Time – He's waiting in the wings
He speaks of senseless things
His script is you and me boys.
Just read a really good/really interesting blog post on Learning Chinese Business, entitled, "Closing Deals in China: A Study in Relativity." The post is written by Justin Shuttleworth, who is described as having "lived and worked in the Middle Kingdom from 2006 to 2010 as a sale manager for a high-end Western brand." His post is on the differing conceptions of time as between the West and China and on how that impacts business between the two cultures. Its "money" paragraph is definitely the following:
For more on this patience deficit, check out the following:
What are you seeing out there?
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01 Sally by Gogol Bordello Track #1 From Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike Lyrics: Sally was a fifteen-year-old girl from Nebraska Gypsies were passing through her little town They dropped something on the road, she picked it up And cultural revolution right away began! Oh no! Cultural revolution just begun Oh no! Cultural revolution just begun... alright! They always were afraid that I was schizophrenic They always were afraid shto ja rodinu prodam A po pravde ja bil prosto malenkij medvedik Sel na velosipedik, i vsjo nahuj proebal Oh no! Cultural revolution just begun Oh no! Cultural revolution just begun! Oh da! Da, da, da, da! Oh no! Chego? Out of all table of contents that Mother Earth provides I'd like to be a big fat fucking fly The one that spins around your head all day and all night The sound of it is just like a what?! But by the accident of some kind of dispensation I ended up being a walking United Nation And I survive even fucking radiation A big fat fucking what?! And I would visit you a lot
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He speaks of senseless things
His script is you and me boys.
David Bowie, Time
Therefore, my advice to any Westerner seeking to close a deal in mainland China is as follows: Doing business with the Chinese business community is far more akin to a marathon than a dash. The race can often seem as long and slow as the Yangtze River, but this is what separates the professionals from the amateurs: true champions know how to pace themselves in order to achieve their goals.Justin is saying something we constantly both on this blog and to our clients doing business in China: patience. Or as I say in one of my speeches, "Chinese companies are more patient than you and they know this and they use it to their advantage in negotiating."
For more on this patience deficit, check out the following:
- Don't Just Be Leaving On That China Jet Plane
- Managing The China Dragon: Patience As Virtue
- China Business. Patience As Virtue, Part II.
What are you seeing out there?
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As proven by these photos, the Chinese are masters of making a ridiculous amount of luggage fit on an impossibly small vehicle. Bicycles, tractors, motorcycles and trucks are pushed to their limits, filled way past their breaking point with every day items and even people precariously perched on top.
Some may call these overloaded vehicles a masterpiece. Others may think it’s safer and wiser to make multiple trips instead of taking the chance spilling the precious cargo. We can’t say for sure whether this packing technique is genius or folly, we just feel sorry for the poor sucker who gets stuck behind one of these things on a one-lane road.
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Words fail.
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Hilariously Overloaded Vehicles in China
Some may call these overloaded vehicles a masterpiece. Others may think it’s safer and wiser to make multiple trips instead of taking the chance spilling the precious cargo. We can’t say for sure whether this packing technique is genius or folly, we just feel sorry for the poor sucker who gets stuck behind one of these things on a one-lane road.
Words fail.
Source: Kotaro269
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