http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/12/before-we-just-did-business-together-but-now%e2%80%a6-now-we%e2%80%99re-friends/ Your Branch Office in Asia Sat, 12 May 2012 06:52:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/12/before-we-just-did-business-together-but-now%e2%80%a6-now-we%e2%80%99re-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 linda Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:34:55 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=670#comment-1617 The combination of business partner and "friends" is not unique in China, the "friends" here doesn't not really mean friends, it means the personal raltionship and know more about each other through drinking. I don't like chinese style drinking, always bottom up. Even everyone know it is a bad habit and still follow the rules. Sometimes, my foreign colleagues are bravely bottomed up, this might be pleased the Chinese parners. That is not healthy, and stupid. Can we find a way not to bottom up when drink with Chinese landlord? The combination of business partner and “friends” is not unique in China, the “friends” here doesn’t not really mean friends, it means the personal raltionship and know more about each other through drinking. I don’t like chinese style drinking, always bottom up. Even everyone know it is a bad habit and still follow the rules. Sometimes, my foreign colleagues are bravely bottomed up, this might be pleased the Chinese parners. That is not healthy, and stupid. Can we find a way not to bottom up when drink with Chinese landlord?

]]> http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2009/11/12/before-we-just-did-business-together-but-now%e2%80%a6-now-we%e2%80%99re-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-1589 China Lawyer Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:36:09 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/?p=670#comment-1589 Great post on the difficult interaction between business, face, friendship and law. None should be ignored! Great post on the difficult interaction between business, face, friendship and law. None should be ignored!

]]>