The Role of Cultural Awareness in Doing Business in China
Aggregated Source: China Venture News
January 24, 2008|
It's easy to say or do something "wrong" when you're in an unfamiliar culture.
I remember one of my first meals in an Australian home. As a male raised in the southern US, I thought my remark after the meal was a compliment. I said the food was delicious, then patted my stomach and finished with, "I'm stuffed." When the family members stopped laughing, one of them explained to me that, in the local vernacular, "stuffed" meant something like "to be pregnant without the benefit of wedlock." I later learned that it gets used much the way Americans use the "F" word. But my Aussie friends were more amused than offended, and I gained a little education...
The China Law Blog has a post out just today on cultural sensitivity. Dan Harris at the CLB builds on a post earlier this month on that subject at China Hearsay.
When it comes to cultural sensitivity, Dan's point in a nutshell is summed up by this quote from his piece: "Knowledge of Chinese culture is secondary to knowledge of business when it comes to doing a China deal...."
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I remember one of my first meals in an Australian home. As a male raised in the southern US, I thought my remark after the meal was a compliment. I said the food was delicious, then patted my stomach and finished with, "I'm stuffed." When the family members stopped laughing, one of them explained to me that, in the local vernacular, "stuffed" meant something like "to be pregnant without the benefit of wedlock." I later learned that it gets used much the way Americans use the "F" word. But my Aussie friends were more amused than offended, and I gained a little education...
The China Law Blog has a post out just today on cultural sensitivity. Dan Harris at the CLB builds on a post earlier this month on that subject at China Hearsay.
When it comes to cultural sensitivity, Dan's point in a nutshell is summed up by this quote from his piece: "Knowledge of Chinese culture is secondary to knowledge of business when it comes to doing a China deal...."
See full article.
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