There are several differences between US and China in body languages. What imprinted me a lot is that Chinese are more sensitive at body touch and eye contact, but do not care more about body space than American.
In China, i do not shake hands oftenly when I met people at the first time. May be adults will shake hands during bussiness meeting, but between youth it is quiet strange to shake hand with others. It is like a simple of formal meeting. We do not hug or kiss others as american did as well. People only hug with family, boyfriend or girlfriend and bestfriend, and kiss, even is on face, is only for couples, and won't in front of others. My parents would kiss my face when I'm young, but not always now. More than that, Chinese will be sensitive to others' stare, and is defensive to eye contact with strangers. Perhaps Chinese are traditional and introverted compare to American.
Chinese do not care that much about body space, however. The distance between people are very small when you waiting in line or on a bus, that I don't know if people are lining up in US, when there is a huge distance between them. People do not feel uncomfortable when standing so close to each other because there are so many people in China. If you are in public you have to adapt the crowd.
Other than the differences there also has some similarites. Like the "OK" gesture or the meaning of winking mentioned in the reading, Chinese use that as well.
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