Chapter 6_ Response_ Yoyo

   Chapter 6 mainly talks about the uncertainty avoidance. One thing that I disagree with the chapter is that China is low uncertainty avoidance country. Actually, I do think China should score higher in its uncertainty avoidance survey. It can be shown in many ways. According to Hofstede, high uncertainty avoidance countries are conservative and have many laws and orders. People in those countries have weak interest in politics and protests are repressed. They do not express their emotion publicly. I do think China belongs to high uncertainty avoidance country. China government indeed imposes many laws and orders to restrict uncertain behaviors of people. They are extremely sensitive about protests and they repress them in order to avoid uncertainty. People are restricted to comment anything bad about the government or the political leaders on internet. Otherwise, they will be arrested. Unlike the Americans, Chinese do not express their emotion publicly, like shouting, laughing out loud, screaming. They tend to hide their emotions. For example, they will use their hands to cover their mouths when they are laughing. In school, teachers prefer to ask closed-ended questions instead of open-ended questions. Innovation and change are not substantially encouraged.