Yang Liu. East meets West Hardcover – October 2, 2015

I'd seen various copies of these pictures around the web for a few years. I'm glad that Yang Liu finally released a book, and a way to support her work. The images are striking in their simplicity while still capturing distinct and easily accessible differences between cultures. It's also fun to note slight changes that have been made between the some of the original art exhibitions and the versions that appeared in the book; only a handful were changed, and the changes were slight, but it is still interesting.The only thing that I wish was more explicit is that the original concept was to compare German culture against Chinese culture. Not all of the "Western" pictures can describe all of the West, just as not all of the "Eastern" pictures can describe all of the East. For example, some of the Western pictures will seem strange to an American, because American culture doesn't exactly match German culture either.

While the book is written from an Chinese POV, there is enough truth here for how different many of the Asian cultures are to be a worthwhile investment if you are seeking to understand those cultures better. I gave to a friend who is Vietnamese. She turned throgh the pages, eyes wide, saying, "yes, yes, yes!" She is sharing with her children so they can better understand the differences in their culture at home and at school. Highly valuable resource.

I bought these for my eastern world class to discuss cultural identity in a fun and informative way. There were a couple that we really did not understand that is why I gave it a four

I use this book with my students preparing to study abroad. I love how simple and illustrative the other was with this book. I specifically work with students studying abroad in China, and I think they really appreciate the simplicity of this book. It's a great way to introduce Eastern culture to Westerners

Having lived in North America, Africa and Latin America and worked with friends from quite a few countries and cultures; this book is fantastic. It's true, a picture paints a thousand words and some of the insights are terrific (while certainly they are just patterns, not rigid boxes). For anyone interested in inter-cultural communication, this book is a great and fun resource!

I have lived in Asia since 2005 - this book is incredibly useful to explain to people who have moved from the West the cultural differences and how people in the East see things. It has been also incredibly useful tool to help my colleagues from the East understand how people in the West think.

As an American who lived in China for three years, I find so much accuracy in this book. Very true and very amusing. Great coffee table book!

A CORE book -- especially when I'm trying to 'communicate' East vs West' (to Westerners, especially)...Send copies to MANY people -- when they need to understand / orient better...

pages a little damaged by sticking to each other, but otherwise lovely colour saturation and interesting designs, lovely book

Fantastic. This lady is so so perceptive and gets her idea across so well.

The book is excellent but pages are loose and some fell already, after a couple of days.

Brilliant book. Encapsulates cultural differences.

Ich kaufte dieses Buch als Gastgeschenk, für mein einjähriges Auslandsemester in China.Die kulturellen Unterschiede zwischen Deutschen und Chinesen sind themenbezogen mit Hilfe einfacher Piktogramme und einer kurzen Überschrift deutlich auf den Punkt gebracht. Eine Seite im Buch repräsentiert jeweils die westliche bzw. deutsche Kultur, die gegenüberliegende Seite jeweils die asiatische bzw. die chinesische Kultur.Die Autorin (gebürtige Chinesin) verfasste dieses Buch nachdem sie die Hälfte ihres Lebens in China und die andere Hälfte in Deutschland verbrachte.Für mich bot dieses Buch bei zahlreichen Gesprächen mit meinen chinesischen Kommilitonen eine Diskussionsgrundlage für kulturellen Austausch. Beim gemeinsamen durchblättern konnte man sich zu fast jeder Seite ewig unterhalten und jede Menge Beispiele aus dem deutschen oder chinesischen Alltag finden.Dieses Buch trägt auf jeden Fall dazu bei die Denkweise und die Verhaltensmuster der jeweils anderen Kultur besser zu verstehen.Da die Piktogramme in dem Buch nur mit einer Überschrift, jedoch ohne jegliche Erklärung auskommen, eignet es sich sehr gut als Diskussionsvorlage.Ein perfektes Gastgeschenk für den kulturellen Austausch.