Sent to me by a friend in Reuters.
The graphics are copyright Yang Liu, a Chinese raised in Germany. Many of these stereotypes are applicable to other eastern and western cultures.
Blue –> Westerner
Red –> Asian
Confronting a Problem 
Sense of Self 
Weekend Activities 
How to Express Anger 
Queue when Waiting 
Status of Leader 
Relationships 
Punctuality 
Transportation
Update: See this JapanNewbie.com’s additional narrative on the pictures.
Update: at the request of the artist, a number of images were removed from the original post. Please visit the artist’s webpage below to see more and learn about shows of the artist’s work.
Images are from the book “Ost trifft West” (East meets West)
Hermann
Schmidt Verlag Mainz
-Differences
between Germans and Chinese
- A
diary of Yang Liu
@Yang
Liu Design, www.yangliudesign.com
Yang Liu was born in
1976. In age of 13, she moved with her
age of 17, she started her studies at the University of Arts
in Berlin. After her master degree, she
Singapore, London, Berlin and New York City. 2004 she has
started her own design studio. While she is giving workshops
and lectures on several international
well as teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the
Glasgow school of Art. Her works had been awarded with
several international design awards and are
became partof the collections.
Anonymous says:
totally nonsense !
i was born in au,at the moment living in beijing , reckon the author just take a guess.
patrea says:
It is a great symbolism. But how do you know all these are true for western people?
umaid says:
hi
very good and different way to express the difference,,,,,its a bitter reality…..
earh says:
This information is very useful for spoken. I usually use this every term to different groups of students. The comparison is good except to other perspectives. As one of the Asians, WE do not use chopsticks in our country. Since 2 western countries colonized my country hundred years ago, people in my country are well-influenced by the western culture. First, we use chopsticks in Korean, Japanese and Chinese restaurants only. Second, we take a shower every morning or during daytime, we drink beer and sausages. Third, we always have queue every time like in fast-foods, paying bills even in the toilet. Elders do not abuse being one of the elders because there is special queue for them. Fourth, we dont eat with loud noise, this is disrespect to the food on the table. Last but not the least, we love soda or softdrinks, there are 4 different cola company in my country.