| China - Culture Smart!, Volume 81: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Third Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Flower, Kathy (Author), Culture Smart! (Author) |
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ISBN: 1857338545 ISBN-13: 9781857338546 Publisher: Kuperard OUR PRICE: $10.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Asia - China - Business & Economics | Business Etiquette - Reference | Etiquette |
| Dewey: 951 |
| Series: Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.3" W x 6.6" (0.40 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Culture Smart China puts the latest dramatic changes into a historical context, explains deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guides the visitor through a maze of unfamiliar social situations. It will enable you to discover for yourself the warmth, intelligence, humor, and humanity of this extraordinary people. The spectacular Beijing Olympics of 2008 heralded China's arrival as an economic superpower. When the world plunged into economic crisis, in China, too, factories closed, but most unemployed workers simply made their way back to the countryside. The patience, diligence, enterprise, and natural optimism that are part of the Chinese character helped tide it over the setback. New mega-cities sprang up, peopled by a generation of city dwellers, light years away from their parents' rural world. The Chinese have always taken a long-term view of events. They are proud of their ancient civilization and their modern achievements. Among the young, educated, urban elite there is an eagerness to discuss issues that were formerly "off limits." |