apologizemorefrequentlyandanapologyinJapanesedoesnotnecessarilymeanthatthepersonisacknowledgingafault.TomanyJapanese,WestenersmayseemtoberudejustbecausetheydonotapologizeasoftenastheJapanesewoulddo.Inthiscase,theatitudeoftheAustralianstudent'eptableinanEnglish-speakingsociety,forthestudentisalreadyanadultandcanberesponsibleforherowndeeds.Case12(Page98)Inthiscase,itseemsthattheChineseexpectationwerenotfulfilled.First,havingtwopeoplesharinghostresponsibilitiescouldbeconfusingtotheChinese.Second,inChina,etoastatthebeginningofthemeal.Bynotdoingso,theCanadianmightbethoughtrude.TheabruptdepartureoftheChinesefromthebanquetwasprobablyanindicationthattheywerenotpleasedwiththewaytheyweretreated.TheCanadians'lackofunderstandingoftheChineseculturewouldbeaproblemintheirdealingwiththevisitingdelegation.
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