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Cultural Guide

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Tipping in China: When You Don't, When You Might, and What the Law Says

In mainland China you normally don't tip, and licensed guides may not ask for one. What the rules say about service...

A Western traveller points at food at a Chinese street stall while the vendor answers with a hand gesture

Survival Chinese for Travelers: Essential Mandarin Phrases

The ten Mandarin phrases that cover most of a China trip, plus phrase tables for taxis, paying, food, hotels,...

A host pours tea for a guest at a round dining table while the guest taps two fingers on the table to say thanks

Chinese Etiquette and Taboos: Table Manners, Gifts, Temples and Everyday Do's and Don'ts

What really matters when visiting China: face and harmony, greetings and business cards, chopsticks, toasts and who...