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Decoding Chinaby: Mathew B. Christensen
Tokyo Japan:
Tuttle Publishing 2013, $15.95, Hardbound
ISBN: 978-0-804804267-9
Reviewed by: Jacqueline M. Newman
Summer Volume: 2017 Issue: 24(2) page(s): 24
This valuable
d own - to - e a r t h
handbook, written
by the Academic
Director of the
Chinese Flagship
Center at Brigham
Young University
in Utah, should be
part of one’s literature when going to China to study,
travel, or to work. It helps with simple every day tasks
and culturally complicated ones.
Divided in eight sections, there is information about
travel, transportation in general, living in a hotel or an
apartment, eating, ordering, cooking, communicating
on the phone, computer, or in general, exchanging
money, banking, and generally dealing in this country
where cash is king. It helps when shopping as the locals
do, what to buy and where, working or studying in this
country today. All its sub-headings have Chinese characters and
transliterations; and all are valuable cracking many of
their cultural codes for bargaining, buying, and all sorts
of business. We also recommend this author’s blog
when exploring the Middle Kingdom. Using it makes
many things there lots easier. |
