This book is an easy-to-read summary of the author's many years of experience. Each story you read will add to your knowledge of foreign exchange and help you better interact with foreigners, increase your wisdom and elevate your sense of accomplishment.

Translator's Preface

Preface

Author's Preface

1/ "It's a Foreigner You Are Meeting"

2/ On Getting Along with Others

3/ The Citizen's Duty as a Diplomat

4/ A Smile - The Language That Needs No Translation

5/ "Don't All Chinese Know Kung Fu?"

6/ It's an Expression of Feeling, Not a Philosophical Standpoint

7/ Patience Is Another Form of Respect

8/ No Need for a "Double Standard"

9/ It Is Impolite Not to Return Thanks for Help Received

10/ "lnfosphere" and "Media Diplomacy"

11/ An Apple Tastes Better Than Vitamin C

12/ What Is a Dragon's Head?

13/ The Servant with Two Masters

14/ When You Speak to a Reporter, You Are Speaking to the Public

15/ As Seen in a Funhouse Mirror: The Media

16/ A Chinese Romeo and Juliet

17/ Marseille vs. Lyon

18/ Growth and Modesty

19/ Friendship First and Competition Second

20/ Enjoy Victory with Delight; Accept Defeat without Rancor

21/ "Getting Revenge" and "Wiping out the Troops"

22/ Confront Foreign Politicians Who "Speak without Scruples"

23/ From Eyeglasses to Nuclear Bombs

24/ "Rightfully and Forcefully" vs. "Rightfully and Peacefully"

25/ "Green Mountain" and "White Iron" Remain

26/ Happy to Give Directions

27/ Unforgettable Tour Guides

28/ Quick in Action, Prompt in Speech

29/ "Punctuality Is a Kingly Virtue"

30/ Taxi Drivers - Spokespeople for a City

31/ "Wow, This Is Exactly What I Need!"

32/ Can One Ever Be Too Courteous?

33/ "No Entry to Unauthorized Persons" etc

34/ "Come On, the Foreign Guests Are Here!"

35/ "Mind Your Own Business"

36/ "Why Doesn't He Look at Me?"

37/ Sorry: Not an Easy Word

38/ The Intangible "Relationship"

39/ Cheers, but Why Must I Drink?

40/ Yao Ming's Pledge

41/ Scary "Boiling Fish with Head Alive"

42/ I Don't Eat "Fried Scorpion"

43/ "Cannot Eat It Up? Then Take It Home."

44/ Lost in Luxury?

45/ Courtesy or Credibility

46/ You Thought They Would Not Hear You

47/ "Asians Are Loud When They Call?"

48/ The Art of Cheering

49/ CCTV or "Xi Xi Ti Wei"

50/ When Music Becomes Noise

51/ Ladies First? Seniors First?

52/ Dirty Words Are Not Exclamations

53/ When "Jumping the Queue" Works

54/ Lonely Smokers

55/ Don't Let Spitting Become Our Label

56/ What Should Our Tourists Take Back from the Great Wall?

57/ Convergence and Divergence

58/ Are Chinese the Most Jealous People?

59/ What do You Believe In?

60/ On Friends

61/ Don't Be a Yes-man!

62/ Feel Free to Accept Compliments!

63/ Excess "Modesty" Leads to Excess Misunderstanding

64/ "Old Sir" May Not Make the Gentleman Happy

65/ "Have You Had Your Meal?"

66/ "Why Should the Nephew Hold the Lantern for His Uncle?"

67/ "Is She Asking for Toilet Paper?"

68/ Humor Can Be Dangerous

69/ Hand Gestures

70/ The Masters' Way of Dressing

71/ Standing Out in a Crowd

72/ T-shirt: Not Suited to the Occasion

73/ "Don't Practice Your English with Me."

74/ Curb Your Curiosity

75/ Doesn't the Boss Have the Last Word?

76/ Get the Name Right

77/ Joke Book Menus

78/ Trials of a Kindergarten Teacher

79/ Children Who Never Grow up

80/ Don't Recommend Pills to Foreigners

81/ If It Were Your Wife Who Broke the Bowl

82/ The President Also Shed Tears

83/ Yeltsin's Comments on Pudong

84/ Persuading Arafat in Shanghai Airport

85/ Talking about Humor with Kissinger

86/ Talking about Wisdom with Peres

87/ Talking about Traffic with Zoellick

88/ Thoughts on Watching the United States Open

89/ Moscow: Against "Vulgarity"

90/ What Are Intel Meetings Like?

91/ An Effective International Conference

92/ Chinese Movies from an American Point of View

93/ Unreal Movies, Real Impressions

94/ Jinglu Is Not Peking Opera

95/ A World Atlas

96/ Speak Less of What You Like to Eat

97/ A Gift of Humor

98/ Fire Alarms in San Francisco

99/ Song of Pudong