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14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by wintersnow(m): 12:39pm On May 25, 2016
- Do not use a toothpick in public without covering your mouth with your hand.

-Do not use your own chopsticks or spoon to dish shared dishes (which is customary) when eating with a group, use the serving spoon to dish into your bowl or plate to eat instead.

-Do not open a present in front of the giver, which is not polite.

-Do not leave your chopsticks sticking up in the left-over rice at the bottom of your bowl after eating a meal.

-Do not stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl before or after eating a meal. Instead, lay them on your dish. Doing it in a restaurant or a private home would be a terrible curse on the proprietor, as sticking chopsticks in the rice bowl looks like the shrine with two sticks of incense stuck upright in it, which is equivalent to wishing death upon person at the table.

-Do not tap on your bowl with chopsticks, as the beggars tap on their bowls, which is impolite and insulting.

-Do not give a gift like the Clocks (giving a watch is okay), straw sandals, a stork or crane, handkerchiefs and anything white, blue or black, which are associated with death or cause for crying, and are perceived to bring people bad fortune.

Do not lose your temper, as to lose one’s temper is an absolute loss of face.

Do not point the bottoms of your feet to any person when sitting. Try to sit cross-legged or tuck your legs underneath you.

Do not touch someone unless you absolutely have to. Chinese people do not enjoy being touched by strangers, which is the direct opposite to Western society.

Do not biting your nails or putting your hands in your mouth as it is considered to be vulgar in Chinese culture.

Do not behave in a carefree manner in public. Embracing or kissing when greeting or saying good-bye is highly unusual.

Do not write cards or letters with red ink or ball pen, as it symbolizes the end of a relationship.

Do not forget to take off your shoes when entering any home in China, unless are told not to.
Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by Obinovictor(m): 12:42pm On May 25, 2016
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Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by shotuns: 2:43pm On May 25, 2016
22.For men do not put on a green cap. It indicates your wife already slept with another man.
23.If you receive a red envelope from a friend on your birthday,birth of a new baby, house warming, marriage ceremony, say for instant you got a (200Yuan) red envelope( HONGBAO)which is the least you can get while many gives more than that. In the future you are expected to return the gesture to that same person, it could be same 200Yuan or more that what you received but can't be less than.
24.During festival treats or having meals with elders in China, you are required to stand up and cheers(gambei) with them while placing your cup a bit lower to the bottom of the elder's cup to show respect.
More coming soon.
Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by JJCE(m): 10:11pm On May 25, 2016
shotuns:
22.For men do not put on a green cap. It indicates your wife already slept with another man.
23.If you receive a red envelope from a friend on your birthday,birth of a new baby, house warming, marriage ceremony, say for instant you got a (200Yuan) red envelope( HONGBAO)which is the least you can get while many gives more than that. In the future you are expected to return the gesture to that same person, it could be same 200Yuan or more that what you received but can't be less than.
24.During festival treats or having meals with elders in China, you are required to stand up and cheers(gambei) with them while placing your cup a bit lower to the bottom of the elder's cup to show respect.
More coming soon.
bro, Are u in china

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Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by aminho(m): 1:51am On May 26, 2016
I had to learn all this 3years in china no be beans
Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by chukxie(m): 8:15pm On May 26, 2016
Too many things to learn ooo. Thanks for the info, Op.
Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by shotuns: 12:58pm On May 27, 2016
JJCE:
bro, Are u in china

Yea, Currently. What's up bro?
Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by JJCE(m): 10:41pm On May 27, 2016
shotuns:


Yea, Currently. What's up bro?
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Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by shotuns: 3:12pm On May 28, 2016
JJCE:
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Re: 14 Things You Dont Do In CHINA by JJCE(m): 6:58am On May 29, 2016
shotuns:


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