii. Traditional ways
1. Chinese arts is a lifestyle
2. Chinese art is taken very seriously
Transition: China culture is unique and with now knowing a little about their culture, I
am going to show you a clip of how they are represented in American society.
3. Second Point: Stereotypes about Chinese culture
a. Chinese people are portrayed poorly in American TV shows and cartoons.
i. When cartoons are made they use stereotypes so people will be
able to easily tell what ethnicity they are
b. Some stereotypes that I can talk about
i. All look the same
ii. Good at math
iii. Gambling
iv. Poor English
v. Illegal operations
c. People shouldnt base their views on a certain culture because of some
stereotype.
4. Conclusion
a. Chinese culture is very different from American culture, but what we see
in America shouldnt stereotype what the Chinese culture truly is. People
often base their opinions of a certain culture on the stereotypes that people
have made up based on their own opinion. Dont think different about
someone because of a stereotype that someone has given to that culture.