Cultural awareness is necessary for the business people in a foreign culture.Maybe when you are in a strange environment,culture,customs,and even language are challenges to you.cltural awareness can help you to be aware of what's new to you and what are the differences,making getting addicted to the new custom sooner.
There are many differences between Chinese people and western people.Firstly,in terms of school life,the western can take some main subjects and take some optional courses as they like;they can graduate if they have got enough scores.In addition,they are luckier than the Chinese,for the latter have to learn much more complicated knowledge,especially in maths and have to obey more stict rules.Secondly,in the respect of food,the Chinese believe the best food is cooked at 100`C and prefer the mild taste while the western prefer some toasted food with strong taste.Finally,the western would like to enjoy themselves in holidays,and treasure it very much.They think it a best way to relax themselves,so they have trips with children or travel around,which is different from the Chinese.
