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Kai Strittmatter
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Paperback. Did you know Chinese don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This title provides a guide to China's sociable and friendly people and their complex and often contradictory society. Translator(s): Tobler, Stefan. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 248.
It's time we got to know a little more about the Chinese. Did you know they don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This guide to avoiding the numerous pitfalls of Chinese etiquette is both amusing and informative. The writer and journalist Kai Strittmatter lived and worked in China for ten years. This amusing, affectionate and perceptive book provides a fascinating guide to this lively, sociable and friendly people ... Read more
It's time we got to know a little more about the Chinese. Did you know they don't eat soup, they drink it? That their surnames come before their first names? That their good sense is to be found not in their heads but in their hearts? Or that white is their colour of mourning? This guide to avoiding the numerous pitfalls of Chinese etiquette is both amusing and informative. The writer and journalist Kai Strittmatter lived and worked in China for ten years. This amusing, affectionate and perceptive book provides a fascinating guide to this lively, sociable and friendly people ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907973178
SKU
V9781907973178
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Kai Strittmatter
Kai Strittmatter would tell you that Chinese is one of the easiest languages in the world to speak. He lived in Beijing as a newspaper correspondent and his articles have been collected in several books.
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