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InterculturalCommunicationandtheConflictsbetweenChineseCultureandWesternCultureAbstractTherearemanymattersofculturalconflictsininterculturalcommunicationofChinesecultureandwesternculture,anditseriouslyaffectsthecourseofcommunication.So,itisnecessaryforustofindthein-depthreasonandmakesomeplansonhowtoimprovetheabilityofinterculturalcommunication.Thisistherightwaytoavoidtheculturalconflicts.Thereareseveralcultureconflicts:theconflictsonprivacy,theconflictsonthesenseoftime,theconflictsontraditionalcultures,theconflictsontablecustom.Thereasonsare:thedifferenceinthemodeofthinking,thedifferenceinbehavior,thedifferenceintheconceptofvalue,thedifferenceinlanguagetransference.KeyWordsInterculturalcommunication,culturedifference,cultureconflict摘要在中西跨文化交际中，文化冲突的事件屡见不鲜，严重影响了交往的顺利进行，因此我们很有必要找出其深层次的原因，并采取一定的措施来培养跨文化交际能力，避免文化冲突。文化冲突的表现有隐私方面的冲突、时间观方面的冲突、客套语方面的冲突、餐饮习俗方面的冲突。出现这种现象的原因有思维模式存在差异、行为规范各不相同、价值取向不同、语用迁移造成影响。关键词跨文化交际，文化差异，文化冲突IntroductionAftertheSecondWorldWar,peoplefindthattheearthbecomessmallerandsmaller:politiciansfromeachcountryarebusyincommunicationontheinterculturalstage;internationalcompaniesarefoundeverywhere;scientistsandscholarsexistininternationalacademicforum;moreandmorepeoplevisitforeigncountries,Chineseteachersstandontheplatformofforeigncountries,ect.Allinall,Internationalcommunicationbecomessofrequent.Atthesametime,wecanseetheconflictsandproblemsininterculturalcommunicationagainandagain:onecountry’spresidentthinkthatthegesturemeansfriendly,butitenragesanothercountry’speople;somebusinessmenfromforeigncountriescometoChinatodobusinessbutfailedandleftwithcomplaint;theteacherscomingfromEnglandandAmericasayChinesestudentsdon’tcooperatewiththem;someChinesepeoplegotoAmericatostudy,but,afterashorttime,theygiveuptheplan,andcomebacktoChina……Withthefurtherdevelopmentofthereformandopeningtotheoutsideworld,thepeopleandthematterinwesternsocietieshavecomeintoourvisualfieldmoreandmore.Underthesituation,theeconomicandthesocialcommunicationindifferentcountries,differentnationalitiesanddifferentculturesbecomeapartofpeople’slife.Thisgivesusachancetogetintouchwithwesternpeopleandthisisagoodthingfordeepeningourunderstandingofwesternsociety.But,thisisnotaneasything.Becausethethingswefacearecomingfromstrangeculturesandcountries,andthepeoplewecommunicatewitharedifferentfromusinthinking,lifecustom,andbehavior.Itisunavoidableforthephenomenonofcultureconflictstoappearinthecourseofcommunicatingwithothers.I.ThefrequentconflictsappearedininterculturalcommunicationbetweenChinesecultureandwesterncultureTherearemanycultureconflictsininterculturalcommunicationbetweenChineseculturalandwesternculture,itisimpossibleforustolistthemoutonebyone.Here,somefrequentconflictsarelistedout.A.TheconflictsonprivacyTheprivacysenseofChinesepeopleiscomparativelyweak.Chinesepeoplethinkindividualshouldbelongtothecollective;theythinkpeopleshouldbeunitedandfraternal;theythinkpeopleshouldcareforeachother.So,Chinesepeoplearewillingtoknowtheotherpeople’sthingsandtheothersalsowanttotellthem.Butwesternpeopleattachgreatimportancetothepersonalprivacy.Theywanttohavepersonalspaceandtheyarenotwillingtotellotherstheirownthings,theydonotevenwantotherstointerferetheirlife.So,therearemanyconflictsonprivacybetweenChinesepeopleandwesternpeople.Forexample,whenChinesepeoplemeeteachotherthefirsttime,theywouldliketoinquireabouttheothers’age,marriage,family,professionandeventheirincome.Theythinkthisisapolitewaytocommunicatewitheachother,butwesternpeoplebelievethesequestionsencroachupontheirprivacy.B.TheconflictsonthesenseoftimeThesenseoftimeofwesternpeopleiscloselyrelatedwithmoney.TheideathatTimeismoneyhasformedintheirthought.So,theysetahighvalueontheirtime.Inthedailytime,westernpeoplehaveameticulousplanabouttheirtimeandtheyhaveagoodhabitofcomingtodateontime.Inwesterncountries,ifyouwanttocallonsomeone,youmustinformthemordatewiththembeforeyoucomeandyoushouldtellthemyourcomingpurpose,thetimeandtheplace.Afterbothofyoudiscussaboutit,youcanmakeitout.But,Chinesepeopleusetheirtimeattheirpleasure.Usually,Chinesepeoplewillnotdothingsasthewesternpeople,andwesternpeopleusuallyfeelunsuitableonthiscourse.Mostwesternpeoplespendtheirtimeinworkingandstudying,theyseldomspendalottimeineatingordoingsomethingelse.ButChinesepeoplespendmuchtimeonotherthings.Forexample,whenwesternpeoplecometoKFCtohaveameal,theyeattheirfoodassoonaspossible,but,theChinesepeopleinKFCshowanothersituation.Theyeattheirfoodslowlyandchatwitheachother.Theydonotthinkthisisawaytowastetime.C.TheconflictsontraditionalculturesChinesepeoplepayspecialattentiontomodesty.Whentheycommunicatewithothers,theyoftenrespectothersbutlookdownuponthemselves.TheythinkthisisavirtueandthisisapolitephenomenonwithChinesecharacteristics.WhenotherspraiseChinesepeople,theyoftenshowverymodest.Westerncountriesdonothavethisphenomenon,whentheyarepraised,theyareoftenveryhappyandsay“thankyou”tootherstoshowtheyacceptthepraise.Becauseoftheculturaldifference,Chinesepeopleoftenholdthatwesternpeoplearetooconfidentandignorantofthefactthatmodestyisonekindofpolitenessi