Introdujimos a Greg Bissky a usted en alguno postes anteriores (si usted faltó ésos, usted puede encontrarlos aquí: ‘Occidental y chino negocio-Más de 1 manera de comunicarse`y `Comunicación en oficinas chinas‘). Esta vez Greg habla de reuniones chinas. Según Greg, hay tres veces a una reunión china, antes de la reunión, después de la reunión y durante la reunión. Y los un chinos del tiempo no deciden cosas, están durante la reunión real. Las reuniones están para la armonía que mantiene y las relaciones, las decisiones y las discusiones se hacen antes y después.

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Por Heather J. Hasan

Las bestias con los ojos de la perforación y gigantescos enormes, míticas, las bocas el rugir están parado a protector en muchas de los edificios más importantes y de las estructuras antiguas de China. El nombre de estas criaturas imponentes es “Fu persigue” o Rui Shi (” perro propicio” en mandarín), también conocido como leones imperiales del guarda.

Comenzado durante la dinastía de Han (206 B.C. - 220 A.D.), la tradición de colocar dos estatuas grandes de los leones masculinos y femeninos cerca de la entrada de un establecimiento fueron pensados para guardar de alcoholes malvados y para proteger contra enemigos, y ladrones. Estas estatuas fueron creadas del mármol, bronce, hierro, y el granito y el coste eran costosos, por lo tanto solamente el rico podría producir la protección del perro de Fu. Debido a esto, los perros de Fu se convirtieron en un símbolo de la abundancia y de la prosperidad. Read the rest of “Rui Shi - The Imperial Guardian Lions” or post a comment

Profiling the Chinese consumer

By Nick Debnam & George Svinos, KPMG

While hard work and plain living have been revered virtues of the Chinese people for generations, there has been a growth in demand for foreign-branded or imported goods.(19) But running counter to the growing habit of consumption in China is the traditional propensity to save. Though luxury consumption is growing, for most the dominant social idea is still prudent consumption and undertaking no more than you can perform. (20)

Research suggests that while the emerging middle class will continue to save heavily, they will also spend increasing amounts of money. (21) This is consistent with trends that suggest that China’s younger generation of teenagers and twenty-somethings show less of the caution of their parents and grandparents, and far more inclination to spend than to save. Read the rest of “Luxury Brands in China, Part II” or post a comment

By Alex Cureton-Griffiths

For most foreigners, networking with Chinese can be a little tough. Well, thanks to a question we posted on LinkedIn Answers, we’re hoping to make things a little clearer. In brief:

They’re not that different

People often get so caught up in the differences that they fail to see the similarities between Chinese and western cultures. Just be yourself and don’t worry about skipping across the cultural minefield. Just as most of us would go easy on any local who made a social faux pas without knowing, local Chinese aren’t going to bite your head off if you accidentally put your foot in it. Read the rest of “What the Chinese Want You to Know about Networking” or post a comment

MICROSOFT IN CHINA 

By Ernie Tadla

It took Bill Gates twelve years and billions of missed revenue, profit and market share opportunities to learn how to do business in China … the Chinese Way.

Microsoft came to China in 1992. Eleven years later, with global revenues of $35 billion US, in China the second largest PC market in the world, Microsoft-China revenue was $300 million, and it was operating at a loss.

Source: Newsweek, Asia edition. June 21/04

Several quotes from the article:
• “….. struggling to turn a profit, the brash American software giant is no longer trying to change China. Instead, China is changing the company.”

• “Microsoft started to heed the critics and to embrace China more fully. It is now broadly co-operating, even flying Chinese engineers to Redmond for training.”

• “CEO Steve Ballmer has credited his ‘very well-connected’ China CEO (pirated from Nortel) with Read the rest of “Microsoft and Wal-Mart in China” or post a comment