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A Look at What the Chinese Invented First
There’s no doubt that inventions change the world, sometimes for the better and at other times for the worse. Humans have an innate need to create new and better things for money, fame, or just because ...
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Gift Giving to Chinese Business Colleagues
Gift giving has been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. If you’re visiting China for business purposes be aware that giving gifts will be essential to forging a mutually beneficial relationship. ...
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Rules for Success When Negotiating Business Deals in China
If you’re visiting China for business, forget all the rules and negotiation tactics you learned in your home country. They don’t apply in the Middle Kingdom because negotiation is based on language ...
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Mistakes Foreigners Make When Doing Business in China
Foreign businesspeople face many challenges in China. For one thing the Chinese bureaucracy, which is quite different from the West, poses significant headaches and things don’t happen nearly as fast ...
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Guanxi in China
Want to build a successful business in China? You better have excellent guanxi. What exactly is guanxi and why is it so important? It comes from the Confucian emphasis on the importance of family, which ...
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