Prepare Yourself for China: The Visitor's Survival Guide to China

China is a whole other planet, (and you're the alien).
Hit the ground running with the essential know-how, friendly advice, and real life anecdotes, from decades of experience and the hard-earned wisdom of dozens of veteran expats.
Expert advice straight from the horse's mouth to make sure you avoid making the same mistakes as the countless thousands who have gone before you.

• Language tips and basic phonetic phrases
• Types of interpreters
• Your safety and security in China
• Pocket bare essentials
• Guide to Chinese taxis
• Checking in and out of your hotel
• Brace yourself for Chinese toilets!
• Seeking medical advice, and what to expect
• Getting the best from your shopping
• What to expect at a restaurant
• Chinese business culture
• Manufacturing matters
• Business meeting success tips

Indispensable knowledge from the school of hard knocks, this essential survival guide gives you the confidence to take China in your stride and prepare for the extraordinary everyday situations that other advice books overlook.

Author: Brian Bailie
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/22/2011
Pages: 126
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.29lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.27d
ISBN: 9781467935265

About the Author
Brian Bailie is an unassuming Irishman with a writing style that reflects a plainspoken sense of humour and his Ulster-Scots roots. He lives between the lough and the sea, in the rolling green landscape of the Ards Peninsula of Northern Ireland. Brian has written several non-fiction books (in his own name, and as a ghost-writer for other authors) on a range of topics. His personal experience includes an eclectic career encompassing farming, engineering, commercial art, and product design; his various exploits have taken him across Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia, as well as several years working in the industrial east coast of China.

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