Seeing China for what it really is...
Mostly everyone you come across in China will tell you stories of how important both face and relationships are… As it says in the headline to this post, overestimate it at your own peril. I will have to deal with one at a time as they are not really connected, but “the giving of face” is also important when building relationships, so they kind of overlap too…
Seeing China for what it really is...
How many times have someone told you that they know how to do business in China and tried to sell some consulting type service in the process?
I suggest you ask them where in China they mean… There is a vast difference in doing business in different regions in China, between 1st tier, 2nd tier and 3rd tier cities and even within the larger cities there are differences.