All too many entrepreneurs and small businesses have gone out of business because of complications with product manufacturing. Many great ideas have been abandoned because of inexperience and lack of good information on how to develop and produce a custom product. When good ideas or viable products aren’t pursued, it could mean the loss of […]
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Another cultural aspect in Chinese society that is as major as our the “Face” concept indicated in our last CNY 2022 Special, is the “relationship” (关系, guanxi). In fact, the phrase guanxi is way beyond a cultural nuance now, but a concept commonly seen and acknowledge even on academic materials about international business, as China
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Our previous CNY 2022 Special has illustrated the tendency of not saying No in Chinese culture and the reasons behind this mindset. Many Chinese people have been raised to not say “NO”, or at least to indicate in an unnoticeable way, regardless of the circumstances. In the case of communicating with a supplier from China,
When doing business with a Chinese supplier or factory, you may notice there’ll be at least one English speaking staff member that will be in charge of dealing with the overseas clients. Chinese representatives in charge of communicating with their western clients are mostly young and inexperienced. But make no mistake, it doesn’t mean they
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It’s only about a month away till Chinese New Year(which is February 1), but your supplier or manufacturer might start taking their “Spring Break” as early as mid-January, as tens of millions of workers have to travel back home, regardless of their location, for the holiday most cherished in the Chinese culture, leading to the
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