Perfect for business and armchair travelers alike, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country. In one hundred brief, reader-friendly chapters, alphabetized by subject, China A to Z introduces a general audience to contemporary Chinese society, as well as its venerable history. Discover: why Chinese names are written in reverse order; what to bring when visiting a Chinese household; what the current relationship is between Japan and China; why you should wrap gifts in red or pink paper, and never send white flowers. With thousands of Chinese adoptions occurring each year, and China becoming the fourth most popular international destination, the need for information about this complex country is greater than ever.

Introduction --Animals -- Architecture -- Banquets -- Bargaining -- Beijing -- Body language -- Buddhism -- Canton (Guangzhou) -- Cars -- Chiang Kai-shek -- Children -- Chinese Communist Party -- Chongqing -- Colors -- Confucianism -- Corruption -- Cultural Revolution -- Dalai Lama -- Daoism -- Deng Xiaoping -- Dialects -- Dissidents -- Dynasties -- Education -- Ethnic minorities -- Face -- Family -- Farmers -- Feng shui -- Festivals -- Film -- Food -- Forbidden City -- Gang of Four -- Gay and lesbian culture -- Gifts -- Gong Li -- Government -- Great Leap Forward -- Great Wall -- Guanxi (connections) -- Guomindang (Kuomintang or KMT) -- Hand gestures -- History -- Hong Kong -- Hu Jintao -- Human rights -- Introduction -- Animals -- Architecture -- Banquets -- Bargaining -- Beijing -- Body language -- Buddhism -- Canton (Guangzhou) -- Cars -- Chiang Kai-shek -- Children -- Chinese Communist Party -- Chongqing -- Colors -- Confucianism -- Corruption -- Cultural Revolution -- Dalai Lama -- Daoism -- Deng Xiaoping -- Dialects -- Dissidents -- Dynasties -- Education -- Ethnic minorities -- Face -- Family -- Farmers -- Feng shui -- Festivals -- Film -- Food -- Forbidden City -- Gang of Four -- Gay and lesbian culture -- Gifts -- Gong Li -- Government -- Great Leap Forward -- Great Wall -- Guanxi (connections) -- Guomindang (Kuomintang or KMT) -- Hand gestures -- History -- Hong Kong -- Hu Jintao -- Human rights -- Inner Mongolia Autonomous region -- Interracial relationships -- Jiang Qing -- Jiang Zemin -- Kunming -- Li Peng -- Long March -- Lu Xun (Lu Hsün) -- Macau -- Maggie Cheung -- Mao Zedong -- Martial arts - -; Medicine (traditional) -- Music -- Names -- Nanjing -- National holidays -- Novelists -- One child policy -- One country, two systems -- Peking Opera -- People's Liberation Army (PLA) -- Pinyin Spelling System -- Public displays of affection -- Qi -- Qingdao (Tsing-tao) -- Religion -- Respect for elders -- Shanghai -- Shenzhen Special Economic Zone -- Shopping -- Sino-Japanese War -- The; Soong Sisters -- South China Sea -- Spring Festival -- Sun Yat-sen -- Tailors and clothing -- Taiwan -- Three Gorges Dam -- Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Movement -- Tibet -- Tipping -- Urumqi -- Visiting a home -- Wen Jiabao -- Xi'an -- Xingiang Uighur Autonomous Region -- Yuan -- Zhong Guo -- Ziyi Zhang -- Notes -- Index. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous region -- Interracial relationships -- Jiang Qing -- Jiang Zemin -- Kunming -- Li Peng -- Long March -- Lu Xun (Lu Hsün) -- Macau -- Maggie Cheung -- Mao Zedong -- Martial arts - - -- Medicine (traditional) -- Music -- Names -- Nanjing -- National holidays -- Novelists -- One child policy -- One country, two systems -- Peking Opera -- People's Liberation Army (PLA) -- Pinyin Spelling System -- Public displays of affection -- Qi -- Qingdao (Tsing-tao) -- Religion -- Respect for elders -- Shanghai -- Shenzhen Special Economic Zone -- Shopping -- Sino-Japanese War -- Soong Sisters -- South China Sea -- Spring Festival -- Sun Yat-sen -- Tailors and clothing -- Taiwan -- Three Gorges Dam -- Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Movement -- Tibet -- Tipping -- Urumqi -- Visiting a home -- Wen Jiabao -- Xi'an -- Xingiang Uighur Autonomous Region -- Yuan -- Zhong Guo -- Ziyi Zhang -- Notes -- Index.