[anamax]

> I was told once that in China, people squat a lot more than in the West. Both for toilet use, but also just for "sitting down" somewhere.

In rural midwest US, the instead-of-sit squat is called a "hunker". Yes, folks talk about "hunkering" and will say "come over her and hunker with us for a while". "Hunker down" is different.

> I was told that upon seeing a bench, whereas westerners would normally sit on it, a Chinese person will squat on it.

I've never seen anyone hunker on a bench - they always hunkered on the ground.