Passport China

Your Pocket Guide to Chinese Business, Customs, and Etiquette

by Jenny Li

ISBN 1-885073-16-X
US$6.95
96 Pages
Passport China contains detailed information about business practices, negotiating styles, customs, etiquette, government, view of foreigners, and much more in China. International businesspeople will discover a wealth of hard-to-find information to help them break through cultural barriers and ease their fears about doing business in China. The book is attractive, portable, easy to read, and short enough to digest in one sitting.

Table of Contents

Overview

Chapter 1: Doing Business Across Cultures

Chapter 2: Country Facts
Chapter 3: The Chinese
Chapter 4: Cultural Stereotypes
Chapter 5: Regional Differences

Business Environment

Chapter 6: Government & Business

Chapter 7: The Work Environment
Chapter 8: Women in Business
Chapter 9: Making Connections
Chapter 10: Strategies for Success
Chapter 11: Time
Chapter 12: Business Meetings
Chapter 13: Negotiating with the Chinese
Chapter 14: Business Outside the Law

Customs & Etiquette

Chapter 15: Names & Greetings

Chapter 16: Communication Styles
Chapter 17: Customs
Chapter 18: Dress & Appearance
Chapter 19: Reading the Chinese
Chapter 20: Entertaining: The Banquet Tradition
Chapter 21: Socializing

Additional Information

Chapter 22: Basic Mandarin Phrases

Chapter 23: Correspondence
Chapter 24: Useful Numbers
Chapter 25: Books and Internet Addresses

About the Author

Jenny Li is a national of the People's Republic of China and the daughter of Yaming Kuang, one of China's most renowed Confucian thinkers and educators. An MBA in international business, she conducts market research for U.S. companies entering China and serves as a management consultant for Chinese-American joint ventures. She has lived in the United States since 1986.