Perfect for business, pleasure, or armchair travelers, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. In nearly one hundred brief, reader-friendly chapters, alphabetized by subject, China A to Zintroduces a general audience to contemporary Chinese society, as well as its venerable history.

Perfect for business, pleasure, or armchair travelers, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. In nearly one hundred brief, reader-friendly chapters, alphabetized by subject, China A to Zintroduces a general audience to contemporary Chinese society, as well as its venerable history. Discover:

Why Chinese names are written in reverse order of Western names

What thecurrent relationship is between Japan and China

Why you should wrap gifts in red or pink paper, and never send white flowers

Whythere are more boys than girls in China

What you should bring when visiting a Chinese household

From architecture and body language to Confucianism and feng shui, China A to Zoffers accessible and entertaining basic information about China, now the fourth most popular destination in the world.

Introduction

Animals

Architecture

Banquets

Bargaining

Beijing

Body Language

Buddhism

Canton (Guangzhou)

Cars

Chiang Kai-shek

Children

Chinese Communist Party

Chongqing

Colors

Confucianism

Corruption

Cultural Revolution

Dalai Lama

Daoism

Deng Xiaoping

Dialects

Dissidents

Dynasties

Education

Ethnic Minorities

Face

Family

Farmers

Feng Shui

Festivals

Film

Food

Forbidden City

Gang of Four

Gay and Lesbian Culture

Gifts

Gong Li

Government

Great Leap Forward

Great Wall

Guanxi (Connections)

Guomindang (Kuomintang or KMT)

Hand Gestures

History

Hong Kong

Hu Jintao

Human Rights

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

Interracial Relationships

Jiang Qing

Jiang Zemin

Kunming

Li Peng

Long March

Lu Xun (Lu Hsun)

Macau

Maggie Cheung

Mao Zedong

Martial Arts

Medicine (Traditional)

Music

Names

Nanjing

National Holidays

Novelists

One Child Policy

One Country, Two Systems

Peking Opera

People’s Liberation Army (PLA)

Pinyin Spelling System

Public Displays of Affection

Qi

Qingdao (Tsing-tao)

Religion

Respect for Elders

Shanghai

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

Shopping

Sino-Japanese War

The Soong Sisters

South China Sea

Spring Festival

Sun Yat-sen

Tailors and Clothing

Taiwan

Three Gorges Dam

Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Movement

Tibet

Tipping

Urumqi

Visiting a Home

Wen Jiabao

Xi’an

Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Yuan

Zhong Guo

Ziyi Zhang

Notes

Index