1. People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国

2. Agenda Country Facts Business Development Conversation and Socializing Food and Dining Women in China

3. Country Facts Population: 1.3 billion (16x Germany) Area: 9.6 million sq. km (27x Germany) Capital: Beijing Largest City: Shanghai (pop. approx. 19 million) Official Languages: Standard Mandarin (spoken) Simplified Chinese (written) Currency: Renminbi Yuan (1 EUR = 9.7 CNY)

4. Business Development

5. Conversation and Socializing Chinese often use indirect language It is important to keep the harmony and avoid any kind of a conflict No full respect for Europeans (non Chinese) within a discussion Please do not talk about politics, human rights or Tibet. But it is common to talk about the salary

6. Conversation and Socializing Modesty and unassumingness is really important The Chinese are asking many private questions to get into contact Making photographs is significant. For the younger generation: Using the “V” (Victory) hand sign and even posing is very popular nowadays A handshake is common, but not very common. Avoid a strong handshake

7. Food and Dining Very important part when doing business with Chinese Often invitations to business meals Every invitation requires a re-invitation Always about 8-12 participants Chose a restaurant of a higher category to adulate your guests Chinese eat quiet early, at about 18 o’clock

8. Food and Dining Agenda of a business lunch highest ranked invitator allocate places to the participants The food is served on a turnable plate in the middle of the tabel Everybody eats directly from this turnable plate Main food: Chinese eat all: meat ( also dogs and cats), all kinds of fish, seafood, vegetables, soups, but also scorpions, snakes, insects and beatles Business meals mostly finish after 2 hours

9. Food and Dining Table manners and rituals Relaxed table manners Smacking, spitting and belching “show acoustically that it taste good” Never give one’s nose a blow into a handkerchief at the table!!! Toasts are very popular, especially toasts to chug-a-lug!!! Everybody has to answer the toast to be polite!! A kind of testing how much someone can drink- it’s a chance to climb in the reputation scale!

10. Women in China Traditionally: a loving wife and mother This is still the official view of this thematic

11. Women in China But: In reality it is much different Women have always been very ambitious, they only weren‘t allowed to show it The Chinese government has passed a lot of rules for equalization of women

12. Women in China Families In most families, women have the power! – married women have much power – administrate the money – giving pocket money to the husband – in 77% of the families, women are in authority

13. Women in China Business More and more women earn their own money Get well educated Fast growing service sector even offers lots of jobs to women from the inland

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