Australia vs China
The differences between Australia and China
Australia and China are known to be different in almost every characteristic According to Hofstede’s Cultural dimensions. These two countries are different in all the five aspects, which are, individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and long term orientation. Begin with China; Chinese people are very collectivism as they like to do things in group, high in power distance as inequality is considered to be normal and low score in uncertainty avoidance as they like to live with rules and instruction. China is masculinity and highly long term oriented society. On the other hand, Australians got the second-highest score in term of individualism, thus low score in power distance, as they believe in egalitarianism. They ranked high in uncertainty avoidance because they view unexpected situation as a challenge. Lastly, they are masculinity and short-term orientation society (China - Geert Hofstede, n.d.).
If you don 't know history, then you don 't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn 't know it is part of a tree, said Michael Crichton (Quotes About History, n.d.). As to look into Australian and Chinese communication style, history is the most important thing that reflects people’s lifestyle, including the way they communicate with each other. Therefore, to begin, I would like to first emphasis on both countries’ history of how it affected the way people converse.
In 1770 James Cook, came to Australia with his ship, claimed the country as the British Crown and Britain decided to use Australia as a colony for convicted prisoners. On 26 January 1788, the British royal navy arrived at the Sydney Harbor with around 1500 people, including 750 criminals to the colony (Life in Australia, 2007). Since then, 26 January is considered as the national day of Australia. Thus to the indigenous Australians, they regard this day as the Day of Mourning as they believe that it denoted the maltreatment of
Australia and China are known to be different in almost every characteristic According to Hofstede’s Cultural dimensions. These two countries are different in all the five aspects, which are, individualism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity and long term orientation. Begin with China; Chinese people are very collectivism as they like to do things in group, high in power distance as inequality is considered to be normal and low score in uncertainty avoidance as they like to live with rules and instruction. China is masculinity and highly long term oriented society. On the other hand, Australians got the second-highest score in term of individualism, thus low score in power distance, as they believe in egalitarianism. They ranked high in uncertainty avoidance because they view unexpected situation as a challenge. Lastly, they are masculinity and short-term orientation society (China - Geert Hofstede, n.d.).
If you don 't know history, then you don 't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn 't know it is part of a tree, said Michael Crichton (Quotes About History, n.d.). As to look into Australian and Chinese communication style, history is the most important thing that reflects people’s lifestyle, including the way they communicate with each other. Therefore, to begin, I would like to first emphasis on both countries’ history of how it affected the way people converse.
In 1770 James Cook, came to Australia with his ship, claimed the country as the British Crown and Britain decided to use Australia as a colony for convicted prisoners. On 26 January 1788, the British royal navy arrived at the Sydney Harbor with around 1500 people, including 750 criminals to the colony (Life in Australia, 2007). Since then, 26 January is considered as the national day of Australia. Thus to the indigenous Australians, they regard this day as the Day of Mourning as they believe that it denoted the maltreatment of
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