Culture Shock! China - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, 2nd Edition

62 CultureShock! China Hairy Arms Chinese view foreigners with open interest. Recently, a Chinese lady was heard making comment ...

Socialising 63 reason for this, it emerged that they were concerned that if their health deteriorated, they would not be able to ...

64 CultureShock! China nicer homes, nicer cars, overseas education opportunities for children, preferred jobs for family members ...

Socialising 65 where you feel verbally attacked by a Chinese person that you have a social or professional relationship with, pa ...

66 CultureShock! China A meal involves a great deal of celebration. Mid-way through shouts of gombei will begin as people start ...

Socialising 67 The Chinese Hospitality The author remembers being incredibly humbled by her first invitation to dinner in a Chin ...

68 CultureShock! China It is common to give gifts during different holidays and special occasions. During Chinese New Year, you ...

Socialising 69 have had financial success will even take their entire office on longer trips, some as far away as Thailand. Wome ...

70 CultureShock!Karaoke bars are great places for friends and colleagues to relax after a China hard week of work, or just to me ...

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72 CultureShock! China is not considered ethnically Chinese. This means that people of mixed Chinese and foreign heritage are no ...

Socialising 73 their daughter’s, and are oftentimes strict about curfews and intimacy. Many foreign men dating Chinese girls do ...

74 CultureShock! China Friends and family celebrate the marriage of a couple at their wedding banquet. Chinese wedding banquets ...

Socialising 75 If you are invited to be a guest at a Chinese wedding, a preferred gift is a red envelope with money inside. If t ...

76 CultureShock! China Children are treasured and doted on in China, and family life often centres around the development of the ...

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78 CultureShock! China a maternity apron to protect the child from any harmful radiation that may emit from computers of other b ...

Socialising 79 Elderly retirees playing cards under the shade of trees in the park. In some cases, people come to their homes to ...

80 CultureShock! China year, and they will be honoured and remembered through future generations. It is traditional in China to ...

‘The most diffi cult things for me were the things I needed to do often, like ordering water, fi nding food I liked, telling tax ...