★When a Chinese says you are very honest, this comment could be praise or imply that you are foolish. How to distinguish? This is to tell by reading faces. During the Cultural Revolution people began to trust nobody. As at that time there were many things too sensitive politically to talk about. Chinese began to express their thought on many issues implicitly out of self-protection. this habit makes people have to read others’ faces before speaking.

★China has been experiencing a great change. It is said that you could write a book about china upon your arrival while you could write out nothing after a few years in china. Besides personality, Chinese classify people with the era when they were born. It is considered that people born in 1950 between 1960 witness the process of change and therefore they are wise and equable while in a habit of hiding their own view. People born in 1970 between 1979 are making a great contribution to the development of china. They do a lot while say little. People born in 1980 between 1989 pursue the expression of personality. They are the main producers of social wealth at present. However they relatively despair of the future. People born in 1990 between 1995 are relatively selfish and indifferent. They are crazy about the art of death. They are considered as the beat generation in china.