cation barriers or breakdowns. That could happen in verbal as well as non-verbal communications. For an example about an application interview, after being asked all kinds of questions, what do you think if the manager said to you ¡°Well, we need time to think about that¡±? If this happens in a company in China, well,
             that means that you¡¯d better stop daydreaming now and start opening the newspaper to find another job. However, if it is Western organization, you can tell yourself that you still have fifty percent of possibility to get the job anyway. The same words, may be perceived in quite a different way due to diverse cultural references. On the other hand, for the Western people, ¡°touch¡± may play a significant role in effective non-verbal communication, such as holding or kissing each other when they first meet, a pat on the back when one wants to show congratulations, etc. However, to Asian¡¯s culture, when first meet each other, except for hands shaking, they never hold or kiss. Seldom do they use touch frequently because they may think this is ¡°impolite¡± especially in business. So western country persons may sometimes think that the Asi
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