Introduction Chapter 1 Great Changes in Intercultural Communication 1.1 The Importance of Intercultural Communication 1.2 Five Stages in the Progress of Human Communication 1.3 Three New Motivations of Intercultural Communication 1.3.1 New Technology and Information Systems 1.3.2 New Explosion of the Worlds Population 1.3.3 New Economic Arena 1.4 Chinas Rise on the World Stage Chapter 2 Settings of Contacts and Human Relationship 2.1 Important Settings of International Contacts 2.1.1 Education Environment 2.1.2 Business Environment 2.1.3 Media Environment 2.2 Personal and Public Relationship 2.2.1 Friendship and Colleagues Relationship 2.2.2 Immigration and Mixed Marriage Chapter 3 Communication and Culture 3.1 Communication 3.1.1 Definitions of Communication 3.1.2 The Complexity of Communication 3.1.3 Components of Communication 3.1.4 Characteristics of Communication 3.1.5 Modals of Communication 3.2 Culture 3.2.1 Definitions of Culture 3.2.2 Characteristics of Culture 3.2.3 Functions of Culture 3.3 Relationship Between Communication and Culture Chapter 4 Intercultural Communication 4.1 Definitions of Intercultural Communication 4.2 Elements of Intercultural Communication 4.3 Forms of Intercultural Communication 4.4 Domains of Intercultural Communication 4.5 A Main Disparity of Thinking Modes Between Eastern and Western in Intercultural Communication Chapter 5 Cultural Patterns and Value Dimensions 5.1 Culture and Perception 5.1.1 Cultures Influence on Perception 5.1.2 Beliefs and Values : 5.1.3 One of Primary Differences Between Chinese and American Values.Face ~ Freedom 5.2 Dominant Cultural Patterns in Intercultural Communication 5.2.1 Dominant American Cultural Patterns 5.2.2 Dominant Chinese Cultural Patterns 5.3 Diverse Value Dimensions 5.3.1 Hofstedes Value Dimensions 5.3.2 The Kluckhohns and Strodtbecks Value Orientations 5.4 Halls High-context and Low-context Communication Chapter 6 The Deep Structure of Culture 6.1 World View 6.1.1 Religion-- Ones Spiritual View as a World View 6.1.2 Five Big Religions in the World and a Comparison Among them 6.2 History 6.2.1 American Historys Influence on the American Character 6.2.2 Chinese Historys Influence on the Chinese Character 6.2.3 A Brief Comparison Between American and Chinese Characters 6.3 Family 6.3.1 Familys Function and Importance 6.3.2 Relationship Among Family, Culture and Society 6.3.3 Familys Types in the World Chapter 7 Verbal Communication 7.1 Definitions, Characteristics and Functions of Language 7.1.1 Definitions 7.1.2 Characteristics 7.1.3 Functions 7.2 Language and Culture 7.2.1 Culture and the Meaning of Words 7.2.2 Relationship Between Language and Culture 7.3 Language, Culture and Translation in Intercultural Communication 7.3.1 Translation: a Transference from One Culture and Language to Another 7.3.2 Translation: Equivalence-seeking in Different Languages and Cultures 7.4 Language, Culture and Rhetoric in Intercultural Communication 7.4.1 Rhetoric: a Thinking Mode Mirroring and Conveying Culture ; 7.4.2 Rhetoric: an Effective Approach to Intercultural Communication Chapter 8 Nonverbal Communication 8.1 Importance and Significance of Nonverbal Communication 8.2 Definition and Dimension of Nonverbal Communication 8.2.1 Definition of Nonverbal Communication 8.2.2 Dimension of Nonverbal Communication 8.3 Functions and Limitation of Nonverbal Communication 8.3.1 Functions of Nonverbal Communication 8.3.2 The Limitation of Nonverbal Communication 8.4 Nonverbal Messages and Culture in Intercultural Communication 8.4.1 Body Behavior 8.4.2 Space and Distance 8.4.3 Time 8.4.4 Silence Chapter 9 Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication: A Sample Analysis 9.1 Some Attitudes Essential to Intercultural Communication 9.1.1 Improvement or Enhancement of Intercultural Communication Awareness 9.1.2 Appreciation of Likeness and Acceptance of Uniqueness 9.1.3 Promotion of Tolerance and Mutual Respect 9.2 An Analysis of the Effective Intercultural Communication Between Xiang and Yale in the Past 100 Years 9.2.1 The Xiangya Association and Their Intercultural Communication 9.2.2 Rethinking the Intercultural Communication Between Xiang and Ya Chapter 10 The Movie Guasha--A Cultural Clash Between Chinese and American Values: Discussion and Comments 10.1 The Movie Guasha: Mirroring Sharp Cultural Conflicts in Intercultural Communication 10.1.1 The Story of Guasha 10.1.2 The Significance of Guasha for Intercultural Communication 10.2 Group Discussion on Guasha 10.2.1 Topics on Guasha 10.2.2 Samples from Students Comments on Guasha Bibliography