User Comments - tuziren

Posted on: Looking for Someone Else

Hi Jenny,

my former laoshi told me in Chinese when you repeat one word it is more like you do it fast.

The one person says nihao nihao, isn't it like high wnats to get rid of the other one?

Posted on: The Sherpas Story with Mark Secchia

Interesting Interview. Also Entertaining.

China is the land of opportunity.

I have similar experience as mark but not as bad about the down payment. If you make a down payment you should be 110 % sure about your parner.

Chinese are great business people but when it comes to priorities they put them first. Still, if you act accordingly you will have great business and also good partners. If Chinese see you are always keen on getting things right for yourself, they will respect you and everyone will profit from the colaboration. To reach that point it will take quite a few dinners and 白酒.

I hope we will find some interviews with business people in foreign trade.

Posted on: China Street Smart with John Chan

Hi Jenny,

Your approach is great.

After ten years of frequent travelling to China I learned that you need to understand people and establish suitable way of communication first. It is not about the language, only. It is about basic comprehension.

So on one hand you must learn or at least have some idea what makes your partners tick. That is a cultural matter. E.G.: Most German customers refrain from having a business lunch or dinner, in China you never can do business without. To understand that is the first step to mutual consent.

To learn at least some basic Chinese language is very helpful on the other hand. It teaches you that people think different because their language is different. All Roman languages lead to the same logic. We tend to think our language is very civilized because it is defining everything, even the tiniest matter by tenses, conjunction and declension. But Chinese are more efficient through their language. In many cases one word is enough. That is a very nice fact about Chinese language and makes the access to people more easy than most westerners think.

Following this I must say: Chinese pod is a helpful source to find a better comprehension of China by learning the language and the cultural background.