The US is a melting pot of cultures and we expat women may have preconceived notions of Americans and also of people from other countries who we meet in the USA.
This Infographic is a clever, artistic and humorous representation of how two cultures see each other, by artist and visual designer Yang Liu who was born in China and lived in Germany since she was 14.
By growing up in two very different places with very different traditions she was able to experience the differences between the two cultures first-hand.
Drawing from her own experience Yang Liu created minimalistic visualizations using simple symbols and shapes to convey just how different the two cultures are. The blue side represents Germany (or western culture) and the red side China (or eastern culture):
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Lifestyle: Independent vs. dependent
Attitude towards punctuality
At a party
Ideal of beauty
Elderly in day to day life
The boss
Noise level inside a restaurant
Problem-solving approach
Size of the individual’s ego
Perception: How Germans and the Chinese see one another
How to stand in line
Complexity of self-expression
Traveling and recording memories
Connections and contacts
Three meals a day
Animals
Anger
Moods and weather
Source: bsix12
