The annual show season can leave some of us longing for the relative comfort of the office. Based on his own experience – but also the invluable advice of others – Lewis Tyler gives some tips on how to survive the show with ...
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Facebook has reported fixing a flaw that made it possible to snoop on private New Year's Eve messages sent using a "Midnight Delivery" service. Facebook took "Midnight Delivery" offline temporarily to patch a vulnerability pointed out by ...
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister evidently tripped on the social network's privacy settings,landing in the midst of a debate yesterday about"online etiquette". Randi Zuckerberg,who launched a Silicon Valley themed online ...
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1. What's "guanxi"? Guanxi is regarded as the central idea in Chinese society with long historical and cultural roots. It is understood and utilized by virtually every Chinese person in greater or lesser measure. Understanding how the ...
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1. What's the difference between business relationship in China and in western countries? Unlike western business relationship which remains professional and perhaps, aloof, even after a long time, Chinese business relationship inevitably ...
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What's "guanxi"? Guanxi in Chinese means "relationship" or social networking. It's regarded as the central idea in Chinese society. "Guanxi" can take on many forms. It does not have to be based on money. The kernel of guanxi is doing ...
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The Cantonese have a custom of drinking tea with dim sum in their leisure time or at business meetings. The tea drinking tradition can be traced back over a hundred years to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The real tea-drinkers ...
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Also called "Galao" the Tong grand songs, called as such because they are sung by large groups of people, are a kind of folk music that originated in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The songs are performed in male and female antistrophic ...
The Golden Pheasant Dance is the major dance form of the Miao ethnic group during their ancestor worship activity held every twelve years, and it is often performed during the wedding ceremony, guest reception etiquette, and the "moon ...
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The Russ ethnic minority descends from Russian immigrates to China during the 18th century. Most live in Ili, Tacheng, Altay and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region whilst a few live in the Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolian ...
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In China, there are many established practices concerning shoes, many of which have become standard life etiquette. For example, shoes are presented to a baby one full month after its birth; newlyweds have to wear wedding shoes at their ...
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China is known as a state of etiquette and ceremonies. Many proverbs have been passed down from generation to generation such as 'civility costs nothing' or 'courtesy demands reciprocity' and so on. For instance, there is an interesting ...
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By being aware of some of the differences you lessen the impact of culture shock and you make your life considerably easier. Here is a list of some of the more overt cultural differences of Western culture in relation to Chinese culture: ...
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The Naxi people have many traditional merits. They are hospitable, reasonable, and respectful to the old while loving the young. They have formed rich etiquette culture in the longstanding history of integrity and unity to the internal ...
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The Korean ethnic group is distributed mainly over the northeast of China, including Jilin Province, Liaoning Province and Heilongjiang Province. Other Korean people disseminate in some cities in other parts of China, such as the Inner ...
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