•Do not use large hand movements. The Chinese do not speak with their hands. Your movements may be distracting to your host.

•  Personal contact must be avoided at all cost. It is highly inappropriate for a man to touch a woman in public.

•  Do not point when speaking.

 • To point do not use your index finger, use an open palm.

•  It is considered improper to put your hand in your mouth.

  •Avoid acts that involve the mouth.

  •Gift giving is a very delicate issue in China - See international business gift giving.

  •It is illegal to give gifts to government official however; it has become more commonplace in the business world.

  •It is more acceptable to give gifts either in private or to a group as a whole to avoid embarrassment.

 • The most acceptable gift is a banquet.

  •Quality writing pens as considered favored gifts.

  •The following gifts and/or colors are associated with death and should not be given:

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