Chinese culture,China English and culture teaching

Culture teaching is the major content as well as a primary means in college English teaching.However,cultural imbalance can be seen in the current culture teaching: dominance is given to the target culture,i.e.the Anglo-American cultures while the native culture,Chinese culture is often placed in an insignificant position.Moreover,considerable cross-cultural communicative failures are caused by,instead of the lack of Anglo-American cultural knowledge,the incorrect handling of Chinese culture in English.This article explores the causes and effects of cultural imbalance and seeks a solution to the problem in accordance with the theory of China English.