Family is the people, the home, and the house.

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The roof covers all 3 parts, the house, the home, and the people who live there. The Chinese character for family has a roof that encompasses all 3 concepts of family. The Chinese has a tough time thinking about all the parts being separate. If you leave the house, you are leaving the family. If you don’t buy a home, you are not keeping your family in a good place. In Chinese language form, home is not somewhere you go, like to the theatre, to work, to school. You “return” home because that is where you started.


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yvonne.liu.wolf

Yvonne Wolf was born in Taiwan and educated in the U.S. and Europe. She has extensive experience living and working internationally (Denmark and Japan). She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Danish, and has studied Japanese, Spanish, and Greek. Between work and personal travel, she has visited more than 20 countries and well-traveled within the U.S. and Canada. She has worked with organizations and business executives focusing on communication strategies working with Chinese and East Asian partners. Among her many skills is mediating across cultural misunderstandings.