I think many Westerners feel that when Chinese people are talking - they are shouting at one another - perhaps being rude. I have discovered that Chinese people talk loudly - much more loudly than we do. For example in a bus, you will find many passengers talking on their mobile phones and the whole bus can hear the conversation.
If people are talking with their friends or family members, the volume is very high!
When people talk there seem to be no such thing as a 'private' conversation - everyone hears the conversation. Speaking loudly is what the people do here in China. Of course if there is an argument (and I have seen quite a few) the volume is much higher and generally it is pretty obvious that there is some sort of altercation going on.
It does seem to make us squirm a little - but after a while you realise that it is just the way things are here. And we resolve to just accept it.
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