Your roommate is friends with an international exchange student from China. Recently, your roommate and his Chinese friend have been disagreeing on several issues. Your roommate discloses to you that his Chinese friend typically avoids conflict and uses avoidance facework and conflict styles. Your roommate thinks this will give him a unique advantage and decides to approach his Chinese friend assertively and engage in dominating facework and a competitive conflict style to win the conflict. Is your roommate’s strategy a good one?