Why Chinese Have Been Slow to Embrace Hugging

In traditional Chinese etiquette, hugs are simply not an option. Although Chinese people have become more open-minded in recent decades, the ...

Chinese people do hug sometimes, just not as often as in some places where hugging culture is prevalent. Hugs, both in everyday encounters and ...

“Recently, it seems like everyone is hugging,” it reports. “Friends are hugging. Family members are hugging. In hugging between Chinese and non- ...

This proscription appears to be relaxing, however, with Chinese adults observed kissing and hugging, even in public. Some scholars have argued ...

As a second generation Chinese living in Canada, I've seen so many stories of people struggling with the stereotypical Chinese parents, ...

Some of us don't hug too often because of cultural and religious reasons. In Asian cultures, getting touchy-feely with each other is frowned ...

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Hugging for Chinese people is as rare as speaking English at home. ... have initiated the campaigns, offering a heart-felt hug and smiling faces.

“Chinese couples tend not to show verbal affection, preferring instead to cuddle or hold hands. Reasons for this include a fear of rejection or ...

Are your parents awkward with hugs? Do you find yourself more comfortable greeting people at a distance, rather than a kiss on the cheek?

I am curious to know why this happens in dramas, and if it is the case in real life too...LOL, just remembered that I have a Korean friend and ...

In travel news this week: the Chinese pets earning “snack money” in cafés, a European capital that's had enough of “drunk” tourists, ...

“We want each time that a touch by the opposite sex to be a thrill,” Zhuhai wrote. “If we're hugging all day long, hugging people who shouldn't ...

People "feel so apathetic now they're having to deal with the coronavirus and feel exhausted. They literally just want to lie down with a book, ...

... a hug — a rare expression of affection for the Chinese leader. Image Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, both seated at a table, gazing in the same.

I've hugged both of them before, and each time I've noticed that they didn't really hug me back; there was no real warmth there. Could it be ...

As an airport limits goodbye cuddles to three minutes, here's a guide to different embraces, and their positive effects.

Video player was slow to load content ... A Chinese fan runs onto the pitch to hug soccer superstar Lionel Messi during a ... had been sky high.

These people showed me that it was okay to embrace differences in race, ethnicity, and culture. They were proud of and connected to their ...

Guests no longer have to stay away from Mickey. “That personal, one-on-one interaction may be the most powerful offering that the Walt ...