How to survive a compliment in China (捧杀 – Pěng shā)
Subtle nuances of language and behaviour are an important part of dealing with China, but often totally missed. Receiving or giving...
Subtle nuances of language and behaviour are an important part of dealing with China, but often totally missed. Receiving or giving...
Procrastinators should not be able to survive in China. Procrastinators, and their procrastinations, are not welcome. To survive and be successful...
There's something called the 'three bowls of noodles philosophy' which was first coined by Du Yuesheng (杜月笙 - Dù yuèshēng) -...
The meaning of a simple word, water, in Chinese culture is complicated. Drawing on poems, idioms and China's philosophers, there are...
The word for 'choose' in Chinese is 选择 (xuǎn zé). The traditional character for zé is 擇, and the bits that...
To have an opinion in China is serious stuff. There are at least 10 different ways to say the word, 'opinion'....
Chinese does not have a word for "the", or "a" or "an". How could such an inoffensive, but fundamental, word be...
There are lots of different ways to "Yes" in Chinese, with subtle differences. I have counted more than 20. All are...
The word for 'report' - as in to report to a senior is a tricky one in Chinese. It is one...
“Me” in Chinese is different is quite different than in English. Chinese does not distinguish between “I” and “me”. This is...