Western and Chinese business-More Than 1 Way To Communicate

December 13th, 2007  by China Business Success Stories

By Greg Bissky

Western Chinese Business CommunicationYesterday Greg Bissky posted a new video on YouTube. According to Greg, Westerners must learn that there is more than one “right” way to communicate. The Western rule is, “get straight to the point,” but Chinese use a different rule, “build the relationship first.”
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Introduction China Business Group

November 27th, 2007  by China Business Success Stories

LinkedIn China Business GroupHi everybody (and in particular Celina, John, Mayke, Christina, Louis-Bertrand, Denise, Hani, Rob, Benoît, Jorge, Jef, Nir, who did I miss?),

Thanks, to many of you, for sending me mail asking what the China Business Group on LinkedIn is about and what you can to do help make the group an overwhelming success! I – Michiel a.k.a. Michael – hope you will appreciate me answering some questions through this message to all members. As it will:

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Introduction China Business Group

November 27th, 2007  by China Business Success Stories

LinkedIn China Business GroupHi everybody (and in particular Celina, John, Mayke, Christina, Louis-Bertrand, Denise, Hani, Rob, Benoît, Jorge, Jef, Nir, who did I miss?),

Thanks, to many of you, for sending me mail asking what the China Business Group on LinkedIn is about and what you can to do help make the group an overwhelming success! I – Michiel a.k.a. Michael – hope you will appreciate me answering some questions through this message to all members. As it will:

a) Spare me some time to answer everybody in person (copy-pasting makes it rather impersonal to me)
b) Share what this group is about with everybody

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The Growth of China’s Service Economy

November 26th, 2007  by China Business Success Stories

The Growth of China's Service EconomyNow that we are counting down to the 2008 Olympic games, first-time and not so recent visitors to China are no doubt wondering what they will see when they land in Beijing next August. In the run-up to the games, we will take every opportunity to describe the changes that are taking place in China and paint the picture of how the country will look in another year.

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The Growth of China’s Service Economy

November 26th, 2007  by China Business Success Stories

By Jack Perkowski

Service sector ChinaNow that we are counting down to the 2008 Olympic games, first-time and not so recent visitors to China are no doubt wondering what they will see when they land in Beijing next August. In the run-up to the games, we will take every opportunity to describe the changes that are taking place in China and paint the picture of how the country will look in another year.

With China’s continued economic prosperity and the increase in wealth it has meant for hundreds of millions of Chinese, one sector that is changing rapidly and is getting added impetus from the expected onslaught of visitors next year is services. China has made its mark so far as a manufacturing powerhouse, but some of the biggest areas of growth and the best investment opportunities going forward are likely to be in providing an upgraded and larger array of services to an increasingly affluent class of Chinese customers. Read the rest of “The Growth of China’s Service Economy” or post a comment