My favourite part of Chinese Culture is their personal approach.
It is soft..., quiet..., they avoid to scream, make faces or noises.
It may confuse you because you will start thinking they are weak and delicate.
Talking with friends I came to understand that Westerns and Chinese perceive "conflict" differently.
For Westerns, a well managed conflict leads to change and then to improvement. In China, conflict is destructive and leads to failure. In the MC, our startegy is: Westerners argue, and Chinese wrap up :)
At Conferences, the members behave very receptive, they will not argue, they will listen. The only challenge is that reading if they are understanding is hard...
When it comes to working groups is very important to give clear directions and to walk with them through the first steps..., afterwards everything goes smoothly and nice.
What I find hard to adapt is the partying style, specially in Conferences.
I am use to this kind of Plenary/Club Party with all the people coming together into a big hall and partying hard.
Here in China, the parties happen in the rooms. They love the punishment-drinking games... It is funny, specially when you picture how shy they are :)
The members have a lot of potential. Sometimes, I feel that we don't trust them as we should. My bets are on them...
About the Supply Chains..., we will run a project: "CSR Supply Chains Capacity Building" :)
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