"What gifts should I not give to Chinese people?"
Translation:什么礼物不能送给中国人?
December 11, 2017
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Keith_APP
1717
Omitting 我 is not entirely an implication of the subject but it makes this a common truth. We can do it similarly in English by saying "What gifts should not be given to Chinese people?" (Note: It is rarely expressed in Chinese in passive voice for such case, such as 什么礼物不能被送给中国人?which is grammatically correct but not acceptable in actual application.)
Yet the word order of your sentence is not correct. It should be (有)什么礼物(我)不能送给中国人?
Keith_APP
1717
In this order the direct object must go right after the verb rather than the indirect object. So
(我们)不能送什么礼物给中国人?
Mike902778
178
Yes, and in the mind of the Chinese, 外国人 is the opposite of 中国人, even if the Chinese person is traveling abroad.