The Chinese often use intermediaries to ask questions that they would prefer not to make directly.

中国人通常习惯于通过中介来向你提问题，而不是自己直接向你提。

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While the Chinese rely on chopsticks, westerners prefer to use a knife and fork to eat with.

用餐时，中国人喜欢用筷子，而西方人喜欢用刀叉。

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Many foreign businessmen are astonished that their Chinese counterparts prefer to use name chops instead of signing their names on documents.

很多外国生意人很讶异他们的中籍生意伙伴选用印章，而不是在文件上签名。

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In this environment, the international retailers have been unable to distinguish themselves from the local vendors where most Chinese prefer to buy the food and other items that they use on a daily basis.

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As a result, many Chinese traders prefer them to the nearby Russian ports of Posyet and Zarubino, which they used to use.

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