From daily greetings to special events, and from business to dating, Going Dutch in Beijing (author Mark McCrum) provides practical tips about what to do and what NOT to do when traveling the world. 
Reading this book will help explain that the very common OK sign (forefinger touching top of thumb to make a circle) and get you in trouble in many parts of the world.  It may be a positive response here in the United States, but means "no good" in other parts of the world (south France, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Zimbabwe).  In Japan, it’s a sign …read more