Firstly, gestures must be an important part of communication. Using geatures, it will be easier for people to express what they mean with fewer languages. I think the chinese like using gestures either when they have a talk, but just not do as usual as Americans do. And American like my roommate are keen on using their body languages when they are listening to a good song or something,however it may regarded as such a strange thing in China because Chinese are always more implicit about their own feelings.
And as far as my concerned, Chinese must be better at using eye contact. Saying as ' Out of the mouth comes evil' is a cultural Chinese sentence, so many Chinese prefer using eye contact which can represent senses of feelings to saying. The eyes of Americans are always being more intense, but they would rather communicate with words. But at least, their nonverbal communication is silimar in some way.
As for the body space, Chinese might be more open sometimes. Amecans are self-centred and they want to keep body space with others in order to protect thier individual privacy or just caused by awareness of personal hygiene. For instance, Amercans hug or kiss each other when they meet, but actually this type of physical contact will only be a brief moment and finish soon and just keep distance then. And in China, although friends seldom kiss or hug when they meet, they don't mind physical contact such as handshake and frolic between friends.
We can't judge which way of nonverbal comunication is better or if it's right or wrong. We may communite in our own favourite forms, but we should first be clear that people can understand you positively.
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