While many non-Chinese know that Mandarin isn’t the only language in China, few understand the true diversity of language there. With roughly 1.4 billion people, China is home to ~18% of the world’s population. Put another way, nearly one in five humans alive call China home. In addition to its… Read more“Map Monday, Mandarin and the languages of China”
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Map Monday, What’s the deal with tipping?
What’s the deal with tipping? It seems that every country has a different understanding and implementation of when and how much to tip. With more and more of us traveling, these cultural differences have the potential to create serious misunderstandings between servers and customers. This is particularly true in countries… Read more“Map Monday, What’s the deal with tipping?”
Map Monday, the Value of Tourists
What’s the deal with tourists? Tourists represent the near perfect definition of a love-hate relationship among humans. On the one hand, national, state, and local governments trip over themselves spending money to lure tourists to their locales. Has there ever been an elected official or an un-elected one outside of… Read more“Map Monday, the Value of Tourists”