Tuesday lunch

As every Tuesday we had our Rotary Beijing Club lunch on 18 April in Kempinski Hotel.
Our Rotaractors Max and Georgiana gave their report of the RYLA event in Shanghai, see previous post: https://www.beijing1980.com/2017/04/06/rotaract-beijing-starts-2017/

Once again I was Sergeant-at-Arms.

Rtn Monica Dierks, Cultural Differences

As speaker we had Rotarian Monica. She is the head of German Phoenix Information Consulting (Beijing) Ltd. Monica travels between China and Europe (read: Brussels!), bridging gaps between companies or people of China and European countries, helping them better understand each other. She insists speaking Chinese when she is in China, and she loves trying new things. After all, speaking the local language is extremely helpful. However, cultural interaction is about much more than language skills. It is also about adapting to the culture.
Monica is the author of a book called “Cultural Differences Between East and West”. Monica talked about three things: 1. What’s culture? 2. What’s intercultural communication? Who can navigate us through the cultural iceberg?