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A
accommodation 84–92
non-serviced apartments 86–90
serviced apartments 84–86
villas and suburbia 90–91
antiques 93–94, 190
ayi 38, 95, 96, 101–102, 120
B
banking 112–113
beverages 126–130
alcohol 129–130
tea 126–128
water 128–129
Buddhism 12, 48, 50, 149, 154–
158, 187, 243
business 223–240C
charities 236–240
Chiang Kai-shek 21, 22, 244, 245
children 100–101, 106–107
Chinese people 30–34
climate 242–243
communications 118–120
communism 159–161
Communist Party 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
33, 58, 159, 245, 246, 247
Confucianism 9, 10, 15, 16, 48, 49,
55, 149, 150–152
Cultural Revolution 25, 54, 58, 102,
159, 160, 245, 246, 247
currency 243D
daily necessities 94–95
Daoism 9, 50, 149, 152–154
Deng Xiaoping 25, 226, 230, 246
dim sum 140, 145E
education 50
electricity 244F
face 64, 233, 235
fakes 104–106family 51–52, 98–100
festivals 163–166
fl ag 242
food 123–145
dinner entertainment 135–137
eating basics 130–131
fancy eating versus family
style 131–133
food scams 137–138
regional cuisine 140–145
restaurants 133–135
friendships 65–69
funerals 79–80
furniture 92–93
G
gifts 67–68
Great Leap Forward 23, 245, 246
group activities 68–69
guanxi 52, 63–65
H
health care 108–112
foreign-managed hospitals
108–109
foreigner units of local
hospitals 109–110
health concerns 112
health insurance 111–112
local hospitals 111
history 6–19, 147–149
Han 10–12
Ming 15–17
Qin 9–10
Qing 17–19
Shang 7–8
Song 14–15
Sui 13
Tang 13–14
Xia 7
Yuan 15
Zhou 8–9
homosexuality 72
Hu Jintao 58, 246–247I
international schools 90, 98, 99
K
Kuomintang 20, 21, 22, 216, 244