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Myths about doing business in China / Harold Chee with Chris West.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.Description: viii, 162 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 140394458X (cloth)
  • 9781403944580 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.951 22
  • 395.520951 22
LOC classification:
  • HG5782 .C4314 2004
Contents:
Myth 1: One market: 1.3 billion people -- Myth 2: The Chinese market will grow forever -- Myth 3: The market is easy -- Myth 4: China is Westernising -- Myth 5: Guanxi is a time-consuming sideshow to the real business of business -- Myth 6: The Chinese are irrationally xenophobic -- Myth 7: The mask of Fu Manchu: the myth of inscrutability -- Myth 8: Rules are rules: negotiating in China is like negotiating everywhere else -- Myth 9: Chinese business people are not trustworthy -- Myth 10: The Chinese are difficult to manage -- Afterword -- Appendix A: A summary of key success factors for dealing with the Chinese -- Appendix B: Some key difference between China and the West --Appendix C: Making sense of Pinyin -- Appendix D: Recommended reading,
Review: "This book, by a Chinese businessman and a Western 'China hand', presents an insider's view of Chinese business. It systematically takes you through the most damaging myths about China and its ways, revealing the truth behind them and enabling the reader to engage with China both successfully and with enjoyment."--BOOK JACKET.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HG5782 .C4314 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available TBC00008893
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks HG5782 .C4314 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available TBC00008880

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-150) and index.

Myth 1: One market: 1.3 billion people -- Myth 2: The Chinese market will grow forever -- Myth 3: The market is easy -- Myth 4: China is Westernising -- Myth 5: Guanxi is a time-consuming sideshow to the real business of business -- Myth 6: The Chinese are irrationally xenophobic -- Myth 7: The mask of Fu Manchu: the myth of inscrutability -- Myth 8: Rules are rules: negotiating in China is like negotiating everywhere else -- Myth 9: Chinese business people are not trustworthy -- Myth 10: The Chinese are difficult to manage -- Afterword -- Appendix A: A summary of key success factors for dealing with the Chinese -- Appendix B: Some key difference between China and the West --Appendix C: Making sense of Pinyin -- Appendix D: Recommended reading,

"This book, by a Chinese businessman and a Western 'China hand', presents an insider's view of Chinese business. It systematically takes you through the most damaging myths about China and its ways, revealing the truth behind them and enabling the reader to engage with China both successfully and with enjoyment."--BOOK JACKET.

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