Cultural tips

Neighbors are an important part of community relationship in China. For instance, if a couple had a noisy fight and the neighbors heard it, the neighbors often come over to calm them down. Or, if both the husband and wife are working, they will give their house key to the old lady next door so that she can help take care of the child after school. Such a good neighborly links are especially true in the old one-story houses. But as more and more people are moving to apartment buildings, it's getting more and more difficult for people living in the same building to know each other. That's why residents, senior citizens in particular, complain that interpersonal relationships today are not as close as before. Meanwhile, the neighbors are communicating in a new way. They've started to rebuild the community relationship using the internet. Through a LAN network, they share information with each other.