International Culture Assignment
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INTERNATIONALCULTURE
Table of ContentsIntroduction:...............................................................................................................................................1History:....................................................................................................................................................1Geography:..............................................................................................................................................1Speciality:................................................................................................................................................1Economy:.................................................................................................................................................2Cultural analysis of China:...........................................................................................................................2Unique culture of China:..............................................................................................................................3Business culture of China:...........................................................................................................................4Business culture comparison: China and Malaysia:.....................................................................................5Hofstede 5D cultural dimension analysis:....................................................................................................6Conclusion:..................................................................................................................................................7References:..................................................................................................................................................7
Introduction:China is the country that is located in east of Asia. It is one of the largest Asian countries and haslargest population in the world. It is the country that is associated the great history and gradual development of the country and the people over there provides the information about the culturaland technological aspects of the country. History:China is the country with very impressive and interesting history behind its development. It is thecountry that was one of the ancient civilizations and was rules by Shang dynasty at first in 1600 to 1046 BC (Law, 2012). The society of China has progressed from five different phases or stages. The first stage was the primitive stage that which follows with slave, feudal, semi-feudal and semi colonial stage. The people’s republic of china was founded in the year of 1949 and afterthat the county has become socialist society. Cultural Revolution was also conducted in china in order to make the country democratic. From the late 20th century, the country has experienced growth in different sectors and become the part of a successfully county list. Geography:As far as the geography of China is considered, it has been analysed that the company is situated at the southeast of Asia at the coastline of Pacific Ocean. The country has the area of around 9.6 million square kilometres along with the coastline of 18000 kilometres (Liu, Liu, Wang Zhang &Wang, 2013). The country is surrounded by 14 other countries. In terms of physical features, the country includes plateaus, basins, foothills, and plains, mountains etc. the China is basically divided into four parts that are north, south, north-west and Qinghai-Tibetan areas. Because of differences in the region, the people at different paces have different lifestyle and culture. In terms of river and mountains, China is very rich as it has many rivers and around 50,000 rivers have their drainage areas in China (Ryan & Gu, 2010). Speciality:As China is the very large country and has different cultures thus the specialities of the country also has wide range. It has been analysed that the Chinese food is very famous in all over the world. Chinese food is the major speciality of the country other than its technological equipment’s. Chinese Dim sum, dumplings, Hakka noodles are some of the dishes that are very famous in all over the world. Chinese cuisine is not only loved by the people in china but the
people in other countries also have Chinese cuisine restaurants (Cai, Jun & Yang, 2010). Other than noodle and dim sum, fried rice and roast duck of Beijing is also very famous. China is also famous for its antiques and silk. It is a shopping hub for the people who know how to shop. Economy:China is considered as the world’s second largest economy in terms of GDP. The economy of thecountry has experienced great growth in last decade. When the economic reform in China was started, the country was at ninth position in the world in terms of GDP but today it is at 2nd place.After economic reform, the country has become the hub for manufacturer in which the secondarysector has largest share (Archer, Francis & Mau, 2010). In recent years, it has been observed thatthe country is also experiencing growth in the tertiary sector. As far as the economic crisis are concerned, the country has gracefully handle it and shapes the good economy by 9% growth in GDP along with low inflation and sound fiscal policies. Now, the country is looking for foreign direct investment to enhance the level of their currency that is Yuan as a global reserve currency.The country is already come in contract with currency swapping with some of the countries and continuously experiencing the strength of Yuan in the market at global level (Yang, 2010). Still the country is facing so much of complications as it is difficult to become a major reserve currency. Cultural analysis of China:People: As far as the Chinese people are concerned, it has been analysed that there is some homogeneity of culture and characteristics that has been found in the Chinese people. The first quality that has been identified in the people of China is patience. They are very much patient in nature and this may be because of the historical viewpoints of China. But, if they are patient, they are also indifferent at the same time (Kipnis, 2011). Being indifferent is the virtue of their culture and it has been told me the parents to the kids to be indifferent. It may be because of the lack of legal protection. Being indifferent is not the natural characteristic but it develops because of the type of culture. As far as traditional Chinese values are considered, it has been analysed that Chinese people have respect for family, love, integrity, hard work but at the same time they are not very
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