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Culture Smart China

The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Indre Balcikonyte-Huang Kathy Flower

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Chinese
Kuperard Publishers
04 March 2021
Series: Culture Smart!
For thousands of years, the Chinese believed that they had created a perfect social system based on Confucian values, tempered by the Mandate of Heaven. Dynasties came and went, but the essence of being Chinese remained essentially unchanged until the twentieth century. Since then, change has taken place in Chinese society at an unprecedented speed, as the country first experienced the turmoil of civil war and revolution before emerging on to the world stage as a global superpower. Culture Smart! China aims to put these changes into a historical context, explain deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guide you through the maze of unfamiliar social situations.

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Imprint:   Kuperard Publishers
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Height: 170mm,  Width: 110mm, 
ISBN:   9781787028807
ISBN 10:   1787028801
Series:   Culture Smart!
Pages:   200
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Indre Balcikonyte-Huang was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. She has a Bachelor s degree in Chinese with Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a Master s degree in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature from Fudan University in Shanghai. Fluent in Mandarin, Indre has lived in Beijing and Shanghai for more than ten years. She currently works for a cross-border consultancy helping western companies and brands find a footing in China, and lives in central Shanghai with her Shanghainese husband Ruiyu, and son Roy. Kathy Flower has worked in the UK and China as a BBC radio producer, TV presenter, scriptwriter, teacher, and trainer. She spent four years with the British Council in Paris, and was co-presenter of an English-language teaching series on French TV. This led her to Beijing, where she presented China s first major English-language teaching series, Follow Me, on Chinese TV. She became known to hundreds of millions of enthusiastic Chinese viewers as Fay-lau-ah laoshi, or Teacher Flower. Back in London she joined BBC World Service Radio. Kathy has returned to China many times to work and travel. She now teaches international students, including many young Chinese enrolled at British universities, and lives in Hampshire and southern France.

Reviews for Culture Smart China: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

"""Culture Smart! has come to the rescue of hapless travellers,"" - Sunday Times Travel; ""...the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries,"" - Global Travel; ""...full of fascinating, as well as common sense, tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas,"" – Observer; ""...as useful as they are entertaining,"" - Easy Jet Magazine; ""...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world,"" - New York Times"


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