From SPAIN about CHINA

“In a conversation , usually when I  ask a question in a negative form,  they will answer “yes” .  For example:  you don’t like apples, do you? Yes  (She confirms the negative sentence, yes you are right, I don’t like apples). In Catalan, usually the answer would be: No  (I don’t like apples).  So, sometimes the message can be misunderstood “