Tag Archives: guanxi

Day 31 – 恭喜发财 – PassageMaker’s Chinese New Year party!

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恭喜发财, gōng xǐ fā cái, wishing you a prosperous new year! More articles and weird stuff: Toxic Linfen – regardless of Climategate, there is still … Continue reading

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Why I don’t brew beer (anymore)

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20 years ago I wanted to be a brewmaster.  The American microbrew movement was just taking off, and it was a good time to get … Continue reading

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The importance of food (and drink); or learning to love Pig Brain Soup

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Business books aplenty have been written on the importance of guanxi or relationships in China.  And most of them are boring, so I won’t add … Continue reading

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