What errors did you make and what should have been done?

X Numerous groups of Chinese administrators from the Beijing office of CanAsian visit the Calgary office, and Mr. Albertson often serves as a host for these groups. Mr. Albertson has asked you to visit China with Keri-An Mahar, who has recently been made vice-president of human resources, to learn more about the Chinese culture so you can be of greater assistance to him when he hosts these groups. You will be in the Beijing office for one week. In preparation for your trip, you do some reading about culture and talk with one of the administrative professionals (who was born in China) about the culture. You think you are fairly well prepared. However, during the trip, some situations occur that make you feel embarrassed about your lack of preparation: . The Chinese officials always offer you their business cards. You notice immediately that the cards have their names, addresses, and so on, in Chinese on one side and English on the other. You do have business cards, but your name and pertinent information are in English only. Small gifts are given to you in each office but you have nothing to offer in return. The Chinese officials take many photos of your visit; as you leave, they present both you and Ms. Mahar with photo albums. . Since the trip was one week long, you took three bags with you. However, you were embarrassed as you went from the airport to the hotel because the Chinese host who met you insisted on carrying your bags. . In the first meeting at the Beijing CanAsian office, you immediately extended your hand in greeting to each member of the Chinese group. Although they were very polite, you felt you had done something wrong. . In an effort to show your friendliness, you immediately made small talk with the Chinese. An interpreter was present at all sessions. People were polite to you, but you sensed you had said or done something inappropriate. . The Chinese hosts provided you with all lunches and dinners. The tables were filled with food, but you were not familiar with many of the dishes; the food was very different from Chinese food you had eaten in Canada. You politely refused several of the dishes offered. You wonder whether you made an A W 23 C Sunny acer