CH Saying 'Yes' or 'No'

In some countries it is easy for people to specifically say 'yes' or 'no' and in other cultures it is a little more difficult to speak so directly. What is it like for you and for people in your country?

Ming-Chuan Pan (Keelung, Taiwan) "Generally, in dealing with people... "

Gang Li (Sichuan, China) "About the yes-or-no issue, in Chinese culture..."

Kuo-Lung Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) "So the question we're going to talk about today is..."

Xue Yan Liao (Guangzhou, China) "Generally speaking, Chinese people won't express..."

Authors: h.brinsko.