Extra 1 - In class discussion

I thought the discussion to be quite short for the variety of things that could have been discussed. However, we were able to see first hand a few of the skills the troupe came to display. We didn't have anything as prepared to share in return, but we were able to impart some of our interests and cultural knowledge to our friends.

I found the discussion interests of our visitors very similar to those of young college students that I met on a trip to Japan. They seemed interested in what's popular. "Who do you listen to?" "Is very popular?", these are questions that both groups had in common.

Throughout recorded history, China and Japan have shared and copied many things from each other. If the young generations of both countries have the same inquisitive interests in Americans, is it because media from both report generally the same things about us? or is it because of what information we give them?