由亚历克斯· Cureton-Griffiths

为多数外国人，网络与汉语可以是坚韧的一点。 很好，由于我们在LinkedIn答复张贴的问题，我们希望做事少许清除器。 简而言之：

他们不是不同的那

人们在区别经常得到，因此捉住了他们不看相似性在中国和西部文化之间。 请是你自己和不要担心跳横跨文化布雷区。 正大多数我们将省点用其中任一做一个社会失态，无需知道的本机，地方汉语不截去您的头，如果您在它偶然地投入了您的脚。 读其余“什么中国人要您知道关于网络”或张贴评论

由Elaine · Winters

您是否是负责印刷品，交互式电子或视觉材料为是营销，卖或教对世界的其他地区的客户基地做准备？

那些问题和答复适用于大家。 在全球性经济，这些是相等机会挑战。

它变得越来越必要为负责对信息传输和解释受教育关于的那些人什么期望用不同的文化。

As you already understand, educating ourselves about other people means much more than knowing how to order the appropriate dish in a restaurant when entertaining clients from out of town.

Moving around the world professionally — virtually or physically — is a wonderful personal expansion tool; it can become far more productive when coupled with genuine cross-cultural interest. As always, the devil is in the detail.

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Living in a Chinese Family

It was one thing to work with Chinese people, have Chinese friends and Chinese clients, but one of my most enriching experiences was living as a member of a middle-class Chinese family.
 
For two years, I was married to a wonderful, beautiful and successful Shanghainese businesswoman, Michelle, who had a seven-year-old daughter.

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Ernie Tadla

Food is important in all cultures, but in China, it plays a paramount role as the tool for face and guanxi.

Business eating is where guanxi is established. To get to know another person and to build trust, eating together is necessary. The Chinese don’t eat at their desks, and they don’t rush out to the nearest fast-food joint. It is a specific time for talking and getting to know the other person. Typically, business is not discussed. That’s done during the many business meetings.

The business banquet is the pinnacle of guanxi building, celebrating, and or honoring guests. Read the rest of “China Chapter Seven: Dining in China” or post a comment

 After twenty-five years of management experience with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Bristol Myers-Squibb and Quadra Logic Technologies, (QLT), I became a “corporate refugee,” a middle-aged, middle manager who was downsized in the recession of the ’80s. There were thousands of us walking around in a daze. After years of education and successful corporate performance, we were out on the streets.

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