What's in a name? Just about everything

Business cards are almost as important as the names themselves in China.

I'd perfected the technique of accepting someone else's business card - receive with two hands, make sound of great reverence, peruse, comment on how impressive his or her job/street/mobile number is, peruse again, nod with satisfaction, place into wallet in manner that suggests you will peruse once more at home.

However, it was getting somewhat embarrassing that I couldn't complete the last step of the ritual - handing over my own business card.