Archive for March, 2012
I wrote a few weeks ago about Western companies losing their IP to theft by Chinese companies. Find that here. March 23rd, Dan at China Law Blog also wrote and had a good addition to the conversation. Finally his co blogger, Steve, added his thoughts. All are worth reading for anyone with IP. Thinking and […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I learned about balance here in China. My life showed signs of running from one ditch to another until I considered balance as found in Chinese ideas on eating and lifestyle and which are represented by Yin and Yang. I have never become a follower of any Chinese local religious thought, but China moved me […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Chinese culture and relationship means we need to understand how relationship is different in China than in the West. Much has been said of the ‘guanxi’ or relational focus of China business. Some see its corrupt influence, but others like myself can see its positive aspects. I learned in China that I am too independent. […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →I was at the park last Sunday and my children and I had made a point of leaving the park better then we found it. It was fun. I did not expect to connect snails and Chinese culture. Then a middle aged woman came and dug up something along the shore of the small pond […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →In the Chinese culture stealing is understood different than in the West. Let me explain why Chinese are different. Then I will tell you some examples that you may have had experience with here in China. China has two words that are instructive on Chinese attitudes toward theft. The word 偷 (tou1) means to steal. […]
Continue Reading →I know of a recent factory upfitting that reminds me of our life here in China They got a contractor to do the upfit and even had an independent engineer checking quality. Both were workable and not corrupt. However, the quality of the work was weak. Low bid had a result. Actually, what I noticed […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →David Rae has a post up at the Procurements Leaders Site. Find the whole post here It is a good post and worth a read for those interested in sourcing or retention. In it, he notes that finding good people is hard and retaining them is at crisis proportions. Ah, yes. Sourcing is very much […]
Continue Reading →Clara over at Foreign Entrepreneurs in China just posted on not interrupting a Chinese person who is ranting. I agree and you can find the post here I would also add that her advice should not be just for China. Ranting is a great chance to get more data than you might otherwise acquire. Do […]
Continue Reading →When I think over my 20 plus years of experience in China, I can list what brought me success and failure in China pretty readily. Success: Hired the right first person who worked for me and the company capably, hard and loyally Created enough safety so that workers told me what the problems were as […]
Continue Reading →I have a link to an old post at All Roads Lead to China about two cases of foreign firms having their technology stolen in China. See the whole post here. In the first case, a U.S. trailer maker, SylvanSport, patented their design in the U.S. and started marketing it. They started developing a market […]
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