The Chinese tend to be high in uncertainty avoidance and more
uncomfortable with change than Americans. Tradition is important to the Chinese and Chinese culture
can be classified as past-oriented. Americans tend to be present and future-oriented, and have little regard
for history and tradition. In addition, Xing (1995) describes Chinese culture as intuitive, self-restrained,
dependent, implicit, and patient. This is compared to American culture which is classified as rational,
aggressive, independent, explicit, and impatient