We Found a Store that Will Change our Lives Here in China

I won't keep you in suspense. We found the market the locals call Mai De Long (the Metro). It's basically a giant Costco type store run by a German company and they have tons of foreign food brands. One of our new friends from the virtual branch (church for those who don't know what that is) rode the bus up from a city south of Changsha called Xiangtan to meet us at the front entrance.  He left his house at 7 and arrived at the Metro at 9 am this morning and Stacie and I left our house at 7:45 and spent an hour on the bus ourselves weaving through the streets of Changsha trying to find our bus stop.  Since we don't know Chinese, our friend Sophia said: "Just get on the 132 bus near your house.  Once you cross the river, count 8 stops and then get off."  Lucky for us, it got us to the correct bus stop, but it took a long time.  Once we got off the bus we got lost and had to ask for directions.  We are getting smarter about asking for directions and know that we should always ask someone under the age of 25.  They will sometimes speak at least a few words of English.  So, we asked this 20 something year old and she said, "I'll take you there." She was so nice and helpful.

When we got to the store, our friend Manolo, greeted us, helped us get a membership and asked the customer service desk to hold our luggage for us.  Yes, we were advised by Manolo to bring a huge suitcase with us to fill with all the stuff we would certainly buy.  He gave us other pointers about how to tell which brands were Chinese and which were imported because even the imported food has Chinese characters all over it.  Apparently, items that have a serial number starting with "6" were Chinese and we would avoid those.  It's not that they are bad.  It's just that we can get that anywhere so why ride the bus for an hour each way to buy Chinese stuff. We also learned how to tell if the price listed was per unit or per kilogram.  This was really helpful because we were keeping a running total of our purchases. We knew we could easily get carried away in a store like this one. So, we systematically went through the aisles hunting for stuff we could not find anywhere else.  It was so exciting!  Stacie and I had Annie watch the children while we went on this particular adventure and we really enjoyed our date to the Metro.  Let me list for you some of the foods that were very exciting to find: Hunt's marinara, wheat pasta, brown rice (surprisingly not common in China), canned tuna, Tyson's chicken drumsticks, salami (imported from Italy), German chocolate bars, cereal, German milk, wheat bread, Philadelphia cream cheese, Irish imported white cheddar, Swiss Miss hot chocolate, parmesan cheese, barbeque sauce, Italian seasonings, cinnamon, tortillas, tortilla chips, refried beans, granola bars, Betty Crocker cake mix, and much more that I can't remember off hand.  The ride home was pretty difficult because my suitcase weighed a ton.  I could barely get the thing on the bus it was so heavy.  After I managed to get up to the second floor of our apartment building, we opened up the suitcase for the kids and they absolutely freaked out.  I don't remember them being this excited even at Christmas time. It was pretty funny to hear all the oohs and ahhs as we pulled out each item.

This weekend, we will travel down to Xiangtan to visit Manolo, his wife Jackaline, and their two children.  It will be our first time getting on a bus by ourselves and heading out of the city entirely.  It's only about 30 miles south of Changsha, but to us it's an adventure each time we take the children somewhere we have not been before.  They (the Parreno family) will meet us at the bus station and take us to their apartment.  We will spend the night Saturday and come back late on Sunday night.  It will be nice to spend some time with them because they really are delightful people.  He is from Spain and she is from South America (I can't remember which country).  They have been in China for 3 years as Manolo studies for his master's in Chinese philosophy.  They had their second child here in China and she is due with their third this spring some time.  Manola said the hospital experience was a bit dicey, so they are definitely a brave couple.  We have lots of questions we want to ask them about life in China as we still struggle to adjust after only 2 months in Changsha.

