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Internet Rumors and Intercultural Ethics 　　1 School of Foreign Languages, China West Normal University, No.1 Shi Da Road, Nanchong, 637009, Sichuan, China. 　　*Corresponding author. 　　 　　Received 31 January 2012; accepted 19 April 2012. 　　Abstract 　　Internet is a channel of intercultural communication and also a communicative platform. At the same time, Internet rumor always causes serious damage and influences intercultural communication for different people from different countries. The author takes the cases “panic-stricken rush for salt in China and iodine pill in America after Japanese Earthquakes and tsunami for example and analyses the causes of the Internet rumors, and discusses that some basic concepts of intercultural ethnics, so as to protect people from different rumors and to keeps a good channel of intercultural communication on Internet. The research indicates that it is important requirements for different people with different cultural background should have intercultural ethics during their communicating with the other people on Internet, and also basic condition for people to get rid of Internet rumors. 　　Key words: Intercultural ethics; Intercultural communication; Intercultural literacy; Internet rumor 　　ZHANG Xiaochi (2012). Internet Rumors and Intercultural Ethics -- A Case Study of Panic-stricken Rush for Salt in China and Iodine Pill in America After Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami. Studies in Literature and Language, 4(2), -0. Available from URL: /index.php/sll/article/view/j.sll.1923156320120402.2018 　　DOI: /10.3968/j.sll.1923156320120402.2018 　　INTRODUCTION 　　Internet is a channel of intercultural communication and also a communicative platform for different peoples from different countries. Globalization is a process of mutual influence, in which all cultural groups should share equal power to co-create and negotiate the “communication reality.” Thus, establishing a new sense of “community” and learning to become a “global