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Culture Briefing: China - Your Guide to Chinese Culture and Customs
Culture Briefing: China - Your Guide to Chinese Culture and Customs
Culture Briefing: China - Your Guide to Chinese Culture and Customs
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Culture Briefing: China provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Chinese people. Whether traveling to China, working on a class paper or doing business with the Chinese, you'll find Culture Briefing: China an invaluable resource. If you're traveling to the country, supplement your travel guide with Culture Briefing: China. It will let you enrich your trip, giving you knowledge about Chinese etiquette and traditions — and more financial success when traveling on business. You'll also receive the information you need to help you feel comfortable in what might otherwise be a strange environment, including a list of do's and don'ts. You'll gain the wisdom necessary to talk intelligently with the Chinese, discussing the life they live, deciphering and interpreting how they think and behave. No longer will you run the risk of embarrassment when in conversation with the Chinese people because you brought up a taboo subject, couldn’t comment on an aspect of local life or knew nothing of their form of government. With Culture Briefing: China you'll discover the character, values, beliefs and customs of the Chinese. You'll learn of their artistic endeavors and political ways. You'll find out about their home, family and religious life as well as how they make a living, educate their children and spend their leisure time. You'll also discover the problems the Chinese people face and see how they handle them.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBob Martin
Release dateMay 2, 2013
ISBN9781301453436
Culture Briefing: China - Your Guide to Chinese Culture and Customs
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Bob Martin

Bob Martin, creator of the Culture Briefing series, has lived in Asia, Africa and Europe. He has also written and edited college textbooks and training lessons for the travel industry, newsletters for travel consumers and travel articles for newspapers and magazines, including: Accent magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Buffalo News, The Christian Science Monitor, The Miami Herald, Milwaukee Journal, Off Duty magazine, The Orlando Sentinel and Travel-Holiday magazine. Currently he writes articles and e-books in the areas of travel, exploration and adventure.

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    Culture Briefing - Bob Martin

    Culture Briefing: China

    Your guide to Chinese culture and customs

    By Bob Martin

    http://www.CultureBriefings.com

    Published by the Geotravel Research Center at Smashwords

    Copyright 2014-2015 Bob Martin

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION

    Fast Facts

    HISTORY

    THE CHINESE PEOPLE

    Do’s and Don’ts

    Conducting Business

    Subcultures

    Class Distinctions

    Language

    HOME AND FAMILY

    Marriage

    Family Size

    The Role of Women

    Funerals

    Names

    Health and Welfare

    Dress

    Food and Dining

    EDUCATING THE CHILDREN

    RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

    MAKING A LIVING

    Industry

    Agriculture

    PASSING LEISURE TIME

    Festivals

    Sports

    THE ARTS

    Literature

    Opera

    Painting

    POLITICAL WAYS

    Local Administration

    Hong Kong

    USEFUL INTERNET LINKS

    China News Sources

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    INTRODUCTION

    The Chinese have the world’s oldest continuous civilization, dating back at least 3,500 years. Over those centuries, the Chinese have compiled a remarkable record of inventions, including gunpowder, paper, printing, the compass, the seismograph, eyeglasses, the umbrella, paper money, the mechanical clock and kites.

    Following recent decades of turmoil, China has become a relatively stable country. Still, the nation faces serious problems today as the Chinese people undergo significant change.

    The ruling Communist Party has abandoned its centrally planned economy, replacing it with a free market. For much of the population, the market-oriented economy has brought dramatically improved living standards. In rural areas, however, an estimated 55 million people still live in poverty.

    With the liberalization of the economy, a relatively small number of Chinese would like to see a liberalization of the government. But while the Communist government has taken a reformist approach to economic matters, it remains an authoritarian and repressive political organization that will not tolerate dissent.

    The country also has a population-growth problem. The population has been growing so fast that the authorities fear it will outstrip the country’s ability to feed everyone. To halt the growth, Beijing implemented a one-couple, one-child family planning policy in 1979.

    The Chinese want to advance economically and technologically, but along with modernization comes new ideas and aspects of Western culture. The people see themselves as now facing a dilemma — how do they modernize and still remain Chinese.

    Fast Facts

    Official Name: People's

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