6. Hopefully you don't mind sharing food.

One of the biggest surprises for me was the "family style" meal in China. Rather than ordering your own plate of food at a restaurant, generally your table will be loaded with dishes that everyone shares. If you're that person who always got mad at others for "double dipping", you'd better get over that fast.

Foreign staffs are having dinner during the Lunar Chinese New Year Eve of 2003, Haikou, Hainan province. [Photo/IC]