The do's and don't for sending an E-Mail to someone in China.

[jminor]

Hello,

My question is regarding the proper etiquate for contacting someone in China via e-mail. I was researching equipment for making training videos at work, and found videos of a young woman making music with iPhones and iPads. It opened my eyes to new ways to record and produce videos, and I feel compelled to thank her for the inspiration. I want to be proper and respectful so advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

John

[liuzhou]

There are no particular rules other than the same politeness you would use anywhere else.

Spam will, as it should, be ignored.

I would suggest keeping any message short, simple and to the point.

Be aware however, that email is not the major form of communication in China. People often don't check their mail for weeks on end (and, so often lose their free online email services and have to start over with a new registration - or they forget their passwords and can't access their mail, again necessitating a new email address) - so don't necessarily expect a reply.

[jminor]

Thank you for your reply. I didn't want my first communication with someone to be a total blunder. I will heed your advice, keep it short and sweet and to the point.

Thanks again,

John

[Erbse]

If you want to talk about politically sensitive matters you should avoid email service providers with a government friendly attitude.

[jminor]

As this will be my first contact with this person, any discussion of a political nature would not be appropriate. This will be a casual personal communication.

On a side note, I am learning quite a bit from this site.

[jminor]

Thank you for your replies to my question, now I have another.

If not e-mail, what is the most common way to contact someone in China?

John

[imron]

QQ

[jminor]

Thanks to all for your guidance. If you care to have a look at what started my inquiry, here is a link to the You Tube video.

[imron]

It opened my eyes to new ways to record and produce videos

You should check out some of the stuff by

. They do some pretty crazy things with making music - it's all throwing guitars, loop pedals, swapping instruments, trampolines and ukeleles, all put together in a single take (another

).

[jminor]

Thanks for the link, that was pretty cool how they moved from on instument to another. There are a lot of musicians doing interesting work out there.

John