Guanxi can be loosely understood as instrumental social relationships that form a network to be used by individuals for their personal benefit. Guanxi is a long-enduring part of Chinese society, but how is it used in a modern context. Is it still important for doing business? How should foreigners understand guanxi? And is guanxi now doing more harm than good in modern world?

Chapters
00:00: Intro
2:18: Definitions  of Guanxi
11:39: Origins of Guanxi
19:03: Building Guanxi Relationships
31:51: Guanxi in China's Business World
40:58: Guanxi goes abroad?
44:27: Negative Societal Effects of Guanxi
49:Negative Societal Effects of Guanxi

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Sources
- Guanxi: How China Workds, Yanjie Bian, 2019
- Chinese Guanxi: An Integrative Review and New Directions for Future Research, Chao C. Chen,  Xiao-Ping Chen, and Shengsheng Huang, 2013
- Cultivating Guanxi as a Foreign Investor Strategy, John A. Pearce II and Richard B. Robinson, Jr., 2000
- Cultural and Organizational Antecedents of Guanxi: The Chinese Cases, Liang-Hung Lin, 2011
- Entering Guanxi: A Business Ethical Dilemma in Mainland China?, Chenting Su and James E. Littlefield, 2001
- Guanxi Networks in China: Its Importance and Future Trends, Jin Ai, 2006
- Guanxi's Consequences: Personal Gains at Social Cost, Ying Fan, 2002
- The Culture of Guanxi in a North China Village, Yunxiang Yan, 1996
- Whither guanxi and social networks in China? A review of theory and practice, Jane Nolan & Chris Rowley, 2020
- What Happens When the ‘Gaokao’ Rewards Who, Not What, You Know, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1005924
- Qinghai Official Died After Sharing Seven Bottles of Baijiu, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012818
- Bank Worker Slapped, Insulted for Not Drinking With Colleagues, Sixth Tone, https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006093
- Businesses benefiting from political connections harm China’s economic growth, https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/businesses-benefitting-from-political-connections-could-harm-chinas-economic-growth/

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