Seeing China for what it really is...
Last week I was forwarded an article (sales pitch actually) from a Singaporean consulting firm in Shanghai that makes a living providing “advise” to unsuspecting foreigners in China… The company shall remain anonymous, as I do not want to be sued for telling it as it is, but these guys are so full of it that it is hard to hold back.
They started by comparing “the cultivation of traditional guanxi” with pure corruption, and then went on to talk about how this is changing…
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.