Confucius, the most influential man in Chinese history, was born out of wedlock in 551 BC, five and a half centuries before Jesus. His father had nine daughters and one crippled son. At age seventy, he mated with another woman, who was 15, hoping to get a healthy son. His father died when Confucius was three and his mother raised him in poverty.
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Most Chinese speak poor English. This can create humorous situations.
Once we went on a trip to Guangzhou with a German colleague. After a hard day’s work a person has to relax. So we all go to the massage parlour in the hotel. In these kinds of parlours they have …
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Not surprisingly, closing down a representative office in China is a lot more complicated process than its establishment, especially when your representative office hires a lot of staff and expends a big sum of money. It can be an intolerably lengthy process if not handled in a proper way. Usually, it takes several months to shut down a representative …
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Humor theory suggests that humor and laughter are primitive ways of signalling good news and consent in a group. Having a common sense of humor can be experienced as sharing a secret code. Humor also says something about the person expressing humor as confidence, intelligence and timing are all required for a well placed humorous remark.
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Last week we saw a great documentary on doing business in China, called ‘Brits Get Rich In China.’ The documentary features three British entrepreneurs; Tony Caldeira, Peter Williams and Vance Miller.
Tony Caldeira had a successful cushion business in Liverpool, but his company lost the battle against cheap Chinese imports. In order to save his company he decided to…
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