Etiquette Guide to China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference! - Softcover

Boye Lafayette De Mente; Patrick Wallace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804845190 ISBN 13: 9780804845199

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This essential guide to Chinese etiquette will make embarrassing social blunders a thing of the past!
Whether you're traveling to China for business or pleasure, whether your stay will be long or short, your visit will be more pleasurable and effective if you understand your host culture and how to work within it.
This updated and expanded edition of the best-selling Chinese etiquette guide on the market addresses not just the puzzling protocols relating to name cards, bowing or shaking hands, bathrooms and public baths but also what to do when entertaining Chinese dinner guests, attending a Chinese tea ceremony, taking the subway, and much more!
It also provides the latest etiquette in mobile phone manners, texting, social media and other forms of digital communication. The glossary at the back of the book has been revised to include the latest technology-related words and expressions used by China today. Two new chapters address the changing role of foreigners in the workplace and the contemporary business style and etiquette used by the younger generation of China who are now increasingly cosmopolitan but still very Chinese!
"Etiquette Guide to China" includes everything you need to know to be a successful, courteous traveler: Hand gestures and body language How to address the Chinese Dining and restaurant manners Gift giving and celebration in China Entering into and understanding business relationships How to behave in professional situations Dealing with China's political culture The Chinese way of negotiating"

About this title

Review:

"If you're headed to China either for business or pleasure, it's a good idea to read up on the customs." --JohnnyJet.com

"Mind your manners when traveling with this essential guide to the social customs of China. Etiquette Guide to China: Know the Rules That Make the Difference! is geared more to business travelers and offers tips for banquet customs, talking politics, drinking and avoiding humor in business situations among many other guidelines to help you avoid putting your foot in it." --Travel Channel

"Before the incoming administration's trade reps sit down with their counterparts in Beijing--or Washington--they might want to glance at this breezy, 191-page, CliffsNotes-type take on understanding contemporary Chinese culture, mores and manners." --Virginian Pilot

"Though the book obviously calls itself an etiquette guide, I view it as more a cultural guide, and because so much of it dealt with China business culture, I found it very helpful. This is a great book (indeed, an almost necessary book) for anyone new or relatively new to doing business in China. It also makes for an excellent refresher for China veterans." --China Law Blog

Book Description:

Say farewell to faux pas!

Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, or whether your stay will be long or short, your visit to China will be more pleasurable and productive if you understand your host culture and how to work within it. Etiquette Guide to China is a vital guide for businessmen, tourists, or students travelling to china.

Learn the essentials of interacting, such as manners and etiquette such as how to address people you meet, body language such as if you should bow or shake hands, and how to behave out on the town, in the boardroom or when attending a wedding. Filled with practical advice on minding your manners in China, Etiquette Guide to China is an indispensible book to read before you travel to china or conduct business and trade with China.

The author, boye Lafayette De Mente worked in Asia for over thirty years as a journalist and business consultant and has long been considered an authority on East Asian business and the culture of China. in this book, he reveals the historical factors, collective traits and individual qualities that determine how the Chinese interact and do business. His is a true insider's view—whether the topic is the legal framework for business development, or the importance of social relationships in China.

This book is broken in to several parts:

• Part i The Middle Kingdom including—The Origins of Chinese Etiquette, The New China, and Cultural influences on Chinese Etiquette
• Part ii Minding Your Manners in China including—Personal Etiquette in China and Chinese Meals and Celebrations
• Part iii business in China including—Foreigners and the Chinese Way of Doing business and Cultural influences Vital in Chinese business
• Part iV Negotiating in China including—The Chinese Way of Negotiating, Preparing to Negotiate in China, What to Expect While Negotiating, business Entertainment, When You Are a Host in Your Own Country
• Also included is an extensive Appendix which includes personal, family, corporate and government titles as well as useful words and expressions in Mandarin Chinese

About this edition

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0804845190
• ISBN 13: 9780804845199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192