In terms of work and school, it continues to be quite a challenge for me.  Many students still don't understand me even though I feel like I'm speaking at a rate of about 100 words per minute.  Believe me, it's dang slow.  The PhD students and the freshmen are all on about the same level and I feel exhausted at the end of long days in the classroom.  My students email me quite frequently with questions or just wanting to practice their written English.  I have 320 students total (at SUU I might have 100 on a busy semester).  So, I struggle to keep up with all these emails, but I'm doing my best.  Even though I find the teaching part a great challenge, I still think the students are delightful people. They really do want to learn and they feel deep shame when they can't perform.  It's part of their culture to want to answer questions correctly and so they hate to speak up in class for fear that they will feel embarrassed.  One student emailed me the other day and apologized profusely for the entire class doing poorly on a very simple listening exercise I had them do.  I assured her that everyone is progressing just fine and not to worry. 

To be quite honest, my teaching style just doesn't work that well over here.  They are used to having the teacher just lecture them and they take notes and memorize the content for an exam.  To me, this is a really boring way to teach AND to learn.  I try to engage them in the classroom and I'm usually pretty good at this back home, but often I push them hard to respond to questions or to discuss things and you can hear crickets chirping.  My freshmen are much more animated than the PhD students.  The graduate students are too serious at times and don't really see the value of discussing concepts in class.  I explain to them that the best way to learn English is to speak English.  Many of them are very good at writing and reading English, but not speaking it because exams don't require an oral component, so they don't prepare for that part.  For this reason, I use powerpoint presentations (which I detest) and speak very slowly from the slides.  I do my usual schtick in between where I share offhand stories and examples to illustrate things, but usually they don't get my humor or how the example applies to the concept.  Sometimes, I will see the light go on and they will respond to what I'm teaching, but I wish it would happen more often.  I know when I return to the United States, I will be a different kind of teacher.  I hope to be more adaptable and I have given a great deal of thought since arriving in China to how my teaching style might be adjusted in some ways.

Next week, Stacie, myself, Annie, Nicol, and Ezra will start a free Chinese class on campus that is being taught by students in the Foreign Studies college.  We are pretty excited about it.  Our friend, Sophia, is currently teaching us for an hour every Saturday and we really enjoy her lessons.  Now, we will add a class twice a week that runs for 15 weeks.  We had to go to the college and take a pre-test to determine our Chinese level and we did pretty poorly, but we knew a few things.  I'm sure we are all going to be in the beginner class.  That's probably good, though.  Annie was invited to attend a regular university level Chinese class.  The class ran every day for 3 and a half hours and she loved it.  We were told that she might be able to take the class for free, but then we found out the university would not negotiate on that issue and wanted 16,000 yuan per year ($2600) for just the one class.  We love our Annie and would love for her to have this opportunity, but we can't afford it.  So, she is now stuck taking the free class with us.  I think we will have a good time, though.  The children are generally doing very well.  Lucy was struggling for a while to adjust, but she is very happy now.  She runs around, plays, and sings songs out loud.  We are so happy that she is doing so well.  She still doesn't want the Chinese to look at her, talk to her, take her picture, or touch her hair, but otherwise she seems to like it here just fine.

Annie spotted this spider in the mini-market store we shop at around the corner from our apartment. Yikes!  The spiders here are huge too.

Stacie decided to buy these out of curiosity.  Gross looking on the outside, strange purple color inside, taste was...delicious.  Almost exactly like a sweet potato.

Two of my PhD students wanted to meet the family, so we all went to lunch.  These guys have paid for my lunch 4 times before this and now they pick up the tab on the entire meal here.  Nobody will let me pay even though I offer every time.

Underneath the green onions is a fish head.  Ezra and Nicol will pretty much try anything and they liked it.  Stacie and I liked it quite a bit too.  The meat on the cheek bone is especially delicious.  Annie tried the eyeball out of curiosity and said it was gross, but I know it doesn't really taste like anything (except fish perhaps).

Not again!!!  I hate using the squatters in China and avoid them when possible.  Now I know why.  This little (or should I say big) guy scurried out when I opened the door to the stall.  It's hard to tell scale from a picture, but he was about the size my hand (fingers excluded).

Here is Stacie so excited to be at the Metro store.  We both hugged each other and almost cried when we saw how many familiar foods they had.

