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For Chinese firms in US, ability to navigate the cultural gap can determine success or failure

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From The South China Morning Post

For Chinese firms in US, ability to navigate the cultural gap can determine success or failure

In 2014, two Chinese chemical companies outlined plans to build massive, multibillion-dollar plants in the United States, ultimately located within a few miles of each other in Louisiana. Five years later, YCI Methanol One has completed all major permitting and its plant is 60 per cent built, while Wanhua Chemical Group Co is still struggling with approvals.

The divergent paths reflect in part their different experiences navigating American business culture, risks and constraints, say company executives, local officials and citizen groups.

As Chinese companies venture overseas in growing numbers – becoming bigger targets for political, labour and security critics, seen most recently with Huawei Technologies and ZTE – their ability to navigate very different cultures is an increasingly important determinant of success.

A survey last month by the 1,500-member China General Chamber of Commerce-USA, an umbrella group of Chinese companies, identified cultural differences as the greatest problem members face in hiring and retaining American workers. US-China cultural divergence was among the top strategic challenges, it said.

COMMENT:-

The article also takes a look at the problems that American firms have in the Chinese market. The differences between the two sets of problems might be thought provoking.
 
Yeah. Our workers like to get treated just slightly better than robots.
 
Cultural gap? Try "fear of major security issues".

Entrusting Chinese Big Biz with US tech is like entrusting grenade launchers to MS-13.
 
Yeah. Our workers like to get treated just slightly better than robots.

Obviously either:

A. you didn't read the article; or

B. your thoughts aren't capable of being provoked; or

C. both.​
 
Cultural gap? Try "fear of major security issues".

Entrusting Chinese Big Biz with US tech is like entrusting grenade launchers to MS-13.

It appears that points B. and C. in Post 4 aren't applicable in your case.
 
Obviously either:

A. you didn't read the article; or

B. your thoughts aren't capable of being provoked; or

C. both.​

I read the OP.


Is there more in the link?
 
I have just bought a blood pressure monitor made in China.

The instructions were given in TINY print, and the instructions were written in ABOMINABLE English.

This is 2019.

Yet many Chinese companies still do not feel that their English-language instructions should be written by someone who is fluent in English.

And the tiny print is due to refusing to spend enough money on paper in order to have decent-size print.

Many Chinese companies still have no sense when it comes to dealing with American consumers.
 
I read the OP.

Is there more in the link?

"Fair Use" doctrine allows for limited copying (and re-publishing) of original material. It does NOT allow the wholesale copying (and re-publishing) of the entirety of the original material. I comply with the requirements of the "Fair Use" doctrine.

I mean, you wouldn't want me to get the forum in trouble for copyright violations, would you.

From the above, can you work out for yourself if there is "more in the link" than was contained in the OP.

So far you have established that you have met the criterion in Option A.. Your future responses will establish whether you mean the criterion in Option B..
 
I have just bought a blood pressure monitor made in China.

The instructions were given in TINY print, and the instructions were written in ABOMINABLE English.

This is 2019.

Yet many Chinese companies still do not feel that their English-language instructions should be written by someone who is fluent in English.

And the tiny print is due to refusing to spend enough money on paper in order to have decent-size print.

Many Chinese companies still have no sense when it comes to dealing with American consumers.

Indeed, a point made in the article that the OP (at least) alludes to.

The equal (but opposite) point that "Many American companies still have no sense when it comes to dealing with Chinese consumers." is also (at least) alluded to.
 
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