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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: Is it OK to give or receive any gift in china?
Its OK to give, but I have never received any, good luck.
It's hard to answer without innuendo...
In China, people who give show superiority and people who get the present accept a subordinate position. Many Chinese will start what might look like a fight because all of them want to give presents, but don't want to be given any. You might believe they are warm and kind because of this, yet when you get to know Chinese society better, you could end up with the opposite general opinion. For example, that they care more about their social status than about yours or anyone else's feelings.
Anyway, you're a foreigner, so it doesn't matter that much.
Yeah it sure is. You receive during birthday celebrations etc., You give when you want to congratulate somebody. They could also be having a birthday and it's a good idea to give at that time.
You're a nubie aren't you? Poor fellow, he was dead the min. he crossed the border, when you post please be a little more specific.
Yes, it's fine. The Chinese particularly like clocks and green hats.
yes, no, or maybe.
u can give me a present though.. I kinda like those rectangular pieces of red paper w/ a picture of that funny old guy on front.... I've heard it brings the giver 'Good Fortune' if they give me the Lucky Number of them, which is 888.
i get gifts all the time and make a list at the end of the semester and give it to the principal, he always acts surprise when i do this, but i tell him bribery is fine as long as everyone knows what it is, no one is going to accuse me of not using transparency.
this semester list
1.75 liter brandy
1 one liter bottles of mongolian milk baijou (taste awful)
6 liter bottles of bad white wine
2 boxes of chocalates
2 fake bottles of scotch whiskey
2 sets of cufflinks
4 stuffed animals
4 prepaid supermarket cards loaded with 500 rmb each time
teach rich international kids going to canada
I gave my father in law a piece of gold one time,,,,, early when I got here .... 10 grams gold bullion ... it's like $500+ worth of gold ..... I thought I was doing good ...a year or so later, I figured out, ..they didn't know or have a clue what to do with it...... couldn't show it off/couldn't wear it/ ...so it was useless ..no face here ,,,,,, I suggested taking it and melting it around the big guys finger.............. didn't go over well ......
All I want in life is Silva's respect and friendship...
BHGAL:
OK ..... I can do that for you ... I now offer all the respect and friendship available from the biggest asshole I have ever not met,to you and in my wildest dreams I hope that because we now share the respect and friendship of this irritating asshole..maybe admin pig will do his best to avoid a confrontation and using available technology to pinpoint his whereabouts and and deal with it or possibly dealing with a pretty simple new age thing in a pretty simple good old days method. blah blah blah