CULTURAL ADAPTATION
On coping with life in China
Brian Hennessy. Chongqing, China. September 18, 2010 Download Brian's eBook, Culture Shock in China: a guide for foreigners on cultural adaptation, on the Toolbar above. Coping with life in China: contradictions China is contradiction. While on the one hand China presents herself as an outward looking developing nation proud of her new economic strength and rising international [...]
Chinese business culture: helpful hints
Adapted by Brian Hennessy from British Embassy (Beijing) information Helpful hints for doing business in China Take your time Yin and yang: balancing opposites Build relationships first. Cultivate quanxi Take care with contracts Use local assets Respect face Accept the pecking order Know the tricks of the trade Play the game yourself [...]
Culture Shock: a brief introduction
By Brian Hennessy, DipT; BA; MEd; DipPsych., Australian Psychologist, Chongqing, China. Article published in: 'Chongqing Currents' Foreign Language Journal. 2009, Vol 5, November-December. Culture shock. Culture shock is a well-known but little understood term. Although most people have heard of it, few people understand what it means. Recent research has taken a closer look at this phenomenon, and [...]
China hand.
Laurance J Brahm (2003), The art of the deal in China. Tuttle Publishing. Singapore. China hand. "It was not just another 'China conference' in a five-star hotel in Hong Kong. It was the China conference held at a five-star hotel in Shanghai. Everyone who was supposed to be seen in the China trade was there. [...]
Pay your way.
Rowan Callick, China correspondent. The Australia Business | September 24, 2007 For all its progress, China is still a challenge for newcomers. HERE'S a salutary story for people planning to do business in China. But it has a happy ending of sorts. Despite the immense significance of the resources trade with China and the vision [...]
Mao and modern China
Rowan Callick, China correspondent | The Australian / May 19, 2008 It's still important to understand Mao as China takes the capitalist road “The socialist system will eventually replace the capitalist system. This is an objective law independent of man's will" – Mao Zedong You can't keep a bad man down. Mao Zedong's image remains [...]
Culture shock: Comment from an overseas Chinese.
Refer to: http://www.chinese-culture.net/html/china_culture_shock.html Culture shock in China. Helpful comment from a returning overseas Chinese. First off, I would like to apologize to any Mainland Chinese that may be reading this page. I am one of many foreigners who have lived in China for many years and have come to love China. However, China does have it's [...]