This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Guillaume de Bernadac teaching children how to use cutlery during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. Against a soundtrack of classical music, children learn social skills, dining manners and deportment in the class, which costs $390 for four hours of practical instruction per student. Other exercises include how to introduce themselves and greet people, including “air kisses”, and even what topics are appropriate to discuss at the dinner table. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Zoey Zhang (front) attending an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Danielle Liu (2nd R) watching Miona Milakov (C) during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Miona Milakov teaching children how to walk during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Miona Milakov (C) teaching children how to balance a book on their head during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by /Reuters)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Alex Gao trying to balance a book on his head during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Danielle Liu balancing a book on her head during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Miona Milakov (L) guiding Zoey Zhang on how to walk during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Guillaume de Bernadac teaching children how greet each other during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. De Bernadac is adamant that he is not trying to make the pupils “more Western”. “Our point is really to say if you go abroad, or even within China, if you move to an international environment where you may be facing other cultures, we give you the keys to adapt”. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Danielle Liu eating during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by /Reuters)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Miona Milakov teaching children how to sit and eat correctly during an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)





This picture taken on June 1, 2019 shows Guillaume de Bernadac (back L) and Miona Milakov (back R) posing for photographs with children after an etiquette and manners class in central Shanghai. (Photo by Hector Retamal/AFP Photo)