This is our suitcase with all the Metro food in it.  The scale said it weighed 80 pounds.  You would think from my face that it weighed 180.  Maybe I need to hit the gym.  I've lost 12 pounds since arriving in China.  I know because I stepped on the scale and then converted from some weird thing called a kilogram.

Kids are so excited to get all the Metro food.  The front is the German milk in boxes.  Then, there is a cake mix box on the left.  Annie is eyeballing those Snickers.  You can see she has one hand already on them.

Walking up the street near our apartment.  I wanted to capture an image of how bold the Chinese are about parking on the sidewalk.  This guy with the white car would get towed away in the U.S.

So, my freshmen all had military training a couple of weeks ago, but the first day of class was last Wednesday.  I show up to the class I'm supposed to teach in for the first day and nobody is here except for one student.  That's his backpack in the back.  I asked him where everyone was and he said they were all sleeping, but that he would call over to the dorm to get them to class.  Sure enough, in about 15 minutes the room was full with 35 students.  Apparently, nobody told them it was the first day of school.  It puzzles me sometimes how disorganized yet studious the Chinese can be.  It is such an interesting contrast. 

This is what my email has been looking like lately.  It takes me forever to go through all these.  First, look at the times they are emailing me.  Then, look at how many messages say "This message has no content."  The reason they have no content is because the students will write the ENTIRE text of their email in the subject line.

I just like this picture because it shows what a sweet big brother Nicol is and how much Lucy loves him.  We may have challenges here in China, but at least we have each other.

Is this crazy American teacher making us do group work?  These are freshmen and they quite like the activity.  I introduced a news story about the prevalence of American pop culture in China and asks the students to discuss certain questions about it in groups.  Then, we rejoined as a whole class and continued the discussion.  I had to go around the room and remind them not to speak any Chinese.  It's a rule they love to break, but hey, this is an Oral English class.

ChinaMango Tour Information for Beijing and other cities

ChinaMango would be very happy to arrange a guide in Beijing, and surrounding areas, for half or full day tours, as well as night tours. I will not be posting new blog updates in future, and would encourage you to browse through the previous posts for a taste of the many things you can do and see in and around Beijing.

If this is your first visit to Beijing, there are the 'must-see' historical sights like Forbidden City (renovated and more displays since the 2008 Olympics),
 Temple of Heaven, and Summer Palace. These can be done by taxi at reasonable cost. Also a one day trip to the Wild Wall (non-touristy part of the Great Wall) and Ming Tombs is very popular with private car.

There are other places such as hutong tour (traditional alley and street life), modern art area '798', museums and the municipal planning exhibition. The blog posts over the past few years also show the variety of things you can see in Beijing and surroundings. We are very flexible, and can discuss and customise a program based on your particular interests, putting in as much or as little in one tour as you like.

We can of course also give recommendations on the best places to eat, there is such a huge range now from very cheap local restaurants with food from all over China (and the world!), and also fine dining Michelin star restaurants. 

We also arrange night tours which can include a show (acrobatics or kung fu or Beijing opera), Olympic sites at dusk,

a night food market and visits to local spa/massage and/or bars (Weekends are the best times for the bars).

For the more adventurous, there are several interesting possibilities around Beijing such as Chengde (Imperial Resort),

Tianjin, Pingyao (UNESCO World Heritage Site), and Xian (terracotta warriors) where we have standard 2 and 3 day packages. Further afield, we can arrange a visit to Xinjiang for an Old Silk Road tour.

 

I hope you choose ChinaMango. We offer value for money, understand your needs, are up-to-date on what's happening on the scene, and do not waste your time in factory visits or tourist shopping, unless requested. Do feel free to contact me on jetchina0602@hotmail.com for further information and rates.

Chinese Economy Statut Quo September 2013 !

Chinese Economy Statut Quo September 2013 ! 

Shipments abroad fell 0.3 percent from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said yesterday in Beijing, behind 46 states in a Bloomberg News survey that had a median projection for a gain of 5.5 percent. The slowdown in trade resulted from a high comparison base last year, the agency said in a statement.

