Eating together at a Chinese restaurant is a stage for your relationship to dance on.

Food Forges Friendships

“Guanxi” is Chinese for relationships. In China, friends and acquaintances are a vital source of reliable information and introductions. It helps us build trust and opens doors!

Even with the internet, trust is not easily won, especially in a “low trust” society like China. Worse, trust is easily broken in a cross cultural context where misunderstandings occur daily.

So how do you get and keep your guanxi?

In this podcast Laokang whispers guidance in the ear of China venturers so they can take advantage of secrets he gleaned in 30 years thriving there as entrepreneur and linguist.

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“Guanxi” is Chinese for relationships. In China, friends and acquaintances are a vital source of reliable information and introductions. It helps us build trust and opens doors! Even with the internet, trust is not easily won, especially in a “low trust” society like China. Worse, trust is easily broken in a cross cultural context where misunderstandings occur daily. So how do you get and keep your guanxi? In this podcast Laokang whispers guidance in the ear of China venturers so they can take advantage of secrets he gleaned in 30 years thriving there as entrepreneur and linguist.

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Food Forges Friendships

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