Group- CHINA

Tanzina Kabir
Moushumi Khan
MD Johirul Islam

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Color or Symbol that represent China

Yellow symbolized royalty and power of the throne.
Red is the Chinese national color and represents

happiness, beauty, success and good fortune.

Green symbolizes money.
Black, corresponding to water, is a neutral color.
White, corresponding with metal, represents

gold and symbolizes brightness, purity, and fulfillment.

Language of China
In China there are at least eight different linguistic groups, in
addition to hundreds of dialects and variations. Most of the times they
are not mutually understandable.
The official language is Mandarin Chinese.

Sports and Hobby

The number one hobby in China is stamp collecting.
Popular sports include table tennis, badminton,
martial arts, and various forms of pool.
China's professional sports are in its developmental
stages.
They also may consist of hacky sack, or ping pong during their free
time.
Now a days Football and Basket ball is also becoming popular.

Holiday and Festival

There are seven official holidays in China. Five of these are three-day holidays. There are two week-long
national holidays in China: Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, in January or February, and National Day
holiday, which is the first week of October.
Traditional Chinese festivals are an important part of the country's history and culture, both ancient and modern.
Most important festivals are
Chinese New Year
Lantern Festival
Qingming Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Mid Autumn Festival
Chongyang Festival
Winter Solstice
Laba Festival

Clothing Chinese people wear

The three main types of traditional Chinese clothing are the pien-fu,
the ch'ang-p'ao, and the shen-i.
Today, Fashion designers use a mixture of traditional and
modern ideas to create new fashions.
These new fashions also incorporate
age-old motifs such as guardian deities,
lions, and masks of Chinese opera characters.
Chinese bronze is another source of printed,
woven, embroidered, and applied design for clothes

Food Chinese people eat

Rice is a major staple food in China.
Chinese people eat rice almost every day
for meals.
Noodles are a basic staple food in China.
Chinese people love noodles very much,
especially in the north.
Tofu, or bean curd, is a food of Chinese origin.
Chinese people basically eat all animals meat.
Every part of the animal can be eaten, be it meat, skin, fat, blood, or entrails
Vegetables are, in general, the second most fundamental part of Chinese cuisine, after rice.
Chinese people also like eggs to eat.

Interesting Facts about China

It is rude to point or indicate people/things with your index finger.
Instead, use your open palm.
Always leave something on your plate at the end of the meal otherwise
you may find that your host continues to serve you more food.
The first calendar and ice cream were discovered about 2000
B. C. in China.
China has one of the worlds oldest and most varied cooking
traditions.
Kite was invented by Chinese about 3,000 years ago.
Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for
emperors only.

The cultural dimension of Geert Hofstede

High power distance
High collectivism
Low feminism
High uncertainty avoidance
Pessimism is high

The cultural dimension of Richard Gesteland

China has a relationship focused business culture.
Hierarchical (formal) cultural . Our culture tend to be organized in hierarchies reflecting major
differences in status and power.
People of china have the tendency to miss deadlines and tend to value loose scheduling as well as
business meetings where several meetings-within-meetings may be taking place simultaneously. A
positive effect of this is that the meetings are more flexible and it is more room to be innovative and
creative. Which represent chinas fluid time culture.
Reversed culture. People of china tend to be more soft-spoken, they feel at ease with silence during
a conversation to not overlap someone that is talking. Appreciate silence during a conversation.

The cultural dimension of Edward T. Hall

China is most definitely a high context culture. Communication is frequently
indirect, and requires a deep understanding of the cultural context in order to
be able to properly interpret what others are saying and doing.
China has polychromic time orientation. time orientation is inextricably
linked to interpersonal relationships. Time is flexible and fluid simply because
relationships and personal connections take precedence over schedules, time
keepers and appointments.

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