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1. Doing Business with China
Top 10 tips
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2. 1. Guanxi - Focus on building a relationship
before talking business.

3. 2. Be patient and do not try to speed up
the decision making process.

4. 3. Show respect towards
age, seniority, position and status .

5. 4. Avoid conflict, do not disagree with
people openly and never say “no”
directly.

6. 5. Be well preparedand be mindful of
building credibility.

7. 6. Respect the group orientation and the
need to save face.

8. 7. Be patient.
Meetings are mostly for building
relationship rather than doing business

9. 8. Use personal examples and stories

10. 9. Decisions are made at the top of the
hierarchical pyramid

11. 10. There is more than Beijing and
Shanghai: 160 cities, which are less wellknown, with more than 1 million citizens

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