The Global Etiquette Guide to Asia

Travelling in a foreign country is always much more rewarding when you have a working familiarity with its customs, habits, tastes, and mores. This is especially true for business travellers for whom a simple point of etiquette can make or break a deal.

Written by one of the world's leading cross-cultural experts, the books in the exciting new Global Etiquette series arm travellers with all that and more. More practical than competing guides, these fact-filled references offer detailed, essential advice on communication, negotiating styles, gift giving, dining, being a host or a guest, dealing with authorities, and many other topics.

Each volume covers all of the major countries of a region and is organised in a country-by-country fashion. Despite the emergence of the global marketplace and global Americanisation, there is much about Asian cultures that an unprepared Westerner can find baffling, frustrating, or even dangerous.

In this indispensable guide, internationally recognised cross-cultural expert Dean Foster fills business and leisure travellers in on what they really need to know about the habits, customs, and protocols found in all of the major countries of the Pacific Rim, Central Asia, Eurasia, Southwest Asia, and the Asian Arab world.