Addendum: I just noticed you were from Australia, so thought I’d better add a little note about the book I recommended. Still think the book “Encountering Chinese” could be helpful because although it was written to be targeted towards Americans in China, many of the issues brought up apply to any Western culture vs. Eastern culture. I’ve recommended it to other non-Americans who found it helpful. I think even one of them was an Aussie. As I mentioned it was written by two anthropologists, one American and one Chinese, so it’s not as culturally biased as some other resources I’ve read. Yet, it is not academic, but really written for the average person going to China.