The Wall Behind China's Open Door: Towards Efficient Intercultural Management in ChinaAsp / Vubpress / Upa, 2008 - 252 pages Exploring Confucianism, communism, Taoism, and a number of other societal influences in the commercial and corporate culture of China today, this handbook serves as a manual for people working with the Chinese and helps businesspeople gain a better understanding of the many aspects of Chinese intercultural interaction and cooperation. This resource offers a comprehensive cultural and historical background on building relationships with China by weaving expert knowledge with practical techniques on how to successfully navigate the Chinese business environment and its rules of etiquette. |
Contents
Foreword by Zhao Yining | 9 |
Contemporary China | 60 |
Communicative China | 118 |
Conclusion | 222 |
Chinese Names People and Locations | 241 |
Common terms and phrases
administrative areas aspects behavior Beijing calendar central government centralist changes China today Chinese culture Chinese government Chinese society cities companies concept conflict management Confucian Confucius contemporary cooperation corporate culture Daoism decennia decentralization Deng Xiaoping dynasty employees enterprises established etiquette everything exist face Fang Festival focus foreign guanxi guest harmony hierarchical Hong Kong host Hu Jintao hukou human Ibid implemented important in-group individual influence intellectual interaction intercultural language Laozi leadership Lin Yutang Mao Zedong market economy means migrants negotiations official one’s organizations Peng People’s People's Republic person planned economy political position Press Qing Qing dynasty reform relationship Republic of China role model schools Shandong Shanghai situation social sometimes structure symbols Taiwan thinking Ting-Toomey toast traditional University West Western workers yin and yang Zhang Zhou Zhuangzi