Chinese DGP

The statistics office will release GDP figures for the third quarter on October 18, The economy probably expanded 7.8 percent from a year earlier, according to a Bloomberg News survey, up percent pace in the second quarter 7.5. "The government still wants to maintain the momentum of growth and on the basis of current data, it can achieve its objective, but with a very low margin of safety,"
The report may add to the difficulties of Premier Li Keqiang in defending goal of expanding 7.5 per cent by the government this year. The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth outlook last week that outflows are more destabilizing for emerging markets and warned that failure to pay the U.S. government would "seriously undermine" the global economy. "It's pretty creepy," said Shen Jianguang, Hong Kong-based Asia chief economist at Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd., citing the impact of inflated export data that began last year, less than working days due to the timing of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and currency volatility in Southeast Asia.
"There was a recovery in exports since July in the United States and Europe, but it was quite low," said Shen. "The driving force for the recovery of China at this stage is still the housing and investment in infrastructure. " Yuan gains
China is the biggest Oil importators since 2013. via

Exports to the United States rose 4.2 percent in September from a year earlier, slowing from 6.1 percent in August, while sales in South Korea, Taiwan and the European Union dropped, customs data show. Growth in shipments to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has slipped 9.8 percent to 30.8 percent the previous month. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index (SHCOMP) of stocks rose 2.5 percent last week, the biggest weekly gain in a month, and the yuan rose 0.02 percent against the U.S. dollar in Shanghai. Estimates for export growth in September ranged from 1 percent to 8.2 percent, against 7.2 percent increase in August and a gain a year earlier to 9.8 percent. On a seasonally adjusted basis, exports rose 5.3 percent year on year and 8.3 percent from August, the agency said.

Bank analysis

Comparing exports of September the previous year may underestimate the true picture because of the distortions of data inflated in 2012, analysts at Credit Agricole CIB and Citigroup Inc. said before the report. Regulators May repressed over-invoicing of exports used to cover capital inflows. "Artificially depressed"
"Sometimes the data from a single month can not tell the true story, and there are also other factors," Zheng Yuesheng, spokesman for Customs, told reporters at a briefing yesterday when asked about the decline in exports. "I see this as a seasonal thing." Dariusz Kowalczyk, chief economist and strategist at Credit Agricole in Hong Kong, said before the report that "the trade figures in the next two months, particularly in terms of exports, will not be a good reflection of the demand for Chinese products abroad or global economic activity, they are artificially depressed because of what happened last year. " Kowalczyk had the lowest for exports in September to estimate the Bloomberg survey, projecting an increase of 1 percent. Imports (CNFRIMPY) rose 7.4 percent last month compared to the previous year, customs data show, exceeding the median forecast of 7 percent in a Bloomberg survey. The trade surplus of $ 15.2 billion, compared with a median projection 26.25 billion and U.S. $ 28.5 in August Healthy Image While imports used for processing and re-export "still not doing very well, those that feed in its own economy of China continues to grow very strong, reflecting an image still quite healthy in terms of demand," said Louis Kuijs, chief China economist at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc in Hong Kong.

Imports and Ecommerce 

Imports of oil daily from China rose to a record last month. Purchases rose "because of the growing economy and the increasing demand for resources," said Zheng.
ecommerce in China is still booming, and many shops imports goods can not be control by the policy. source
In addition to fewer working days of the month, the stronger yuan also "eroded the competitiveness of China's exports," Liu Li-Gang, Director Greater China economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Hong Kong, said in a note yesterday. The yuan has risen about 2.7 percent against the U.S. dollar in the 12 months to September, while Asian currencies, including the yen, Singapore and Taiwan dollars and Indonesian rupiah fell. Port Flow

Risks 

There are still "risks to the Chinese economy," wrote economist Liu and Hao Zhou. Although there has been speculation of slowing trade in September has over-invoicing of last year, "our preliminary report showed that the port speed indeed slowed in major banks last month," said they.
The IMF said on Oct. 8 that global growth will be 2.9 percent this year and 3.6 percent next year, compared to July, projections of 3.1 percent for 2013 and 3 8 percent for 2014. While Zheng warned at a conference of the pursuit of "downward pressure" on trade, he said an investigation by the customs administration of approximately 2,000 exporters showed overseas shipments "will maintain a stable growth in the next two or three months, "according to comments on the controls and costs.
Premier Li said last week that gross domestic product grew more than 7.5 percent in the first nine months of 2013, putting China on track to meet its full-year target at the same rate .

