Five Chinese women are sitting upright in their chairs, designer handbags at their heels, listening attentively to a trendy Chinese Tatler magazine photographer describe how to pose in public. He ...

The Chinese elite are enrolling in classes that teach how to pose for photos and how to pronounce luxury brand names. Are Western manners all they're cracked up to be?

Tian is also the founder of Chengli Academy, a finishing school which teaches high-society survival skills such as table manners, horseback riding and inheritance management to China’s super-rich.

In a Chinese dinner, keeping the balance between the proportion of meat and vegetable dishes is viewed as a given. Normally, the main guest, older people or the those of higher rank are given the ...

Table Manners Of course, the main ... Perhaps one of the things that surprises a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests.

Beteta said her agency expects a 63 percent growth in Chinese visitors between 2013-16, and estimates they will spend $2.2 billion in California on shopping, lodging, dining and transportation.

Affluent Chinese millennials and Gen Z are flocking to fancy ... Western etiquette ... founded Institute Sarita in Beijing in 2013, which teaches Chinese women everything from table manners to ...

As the saying goes, "入乡随俗 (rù xiāng suí sú)," meaning "when in China, do as the Chinese do," it's crucial to respect and adopt local customs. From basic Chinese table manners to chopstick etiquette, ...

Other courses offered by the school, located in the trendy Sanlitun district of Beijing, include how to raise children, proper table manners and luxury brand pronunciation.