The United Nations recommends 15 precautions for visiting China!!! Small Potato Videos
The UN agency responsible for security also provides General Cultural Tips (general cultural precautions) and Business Cultural Tips (business cultural precautions) to staff traveling on business to China. However, these precautions mainly reflect Western perceptions of China, including some biases and misunderstandings, which may not be suitable for the International Olympic Committee.
Specifically, in the view of relevant UN departments, there are seven "General Cultural Precautions" for business trips to China:
(1) Conversation during a meal should focus heavily on giving compliments to the chef (during meals, the focus of conversation should be on praising the chef).
(2) It is customary to arrive slightly early for social engagements (it's common to arrive a little early for social activities).
(3) When dining in a restaurant, discussing illness, death or tragic events is not appropriate as it is seen as bad luck (in restaurants, avoid talking about diseases, death, or unfortunate events, as they are considered unlucky).
(4) The Chinese do not typically use exaggerated gestures or facial expressions while speaking, and may find them distracting when done by others (Chinese people don't usually make exaggerated gestures or facial expressions when speaking, and might find such actions distracting when others do so).
(5) Gift giving is important and somewhat ritualized. Avoid gifts of great value, as they may embarrass a Chinese person and may be declined (giving gifts is important and somewhat ritualistic. Avoid giving overly valuable gifts, as they may embarrass Chinese people and even cause them to decline).
(6) People often decline a gift several times before accepting it. Be persistent until they accept (Chinese people often refuse gifts multiple times before accepting. Be persistent until they accept).
(7) It is customary to bring a gift when invited to someone’s home, such as fruit, candy or a souvenir from your home country (when invited to a Chinese person's home, it's customary to bring a gift like fruit, candy, or a souvenir from your own country).