10 things you should not do in China

If you’re traveling to China to attend the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, you must bear in mind this list, on 10 things you should and should not do.

1- If you call someone to get closer to you, do not call by moving their hands with fingers upward, as it would be discourteous.

2- If you use a toothpick teeth in public, cover your mouth with his hand.

3- If you give a gift, do not open before who gave it.

4- If you offer a card presentation, not stored in the back pocket of his trousers. Symbolically saying that you would want to sit on them. You must put the presentation business card in his wallet and then save it in a front pocket.

5- After lunch, do not leave chopsticks standing out above what it was rice at the bottom of your bowl. Doing this in a restaurant would be a terrible curse for its owner.

6- When you write do not use red ink. This colour is reserved for the proposals, complaints and to correct exams.

7- The funerals, weddings, or religious ceremonies can occupy a street full. It’s best not to walk through these meetings.

8- When you start to rain but if your companion he or she has no umbrella, it is bad luck to give an umbrella - is an omen that never again will see you again. (The word for umbrella is china - san - which sounds like the word “separated”).

9- Do not regale a clock. The phrase “giving clock” (sung chung) sounds like “attend a funeral” - is very unfavorable. If you can give a wristwatch.

10- Do not regale a handkerchief as a gift because it is used to wipe the tears, actually bring some sort of bad luck that will cause tears.