American Cultural Traits VS Chinese Cultural Traits

America is like an adolescent-grandson

China is like an old man-grandpa

A: America


C: China

A:Intense focus on the “now”

C:Focus more on "future"-High saving rate, Always work hard 

for future fantasy.  However, global cultural flow is changing 

the Gen-X and Y to focus both on the "now" and " future". 

A:Dramatic mood swings

C: Pursuit the stable mood. Chinese philosophy is " if you are 

too happy now, you will be definitely sad in next second, and 

vice versa. " It is like a stock index charts. The peak means 

drop in next second. The bottom means rise in next second. So 

you need to keep your mood as the a horizontal line.  

A:Constant need for exploration & challenge to authority

C: Lack of exploration spirit because of the big country with 

plenty resources. Fear to challenge authority due to present 

political system and nature of people-care more about their

 own lives. 

A:Fascination with extremes

C: Avoid extremes by any mean. The extremes always lead to 

the opposite backlash. So always stay moderate！For example, 

eating too much cause much more problems than eating right 


amount. 

A:Openness to change & reinvention

C: Ok but uncomfortable with changes. 

A:Strong belief that mistakes warrant second chances

C: Same 

The interesting thing is that from my obeservation,  points but

the first one have not been much influenced by global spillage . 

I guess the reasons are

1, Chinese agree with its deep-rooted culture

2, It takes time for culture communication at a deep level. If I 

did not study in the US, all American culture I know might be 

just KFC and Hollywood.