I know that not all cultures tip waiters and waitresses, let alone essentially require tips as in the US. I’ve heard that in China gratuity doesn’t express gratitude but is rude or insulting. Is there truth in that? How are tips perceived in China and elsewhere in East Asia? Korea and Japan are very different from China culturally but still have many similarities. I wonder how they perceive tips as well.
The idea of tipping is foreign to Asian countries.
In countries like Taiwan, Singapore, or Hong Kong, a 10% gratitude/tip is already included in the bill in nice, fancy restaurants. If there’s no such charge, you do not need to tip in addition to your bill.
In Japan tipping is an insult. Japanese waiters work for the restaurant as a team. They believe that if a customer enjoys his visit then he will return back to the restaurant again, or refers others to the restaurant, thus bringing more business and revenue to the team.
in the US waiters are paid crap, and have to rely on tips as the real source of income. It’s more a every man for himself type of customer service.
In many Asian restaurants in the US, especially the small ones, the tips are shared among the staff including the chef and busboy at the end of the day.
June 1 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Mike Firn reports on Honda Motor Co.’s decision to raise workers’ monthly wages after a parts factory strike shut down almost all Chinese production.
The workers will receive a 24 percent pay increase to 1,910 yuan ($280 dollars) per month, the Tokyo-based company said in a faxed statement today. Most workers have accepted the offer, while talks continue with those who are unsatisfied, Honda said. Bloomberg’s Susan Li also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Do you recognize TAIWAN as an independent state, or do you believe there is only ONE CHINA?
Anyway, how do you think this issue should be resolved?
Taiwan’s been and always will be part of China no question about it.
It’s not the business of the US to go and deal with this issue, China should go deal with this issue themselves.
What if sometime in the future, Alaska or Hawaii decide they want o be independant, how would the US feel if China supported their independence?
with china getting more powerful and more technologically adavanced, will say 50 years, do yu reckon it will fancy its chances at Taiwan? And if so what would happen? Would we stand in their way? Or would we surrender it therefore avoiding WW3 but becoming weaker and making China stronger as a result?
Your views on this hole subject?
You mean bomb them with cheap radios etc that the workers get about £4.00 a month and terrible conditions for making?
May 25 (Bloomberg) — Fred Hochberg, president of the Export-Import Bank, talks with Bloomberg’s Stephen Engle about U.S.-China trade and the two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue that concludes in Beijing today.
China and the U.S. focused their first day of talks in Beijing on joint efforts to prop up the worlds economy in the face of a European sovereign-debt crunch that pushed off a showdown on the yuans value. The Obama administration sees China as central to its goal of doubling exports in five years and creating 2 million U.S. jobs. (Source: Bloomberg)
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I have heard that there used to be a ban on travel between mainland China and Taiwan. I’m going to be on a year-long study abroad in China starting this August and I was wondering if travel to Taiwan would be possible, or especially if it will be legal to re-enter China after having my passport stamped in Taiwan?
Thank you very much!!
As the guy above said there are no direct flights between China and Taiwan apart from the good will ones over the Chinese holidays.
For travel to Taiwan you will have to goto Hong Kong, Macau or another country first.
Being able to re-enter China after having your passport stamped in Taiwan is not the problem, its wither your visa is still valid. If you entered China on a single visa it is finished then it runs out or when you exist the country (including trips to HK and Maccua).
Is China and Taiwan an example of Imperialism?? If so how? If not, why?
Taiwan isn’t an example of Imperialism because they don’t poses the economic, militaristic or political prowess to exert their influence over anyone else.
The PRC on the other hand is an example of Imperialism. They use military and political force as a means of exerting their will over others. This is seen most clearly in the Cross Strait dispute. Since the PRC mistakenly believes that the Taiwan belongs to them they use their economic and military power to prevent the UN from recognizing the Taiwan as an independent nation. Since the PRC believe the Dali Lama to be a political terrorist or some crap, they use political and economic pressure on any diplomatic partner who shows interest in meeting with or recognizing the Dali Lama to think other wise. You can see this in the PRC’s attempts to prevent the Costa Rican presidential candidate from pledge to name a stadium in San Jose after the Dalai Lama saying that it “is not in line with the common desires of the two countries”. Since the PRC government contributed $83,000,000 to build the stadium. The stadium is one of the flagship projects stemming from the resumption of diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and China June 1, 2007, which required the severing of ties between Costa Rica and Taiwan, which the PRC renegade province.
Both posts by BSherman and his proxy Vash are 98% crap. It is true that the British and the Japanese have had their histories as imperialist nations and both of them have their fair share of blood on their hands. But the crap that they spouting about Japan invading Taiwan in 1895 is pure and total fiction. Taiwan was not invaded it was the spoils of a war. The Qing Empire was unable to defeat the Empire of Japan’s forces during the First Sino-Japanese war and as a result the Qing Emperor signed The Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the war and signing over ownership of Taiwan to the E.O.J.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki
Historical facts with evidence don’t seem to matter to these two. Such as stating Taiwan was part of the Ming Dynasty, which laid no such claims to it other than adding it to their maps, which they also did to the Ryukyu Island of Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan
I need it for my work – I am looking forward to receiving answer from somebody who lives in China and Taiwan. Please tell me the prices of the things below. Thank you very much in advance.
electricity 1 kWh –
gas 1 m3 –
water 1 m3 –
sewage 1 m3 –
Thank you very much. I need both China and Taiwan, can be local currency. Best regards
electricity 1 kWH – 0.49RMB
water 1 m3 – 3.8RMB
China has suspended military co-operation with the United States over a $6bn arms deal with Taiwan.
It is also threatening serious repercussions over the agreement which involves both hardware and technology.
Al Jazeera spoke to Yue Xiaoyong, the Chinese ambassador to Qatar, about what Washington’s decision means for its relations with Beijing. (30 jan 2010)
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i’m planning on going to china soon, mainland, Qingdao, Yantai, Shangdong province and also Kaosiung, Taipei, in Taiwan. what shots should I get to be safe? I’ve read the CDC website, but can anyone tell me with experience, do i really need a rice paddy Japanese encephalitis shot?
Zeek – I live in Shanghai and before that Beijing, almost ten years now, most of the above answers were right Hep shots are important, as far as the others we never got them and we have never gotten sick, but I would recommend the Hep shots for sure, any other questions about China just email me, be glad to help