Social occasions in foreign affairs, there are many , manners, customs, who do not need to pay attention to my mother, in which even some of the issues is taboo, it is best not to violate, or would be considered not polite, and sometimes even lead to hard The breakdown in relations established. Therefore, we in the Foreign Communication and International Business contacts, need special attention to the following taboos:

1. Exchanges taboo. In some cases, clothing should be appropriate. When dealing with the Europeans and Americans, less involving private nature. Exchanges in the manner to be decent, and some places of the people do not talk Rocker, “his legs.” In some countries, children do not touch the head. In India, Indonesia, the Arab countries, with the left hand contact with people or send something is inappropriate. In addition, in some places, have different meanings laugh, for example, a region in Saudi Arabia, laughter is seen as a symbol of unfriendly.

2. The color of the taboo. In the United States and Europe, as little as possible in black, blue taboo Belgians, while the Brazilians are taboo brown.

3. Figures taboo. Westerners to “Thirteen” as an unlucky number, in many cases try to avoid using this number. Many businessmen like the South use “eight” figure, while the taboo of “four” this figure. In addition, “Friday” The day is also considered inauspicious days by some Christians,

4. Selection should select an item, the design of the taboo. For example, the French walnut flowers, as an ominous thing, the people of Islam with the pig as a taboo pattern, the Swiss as a symbol of the dead owl. In addition to the four outside

Art There are other aspects of social taboos should be noted, such as exchanges between men and women, to avoid talking about a woman’s age; contacts with the Arabs, need to respect their customs, etc., these elements can be refer to the website “national etiquette” section of the other articles.