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

142 CultureShock! China peanuts served in a bed of red peppers and garnished with coriander. „ Dry-fried green beans (gan bian d ...

Eating Your Way Across China 143 „ Drunken chicken (zui ji)—Tender pieces of parboiled chicken marinated in Shaoxing wine. „ Bea ...

144 CultureShock! China deep fried. They are served with loose salt and pepper next to them. „ Boneless eight treasures stuffed ...

Eating Your Way Across China 145 „ Pork dumplings (shao mai)—A mix of minced pork and shrimp, cooked in an open egg-based wrappe ...

‘It has been no hardship for me to study the Chinese, their character, history and institutions, for I am as keenly interested i ...

Enjoying the Culture 147 PUTTING CHINESE CULTURE IN CONTEXT Get in an argument with a Chinese person about how something is or h ...

148 CultureShock! China remnants of the past still exist that we get to experience both its past and its future simultaneously. ...

Enjoying the Culture 149 Chinese Dynasties Period Northern & Southern —Northern Dynasties —Southern Dynasties 386–58 1 420–5 ...

150 CultureShock! China Confucius Confucius (551–479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator and founder of the Ru School ...

Enjoying the Culture 151 the proper way a person should behave. The Analects says, ‘The gentleman concerns himself with the way; ...

152 CultureShock! China advancing years are a cause for joy and at the same time a cause for sorrow.’ Confucius concluded, ‘You ...

Enjoying the Culture 153 is said to have originated with Laozi, the old philosopher. It is commonly believed that Laozi was a my ...

154 CultureShock! China medicine, as well as in some forms of Chinese martial arts. For example, the popular form of excercise, ...

Enjoying the Culture 155 Zen Buddhism, China’s own form, was introduced to Korea in the 8th century and to Japan at the end of t ...

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Enjoying the Culture 157 Buddhism is China’s main religion and many Chinese have a great respect for the Buddhist monks and the ...

158 CultureShock! China would break their ancestral line. In Southern Buddhism, all young boys must go to the temples and spend ...

Enjoying the Culture 159 The largest community of Chinese Jews can be found in Kaifeng, in the Henan Province. Although little o ...

160 CultureShock! China enough in their careers to support their return to the cities of their birth. The negative cultural effe ...

Enjoying the Culture 161 employment. As recently as the mid-80s, there was still a great deal of bias in the system. There remai ...