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I'm happy to start a conversation as long as you don't resort to ad hominem which "if you are willing to come out of your idealogical(sic)/cultural bubble" cert

by icu 9y ago

I'm happy to start a conversation as long as you don't resort to ad hominem which "if you are willing to come out of your idealogical(sic)/cultural bubble" certainly seems like. Exactly why do you think I'm in an ideological or cultural bubble? What personal experiences in China's new venture scene can you share with everyone on HN that does not involve guanxi at all? Lastly I disagree with your assertion that guanxi is simply "connections" or "networks". Granted I am a westerner but I dealt with Chinese manufacturers and business partners for several years and my personal experience is that guanxi is much more than what you are implying.

Apocryphon 9y ago
So guanxi is the local equivalent to networking and reciprocity, the same sort of communal relationships which exist in any society. China, being a developing former communist state, has a highly corrupt environment which effects how guanxi is practiced. There, an explanation of a universal phenomenon in a localized setting, without Orientalism.