Eddie Flores Jr. - 108 tips on business, travel and culture in China / by Eddie Flores, Jr., Elisia Flores ; illustrated by Jon J. Murakami

108 Tips on Business, Travel, and Culture in China

by

Eddie Flores, Jr. Elisia Flores

Illustrated By Jon J. Murakami

Copyright @ 2014 by L & L Franchise, Inc.

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ISBN-10: 0985819219
ISBN-13: 978-0-9858192-1-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2014945794

First Printing
Illustrated by Jon J. Murakami
Designed by Brandon Dela Cruz

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To my lovely wife, Elaine, and my two daughters, Elisia and Ellice, who had the patience and tolerance to work for me at L & L Hawaiian Barbecue. This book could not be completed without the support and encouragement from my family and the L & L Hawaiian Barbecue staff.

Thanks to my office staff for their editing and design: Elisia Flores, Ellice Flores, Elaine Flores, Brandon Dela Cruz, Josie Akana, Kelly Gan, Raymond Cheng, Caroline Guira, Andrew Lee, Kanoe Fragas, Bryan Andaya, and student intern, Rachel Oda.

Thanks to my friends who reviewed and critique my book: Henry Parwani, Manuel Flores, Richard Lim, Brenda Foster, and Gerald Gerry Chang.

Thanks to Jon J. Murakami for his funny illustrations. He is an artist who can capture people and scenes with humor and sensitivity.

Thanks again to my wife, Elaine, and my two daughters, Elisia and Ellice, for their patience, love and understanding, and encouragement during this arduous endeavor.

This book reflects Eddies funny and entertaining way of talking story on his sixty years of experience dealing with Chinese in the United States and in China. Eddie was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to the United States when he was sixteen. He has been very active in the Chinese community in Hawaii, and has extensive business dealings with Chinese in the United States and in China.

This book is written explicitly with China in mind. Most of the customs and traditions may be similar for Chinese in Hong Kong, Taiwan or other countries. However, there are

many differences within China itself. With over 1.34 billion people, many local and regional customs and traditions may vary.

The book focused on some of the key customs and traditions in an exciting and hilarious manner. You will learn many aspects of the Chinese society, travel and business. Each section has an interesting lesson about the Chinese people, a tip on how to deal with them, a did you know? factoid, and finally a cartoon to emphasize the key issue. It is a very easy and amusing reading. This book is invaluable to anyone wanting to travel, to do business, or to understand China in a concise and humorous way.

Did you know? According to a Feng Shui master, you should not keep a broom in the room of a sick or dying person because the broom will sweep away the life of that person.

China has a long recorded history, going back over 5,000 years, making it one of the oldest civilizations in the world. The Chinese are very proud of their culture and history. A brief time-line from the beginning of Chinese civilization to the modern era is chronicled below.

• The Peking man was the earliest human being who lived in Zhoukoudian, a village southwest of Beijing, about 400,000 to 500,000 years ago.
• The Xia dynasty (2100 B.C. 1600 B.C.) was the first dynasty in China. China continued to be ruled by dynasties until the Double Ten revolution, October 10, 1911.
• The Chinese developed skills in farming, silkworm-raising, tool making, construction, and trading between 2100 B.C. to 221 B.C. During this time, Chinese civilization flourished with many thinkers and philosophers such as Confucius.
• The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shih Huang, unified all of the Chinese feudal states in 221 B.C.
• Between 618 and 907, Chinese civilization flourished under the Tang Dynasty by trading with countries all over the world.
• The British started the Opium War against China in 1839. The war ended with the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842, which ushered in a century of unequal treaties. Under the treaty, the island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British in perpetuity and four treaty ports, including Canton and Shanghai, were opened to the British.
• Sun Yat Sen successfully led a revolution to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China in 1911.
• In 1949, the Chinese Communist Party drove the Nationalist government to Taiwan with Mao Zedong as the Chairman. The United States refused to recognize the Chinese Communist Party as the legitimate government of China and instead supported the Nationalist government in Taiwan.
• China adopted the Four Modernizations agriculture, industry, science and technology, and national defense - set by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, welcoming foreign investments and ushering China into a new era of economic growth.
• The United States officially recognized the Peoples Republic of China as the legitimate government on January 1, 1979 and established a diplomatic relationship.

Did you know? The father of modern China, Sun Yat Sen, and the President of the United States, Barack Obama, attended the same school (Punahou School, formerly Oahu College) in Hawaii.

Did you know? Makoto Hagiwara of Golden Gate Parks Japanese Tea House in San Francisco claims to be the person who invented fortune cookies around 1890 to 1900.

China is the fourth largest country in the world after Russia, Canada and the United States. It has the largest population with 1.34 billion people. Ninety-one percent of the people are of Han Chinese ethnicity and the rest are composed of over 55 minority ethnic groups such as Tibetans, Zhuang, and Manchu.

The country has an area of 3.7 million square miles and shares borders with fourteen countries including North Korea, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. China has three main rivers, the Yellow River in the north, the Yangtze in central China, and the Pearl River in the south. The terrain is mostly mountains, high plateaus, and deserts in the west and plains, deltas, and hills in the east.