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100millions Chinese tourists travel abroad !

100millions Chinese tourists travel abroad !

All destinations for tourism have eyes Chimene for Chinese outbound market. In a highly competitive international context, France is rather well placed. France demonstrated during one of his last technical events organized before the summer break In partnership with the firm Roland Berger, Trump France conducted a major study focused on affluent Chinese upper middle class / (Chinese Upper-Middle Class), a now estimated at 9.6 million households or 30.3 million segment people. view top photo


The study highlights a home CUMC must have an annual household income between 24 000 and 48 000 and a budget of 5 300-8 300 euros to provide a "standard" trip to Europe (4-6 or country for duration of 10 to 12 days).

As for the "additional costs", estimated at 30% to 50% of total travel expenses, they are among the most important source markets.

Figures 

85% of respondents said they intend to make at least one trip abroad in the next two years. This represents a potential 26 million passengers which will be added the new Chinese rich are not taken into account in this study. Beyond its economic prosperity and financial capacity available to its nationals to travel to Europe, China feeds its tourism growth of urbanization (proximity to an airport), the increase in the level of education, youth of its population, the appreciation of the yuan, a strong propensity to save ...
According to the WTO, 100 million Chinese citizens should travel around the world by 2020. Already, one of 17 international tourist is a Chinese national.

Chinese Tourists already shocked international community with  that

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High competition in Europe !

In this highly competitive (137 countries designated in 2009 as authorized by the Chinese government tourist destinations) and ahead of the United States and Australia market, Europe remains the favorite destination for Chinese tourists. In 2010, there were 2.3 million to visit. Each tour to Europe includes France (source www.franceguide.com/) . It is the main travel destination for 30% of Chinese tourists. At his side, four countries stand out: Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. According to estimates, 1.8 million Chinese tourists are expected to visit France in the 2013/2014 season.


A much more complex and complicated promising market, when we know that it is very sensitive to seasonal phenomenon.
The Chinese have in effect two major annual leave during which CUMC prefer to travel: New Year (January-February) and the "Golden Week" CUMC travel preferences evolve. The era of large groups who visited 5-6 countries in 15 days tends to disappear in favor of travel in small groups. The number of European countries visited were also reduced. In 2010 Chinese tourists visited 2-3 countries (France, Italy and Switzerland preferred) in 10 days.
By 2015, they will visit one or two countries in 6 days, France and Switzerland topping preferences.
This trend towards more individual trips should continue.

 new tourists wawe

"These new tourists are increasingly seeking formulas to measure. Beyond the beautiful landscapes and famous landmarks, the themes are going to grow as the castles, the wine, wedding ceremonies, golf, gambling is illegal in China, skiing, shopping oriented luxury brands, incentives ...

Shopping and luxury brands! 

This client focuses much more customization of travel at the price. The good price / quality ratio is not a priority, "said , Director of Maison de la France in China. Kettle in every room The survey of a sample of 400 Chinese CUMC (including 10 to 15% who have already made a trip to France) stressed the importance of the journey on board entertainment. He arrived in third position behind recreational activities (shopping, cinema ...) and time spent at home (reading, TV, surf the net ...).
France is a destination that meets the dream holiday of Chinese tourists. It is romantic, cultural and, moreover, it will bring the luxury "witness" who will win social prestige (4 of the top 10 most requested by Chinese brands are French him Vuiton, Cartier, Chanel and Dior ).


