One thing capt Target - you'll find most Eastern cultures don't
differentiate between professional and personal - to them its
one and the same. Thus if you're an ironfist professionally it
will be taken personally - and that's where the problems will
start.
Anyway I wouldn't worry too much about it..that you're doing
some enquiries first means you're prepared to adapt and will
probably get on ok. Its the ones with attitudes like Ab above
who don't last very long around these particular regions (and
find their coffees a bit "slurrious")...