But my host kept on putting more food in my rice bowl. They didn't seem to hear me saying "No, thank you" in my poor spoken Chinese. This was a very special experience I had in China. In my culture, you don't get more food if you don't ask for more. Martin

I had a similar experience the last time I visited China. The Chinese are the friendliest people I have every met. After my visit to a Chinese family, my friend's grandfather wouldn't let me go to the bus station alone, he insisted on walking me to the station to see me off. I kept saying that I knew the way myself, but it just did not work. What he did was amazing. This will not happen in many other cultures, I guess. Tom

Chinese people are very modest too. Last time, when I visited China, we saw the tour guide wearing a very pretty for coat on the day we left. I told her the coat suited her, but she looked very embarrassed, saying that it was a cheap one she had bought a long time ago. I was surprised. In my culture, when people say nice things about us, we feel very happy and say thanks. Tina