China

Chinese etiquette carries real symbolic weight: a homophone can turn an ordinary gift into a bad-luck one, and even how you eat a whole fish can read as tempting fate. Business and dining customs here reward attention to detail most visitors don't expect.

7 rules.

Present business cards with both hands

Don't sit down until you're shown your seat

Don't flip the whole fish over

Never give a clock as a gift

Take off your shoes, wear the slippers you're given

Never criticize someone in front of others

Let the host toast first, and clink lower