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I do occasional business in China and Taiwan, the sex thing has never come up ... But threating, drinking and general socialising around business in Chinese, an
by Taniwha 8y ago
I do occasional business in China and Taiwan, the sex thing has never come up ... But threating, drinking and general socialising around business in Chinese, and more generally in Asian culture is something that I think is really healthy ...
In the west we negotiate a deal, maybe voices get raised a bit, people argue, we do a deal, people go away a bit pissed ...
In China all that arguing still happens but after we go out and socialise, we drink and eat together, and we become friends so we can work together on this thing we've agreed to do together
As I said I think the Chinese way, at least the way I've experienced, is more healthy
- sumedh 8y ago> the sex thing has never come up probably because the other person knew/sensed that you are not interested?
- Taniwha 8y agoOr possibly because our hot shot Mandarin speaking negotiator isn't a guy ... Or in another case, when I do business there on my own because my excellent usual Chinese buyer/facilitator is also not a guy But also I suspect that while that sort of may be common it's not universal