The spectacular Beijing Olympics of 2008 signaled China’s arrival as a superpower for the world stage. The global overall economy that followed in 2008-9 noticed it become banker towards the West, poised to eclipse the United States. This new model of Kathy Flower’s bestselling Culture Smart! China has been revised and up to date by the writer to take on board the transformation in China’s fortunes as well as the changing face of Chinese culture. This edition of Culture Wise! China is the indispensable visitors’ guide towards the complexities of a rapidly changing globe power whose ancient culture and customs owe little towards the West.