"HSBC ad for learning foreign culture"

I had fun at Jiangxi University in China when I showed this to my business English students. They got the point that THEY also had to learn the culture of the country where they were assigned in graduate school. I also show this to my MBA students who are learning in a module about international business culture--and why it matters to know it.

I DID know how to use chopsticks because I had been to Japan 40 years earlier, but the difference in food styles between central China and southern China is quite remarkable. And I was served sea worms--twice at one banquet--as an "honored guest."

And yes, I ate them. I also think I ate stir-fried Godzilla because I had NO idea what it was, but I know it came out of the ocean.