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7 Topics to AVOID in a Chinese Office

Having a conversation by the water cooler can end in diaster if you bring up

these 7 things..

WW2

WW2 was a dark time for China. Tens of millions of people died.

Ideally you should avoid discussing Nanjing or Japanese involvement.

Taiwan

In mainland China (People’s Republic of China), Taiwan (Republic of China) is a

indelible part of the country.

Tiananmen Square

99% of Chinese people have never heard heard of the events that took place in 1989. Don’t bring it up.

Chairman Mao

In the West he might not have a good image. But in China he’s almost a god. You have to remember that he dragged the largest country from a rural peasant society into an economic powerhouse. So RESPECT.

Communism

China is communist in name only. Discussing different government systems is not worth the hassle. They’ve the highest GDP growth in decades. Who’s to say our

Democracy is better?

Tibet or the Dali Lama

Most Chinese people view Tibet as a poor backwater part of China. They have no idea about the

independence movement and they think of the Dali Lama as a rebel rouser. A lot of people in China are

suffering not only the Tibetans.

Xinjiang (East Turkistan)

Like Tibet, most Chinese people think of Xinjiang as a dirty poor part of China. Although they have the

added bonus of being labeled terrorists and murders. You won’t hear any words of sympathy regarding their

plight.

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