Culture Shock! China - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, 2nd Edition

214 CultureShock! China A character-based system is different. Of course, grammar shifts over time, nuances of words evolve, and ...

Learning the Language 215 part of their own writing. Many other Asian cultures later added alphabetic overlays over their use of ...

216 CultureShock! China Dynasty, was the so-called ‘Vernacular Movement’ (baihua yundong). This movement, led by the writer Hu S ...

Learning the Language 217 skyrocketed literacy rates within a generation after the revolution. Specific numbers are hotly debate ...

218 CultureShock! China characters, just as the rules of classical Chinese grammar are fairly predictable. Crucially, even the m ...

Learning the Language 219 trying to hide anything; there is simply a cultural tendency in China toward measured response, at lea ...

220 CultureShock! China mixed situations, the Chinese say nothing. This explains much of the famous ‘quietness’ of Chinese stude ...

Learning the Language 221 judging that Chinese businessman you just met as slovenly because his suit smelled a little less than ...

‘When people have just arrived, they want to change things. But making quick moves in the wrong way isn’t the right thing to do. ...

Working in China 223 1.3 Billion Customers In the 1930s when he wrote the book 400 Million Customers, Carl Crow, journalist and ...

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Working in China 225 China has developed in leaps and bounds and is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world today. ...

226 CultureShock! China customers. The illusion lasted only a short period of time. Two things worked against this aim. The firs ...

Working in China 227 manufacturer of Dove soap, goes head to head with most of its global competitors in China. Companies that w ...

228 CultureShock! China „ The American Chamber of Commerce „ Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) „ British Chamber of Commerc ...

Working in China 229 Keeping Up To Date To keep abreast of current events and business trends while in China, many expats subscr ...

230 CultureShock! China Wal-Mart and Carrefour When Wal-Mart made its China play, it leveraged on the precedent created by Carre ...

Working in China 231 Being a manager in a glocal company means setting high business standards but being pragmatic about how the ...

232 CultureShock! China the floor in an uncouth fashion that does little to make a good impression One of the first ways to crea ...

Working in China 233 Western style. When speaking, you should be clear in the points that you are making but non-confrontational ...