I stand corrected how teaching Western manners in China became its own unforgettable lesson
"A fascinating fusion of memoir, manners, and cultural history from a successful businesswoman well-versed in the unique challenges of working in contemporary China. During the course of her long and successful business career, no country has fascinated Eden Collinsworth more than China. After...
| Main Author: | Collinsworth, Eden. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Wherein I prove it is sometimes possible to get away with folly
- Introductions and greetings
- The all-important display of deference
- The dichotomy of personal and public
- The art
- and perils
- of conversing
- The cost of doing business
- Children and their many consequences
- Where the Chinese dream lives
- Getting from one place to the other
- The politics of censorship
- The body of the workplace
- Raising sons
- How the rest ends
- Wherein I suggest it is always nice to know how to say good-bye.