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What are Chinese people like is an audacious topic, and one like I often want to tackle. Having focused on recruiting since 1997, I dig in on these kind of topics. Each person in China is different. They have different personalities and different family and school backgrounds. Finally, they have different work experiences before they […]
Continue Reading →We find that vagueness and deception in China hiring are a big problem. Gene Hsu helpfully notes that Chinese people do not mean what they say with people they are unfamiliar. This would be like an interview for example. Note this quote from his LinkedIn post. In Chinese culture, people don’t say what they mean or […]
Continue Reading →Hiring managers have a lot to think about and talent and budget are usually the top two. Seems reasonable, but thinking more – what should hiring managers care about or not care about? Here are some others I see: Resume with no gaps Presently Employed Long time working in each position Increasing length of stay […]
Continue Reading →I see it often. Great companies have great hiring. The best companies put lots of energy into hiring as see how important it is. They see that if you put the best energy in, you will get the best hiring done. Here in the China context, SHI Group is getting the best hiring done. As […]
Continue Reading →US China trade volume shows no signs of slacking despite problems between the countries politicians. Might I add all Western trade doing quite well. Why is that? Then, how can we business people do better here? The politicians complain but people keep buying both ways. Why? Simple economics. When China was poor, they made little […]
Continue Reading →For those who lack entertainment, the Chinese balloon and UFO’s that followed have been quite a bit of fun/drama. Did you happen to notice that the US planned to ignore the balloon as Trump and Biden had ignored the previous balloons? Why did this become news? A reporter in Montana visually spotted this balloon and […]
Continue Reading →China is an amazing world. When you think of China, you are in another world. Why do I think you should get China right? Well, I live in Wuxi. Chinese people call it a small city. Yet it has over 5 million people. I heard another stat and smiled. 206,000 packages are sent or received […]
Continue Reading →Some of us have been sick of focus on politics as opposed to focus on economics. Seems China is back to its old path of focusing on economics. Here is to 2023 Year of Economics! China is a conservative country and has gotten rich consistently since 1991 when I arrived with a clear focus on […]
Continue Reading →Do you sense light beyond Covid is coming? Many people interested in China are waiting for the spike in infections during holidays travels here. If the rest of China can get infected this month, then the way is clear for China to reconnect further with the business world. We sense light around the corner. Remote […]
Continue Reading →When I arrived in China as a pure American, one of the things that struck me the most was that in China, yes means no and no means yes. China is an opaque culture in that way. A Wushu teacher taught me that Westerners are specific (具体）and the Chinese are blurry (模糊). As such, he […]
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