He will exhibit his return the sample photo that will matter as much as the tour itself. But the transition from dream to reality reserve him some cactus. Procedures for arrival and departure, the difficulties in obtaining a visa, the language barrier and limited services in Chinese, are some of the French weaknesses.
It also expects a warm hotel services, rooms of larger hotels, media and TV channels in China, kettles in the rooms because it can not live without hot water, hot buffets for breakfast, mastery of English by the hotel and restaurant staff, more flexible department stores for shopping hours, which is one of five key activities of the Chinese in France.


The fact remains that 86% of respondents who have already made a trip to France said they wanted to go back and argued a strong propensity to recommend.
The Chinese travel agency, almost obligatory passage CUMC tourists are mainly sensitive to channel promotions and information are the Internet and social networks.

Problems of VISA again and again

They would not book through their services, but the difficulties in obtaining visas lead them to appeal to the Chinese tourism professionals for export. In view of the United States and Australia, the process for obtaining a Schengen visa would be one that requires the most documents. It is also the longest.
"If the process of obtaining visas was simplified and streamlined in the French representations in China, embassies and consulates, the Chinese outbound tourism to France could grow by 30%," director of Atout France.
For their part, the Chinese tourism professionals are worried about the lack of uniformity of visa procedures from within the Schengen area, France is considered the most severe country, far ahead of Italy, Germany and Switzerland.
When choosing a travel agency with the Chinese consumer is based on credibility, trust, transparency, the "value for money" is coming in the fourth position. Chinese tour operators which combine the two activities (production and distribution) have developed greatly in 20 years. They were only 7 in 1990, they were 1246 in 2010. The most important are state companies.

Current regulations limit the ability of foreign competition!

Finally, there is the important part of the routes. Increasing the number of Chinese cities and intermediaries to diversify the new French cities would be most beneficial to believe a voice pros Chinese outbound tourism and receptive agencies.


see also

• A New law will change Travel Agencies Business in China !
• Guide for Chinese Tourists

Heavenly Lake

Heavenly lake I compare to Lake Louise in Canada.  It is one of the most beautiful lakes in China located 2 hours outside of Urumqi, Xinjiang China.  Xinjiang province is in the far Northwest part of China and the home of the Uygur people and made up of several nationalities other than Han Chinese.  You can take a boat ride on the lake or hike along it in view of the beautiful mountain range.  Near by are Yurts where you can stay overnight or just have a nice lunch featuring local food.   My wife and I enjoyed lunch here in a highly decorated yurt and loved the food.  Located on the Silk Road, it can be incorporated with just about any Silk Road Tour.  Check our web site for one of several packaged Silk Road Tours or have us create a private custom tour to your interests which has been our specialty for over 25 years.  Our web site is www.interlakechinatours.com   Click on the photos for a full screen view.

Luxury Tourist Market from China

Luxury Tourist Market from China

The Chinese bought goods tax free is € 158 million ( $ 222.5 million ) in France, the most luxury destination for Rich people.

This represents an increase of 47 per cent in the previous year, according to Global Refund , a company specializing in tax-free shopping for tourists.

Chinese tourists are special declare han the owner of this blog
They like to spend money for discount luxury things and are very sensitive to the quality of the services...

 What about the Russian Tourist ?

The economic crisis caused Russians to curb their spending, which fell 22.7 percent to 111 million euros according to the study , based on figures collected by stores partnering with Global Refund . Chinese tourists spent an average of € 1,071 in tax-free goods last year, while the Russians bombed to € 1,055 each.
"The increase in Chinese is not surprising.

 What was unexpected was the decline of business done with the Russians , " Jean- Marc Leroy , CEO of Global Refund .
Tax-free shopping by Chinese tourists has increased over the past two years , from 39 percent in 2007 and 23.3 percent in 2008. They now account for 15 percent of sales and 13 percent of transactions. The Russians were the only tourists to spend less last year.

"( Russians ) who came to spend lavishly in France have seen their incomes fall , even if they are still rich and probably very busy with their businesses ," said Leroy .

What about Japanese tourists?

