Cultural Differences Between China And America

Contrast in Country
A country is a nation with its own common language, culture, race, government, religion, or history. China and America are both different in culture and their beliefs of how they should live. As cultures have different systems thinking, sometimes foreigner may run into serious trouble without knowing the rules. Therefore, we should learn the difference values between each country, such as in the family, school, and workplace.
There are many kinds of families in the world. Most Chinese families are extended families; Asians believe family is very important and should stay together as a whole; however, Americans believe in the nuclear family and live independently; most children move away when they are twenty and live by themselves. Furthermore, Chinese parents spoil their children very much, particularly their mothers. They believe this is a duty to give the best to the child; therefore, the child will do the same to the next generation. On the other …show more content…
Chinese education believes the student should pay more attention to the character while Americans attach attention to personality. Chinese parents taught their children to force to their own dream, and have the lack of proper care to the child 's happiness and ignore the child 's individual existence. Unlike Chinese parents, American parents respect the child 's personality and let them choose independently. The school levels system in China is very different than in America; In China school has three levels, six years of middle school, three years of pre-high school and three years of high school; America also has three levels, however, the levels system are the four years of elementary school, four years of middle school, then four years of high school. Thus, students are gone for twelve years of school education in almost every country, but the school levels system is different in these two