Here in my home country the US, nepotism is unanimously scorned upon. A workplace romance has almost as much notoreity among coworkers — if not more — than the local celeb gossip. Employers caught hiring their relatives risk expulsion from their jobs — or worse. Instead, we bow to the American ideal of workers garnering new jobs based on their qualifications.

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Communication in any society, culture, organization, family, or relationship is always a key factor. Most conflicts could be avoided with good communication. Communication is simply that the receiver hears and understands the message from the sender.

I had always considered myself a pretty good communicator, until I went to China. I had problems in two areas.

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Chinese attitudes towards communication have been shaped by many influences. Two of the most important are Chinese social history and the thought of Chinese social philosophers, especially Confucius (and Confucianism) and Lao Tzu (the Tao Te Ching). The overall effect of these influences has been to limit individuality and the desire to argue, and to instill a group identity and a desire for harmony…

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To those who are about to do trading business in China, the major advantage and purpose of setting up a Hong Kong company as the parent company and operating in the subsidiary trading company in mainland is tax avoidance. In Shanghai, there are a few company formation consulting companies that can help you establish a Hong Kong limited company and open Hong Kong bank account without having you fly to Hong Kong.

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It’s 7.40am in London and I thought I’d do a post before heading out for the day, so here goes.