Spending Japanese tourists increased by 16.7 percent to € 100 million, € 823 per person , due to a favorable exchange rate , Global Refund said.
Americans opened their wallets after reducing their spending by 25.2 percent in 2008. U.S. tourists spent € 61 million last year , a modest increase of 1.9 percent.
Brazilian fifth that spending rose 5.4 percent to 39 million euros .
Ukrainians are the biggest spenders on average € 1,481 per person , followed by tourists from Saudi Arabia , who spent € 1.435 each.
They also had a big appetite for watches and jewelery , with Ukrainians spend € 7.782 on average for these goods while Saudis spent € 4,978 .
Overall , spending on tax-free rose 4.3 percent in 2009 , compared to between six and seven per cent last year

 see also http://china-market-research.blogspot.com/2013/09/luxury-market-in-china.html

Guide for uncivilized Chinese tourists

Guide for uncivilized Chinese tourists

Communist Party of China tourism chiefs have told people to go abroad they need to reduce the handshakes soft , public displays of nose-picking , dirty pool and discussion of pork, in a desperate attempt to improve the country's image abroad explain tracy Sun, a tourist guide. .
Severe edicts but ultimately unenforceable appeared in a 64-page guide to the civilized tourism, which was released Tuesday to coincide with the start of a week of holiday commemorating the communist takeover in 1949 .
Economic boom in China has led to an international scramble to attract an increasing number of cash - flush tourists . The World Tourism Organization said 83 million Chinese tourists spent nearly 63 billion pounds (105.6 billion Canadian dollars. ) Abroad in 2012.

Chinese behavior

But the bad behavior of many travelers for the first time has created a problem of global image, the party leaders fear . In May , Beijing approved a law aimed at improving the " national image " of the country and Wang Yang, a top executive , warned that tourists vulgar and impetuous had " damaged the image of the Chinese people and caused a vicious impact " on the country's reputation .
The manual of the label - which is punctuated by animated and non-Chinese tourists naughty drawings apparently - is the most complete and surreal moment in a series of recent diktats to improve the "quality" of Beijing tourists exports to world.

The guidelines

The guidelines are common sense - "Do not curse the people " - to the bizarre - " . Do not leave marks on the toilet seat "" [ When in ] Scotland , do not buy stones as souvenirs "or
On the menu for Chinese tourists , are local high armament taking their picture , urinate or spit in public pools, tissue drying on lampshades and using fingers to dig foreign body nose and mouth. Nasal hair should be properly dressed at all times , the National Tourism Administration , while cutlery, pillows and life jackets on board should not be treated as gifts to take home.
The book also offers specific advice for each country. In Spain , women should always wear earrings, while in Japan , they must avoid playing with their hair at all costs. Neither sex should click finger Germans ( "click finger for dogs " ), while in France , chrysanthemums and yellow flowers should never be given to those who invite you to their home .
It is unacceptable say this twitter account with the words " Ding Jinhao was here " written on a Chinese tourist. Advice is given on the visit of Islamic countries - " Do not talk about pork " Thailand - " Do not talk about the royal family. Do not run things with your toe " Algeria -" When you shake hands with others, it should be firm " , India -" Do not touch the head of other people, " and Iran - " You should not comment on the baby 's eyes . "
Hungarians, the guide points out, do not like you break their mirrors while the British find questions about their travel plans or stomach totally irrelevant .

In UK

"When you greet others [ in the UK ] , do not say :" Where are you going ? " Or," Have you eaten ? " As you do at home, " the guide instructs . " It is considered rude. "
Even speaking their own language , Chinese tourists must be careful , the manual stresses . "More and more foreigners can speak Chinese . Do not comment , belittle or even curse people when strangers are present. "
The new guidelines emphasize a growing consensus in China that even if all the tourists may be sent to finishing school , something must be done to stem a recent series of scandals involving overseas Chinese .
In a highly publicized case of a Chinese teenager was criticized by his countrymen after being caught entering the words " Ding Jinhao was here " on a temple 3,500 years in Egypt.


sources :
http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-golden-week-national-holiday-creates-tourism-chaos-photos-1415092
http://news.sky.com/story/1149176/chinese-tourists-given-tips-on-how-to-behave

more information about Chinese tourist here