When it comes to inequality in society, the first thing that came across my mind was one famous principle that was promoted during the Chinese economic reform, which is " To let some people become rich first, and then driven to another part of the people become rich. " And the "some people" here were the powerful politicians at that time. Besides, when the western governors first visited China in Qing Dynasty, they were forced to kowtow when they met the Qing Emperor. The westerns found it was shameful to do so but they finally gave in anyway. This is an example when the low power distance culture meets the high power distance culture.
Ch2 is about inequality, and power distance is a main cause of it. While the idea of fairness is wildly promoted, inequality still exists everywhere. As Chinese, we are deeply affected by the high power distance. One example is that, at home and school, we were taught that we had to respect and obey to our parents and teachers. It is not surprising that whenever a teacher asked his students if they had any questions and all students answers "no problem", even if they really had questions because the teachers may feel like that you are challenging them if you ask them questions in class. On the other hand, when I am here in class, as I expected, US students all feel free to ask questions whenever they wants, and the professors are also willing to answers.
All in all, I would say that high power distance enhance efficiency while low power distance encourages creativity.
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