Part I East and West Unit 1 Why Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures? I.Ancient Civilizations and Cultures II.Cross-cultural Comparative Studies in China III.Imperatives to Contrast Chinese and Westem Cultures IV.A Note on Some Key Concepts nit 2 Characteristics of Traditional Chinese and Western Cultures I."There Are All Kinds of Birds in a Large Forest" II.Traditional Chinese Cultural Characteristics III.Traditional Western Cultural Characteristics Unit 3 Affinities Across Cultures I.Two Unexpected Affinities II.Reading for More Cultural Affinities III.A Note on Some Key Concepts Part II Cultural Differences in Silent Language Unit 4 Time I.Time in China and the West II.Two Time Modes III.Past-oriented Societies vs.Future-oriented Societies IV.Two Time Orientations Unit 5 Space .. I.What Is Space? II.Spatial Language III.Spatial Language and Culture IV.Spatial Language and Life Unit 6 Smiles, Nods and Silence I.Smiles in Intercultural Communication II.Nods in Intercultural Communication III.Silence in Intercultural Communication Part III Cultural Differences in Thinking Unit 7 Intuitive vs.Logical Thinking I.Definitions of Intuitive and Logical Thinking II.Philosophy and Thinking III.Application of the Two Thinking Modes IV.Impact of Thinking Modes on Writings V.Logic in China and Intuition in the West Unit 8 Dialectical vs.Analytical Thinking I.Proverb Preferences Across Cultures II.Dialectical Thinking III.Analytical Thinking IV.More about the Two Modes Unit 9 Holistic vs.Atomistic Visions I.A Detention Room Incident II.Prominent Attributes of Holistic and Atomistic Visions III.Vision and Cognition IV.Vision and Language V.Zhengshan Xiaozhong and Lipton Black Tea Unit 10 Categorizing Objects by Relationships vs.by Attributes I.Two Ways to Categorize Objects II.Principles to Categorize Objects
III.How to Categorize Objects and Why IV.Impacts of Different Ways of Categorization V.Causal Attribution Patterns Caused by Different Categorization Ways Unit 11 Non-controllers vs.Controllers I.Too Early to Tell II.Why So Different Stances Towards Life? III."Being" and "Doing" Cultures IV.Manifestations of"Being" Culture and "Doing" Culture Part IV Different Cultural Orientations Unit 12 The Introvert=oriented vs.the Extrovert-oriented. I.Personality Types II.Personality Types of Cultures III.Effects of Personality Types on Pattern Preferences IV.A Contrast of Some Cultural Phenomena Unit 13 Collectivism vs.Individualism I.An Embarrassing Custom II.Collectivism and Individualism as Cultural Orientations III.Collectivism and Individualism in Cultural Anthropology IV.Collectivist and Individualist Perspectives of "Self" V.Interdependence vs.Independence Unit 14 Advocacy of Jing vs.Dong I.Introduction to Two Concepts II.Chinese Advocacy of Jing III.Western Advocacy of Dong IV.Differences and Discomforts Unit i5 Implicitness vs.Explicitness I."Half a Story" II.Implicitness vs.Explicitness of Language III.Implicit Traditional Chinese IV.Explicit Westerners V.High-context vs.Low-context VI."Chicken and Duck Talk" Part V Different Cultural Standards Unit 16 Peace vs.Conflict I.Great Names and Different Cultural Standards II.External Factors and Cultural Standards III.Cultural Standards and Their Unique Products IV.Better Ways to Know Each Other Unit 17 Egalitarian vs.Inegalitarian Distribution I.Hate-the-rich Mentality II.Traditional Chinese-style Egalitarianism III.Western-style Inegalitarianism IV.Egalitarianism and Inegalitarianism in China and the West Unit 18 Good vs.Evil Human Nature I.Definition of Two Concepts II.Human Nature and Education III.Theorization of Assumptions about Human Nature IV.Human Nature Theories and the Rule of Ethics vs.Law Unit 19 Rule of Individuals vs.Rule of Law I.Rule of Individuals in Traditional Chinese Thought
II.Rule of Law in Traditional Western Thought III.Rule of Law in China Today
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