Book excerpt: "Eastern and Western Daily Culture" will help readers gain more knowledge in the differences between Chinese and American daily culture. This knowledge will help readers overcome faux pas so that they can successfully converse, do business, make friends, and even marry a Chinese person in China or in the United States. Subjects covered include: food and drink, love and marriage, masculinity versus femininity, kinship, raising children, education, individualism versus collectivism, modernization and the information age, physical contact, gift giving, shining cultural examples, public behavior, mythology and superstition, symbolism, traffic, flexible planning, friendship, entertainment, games and sports, religion, festivals and holidays, the environment, and health care.