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How to …give and get guanxi
Lifestyle / Local Customs
Written by : Lena Gidwani
Jul 13, 2008
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guanxi
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| Schmoozing. Sucking up. Connections. 'Mutually beneficial relationships'. Call it whatever you want, honey, but here in China, its known simply as one word: Guanxi.
Guan means close together, and Xi means relationship. You are your relationships; you are defined by your guanxi. It is much more than just friendship; it is your competitive advantage, your golden ticket to everything: securing that much-coveted contract, landing your dream home, and even gaining that long awaited promotion.
Fortunes have been made and lost based on good or bad guanxi. It's also the notion that if somebody does you a favor, you will be expected to repay it one day. Put simply, it's the "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" philosophy.
Cracking the guanxi code may take impossible work and perseverance, but playing the game is still imperative. If you are open-minded and patient, as well as willing to bend over backwards, then you can start building guanxi immediately.
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Nanny 'exodus' blights CNY
News / News
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Feb 4, 2008
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Guangzhou
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| Housekeepers fly home while local families scratch heads, wash dishes.
WORKERS' FLIGHT:
As Spring Festival fever approaches, local families have been hit by the increasingly popular trend of migrant nannies packing up for the holidays and heading back home.
Top nanny agencies across Guangzhou and Shenzhen confirmed they are suffering a "serious shortage" and that many families will have "no child supervisors" during China's most important traditional festival.
It is believed that around 63 percent of all household workers in the Pearl River
region are heading home for Chinese New year, the majority not to return until the Lantern Festival on February 21. "Guangzhou now needs at least 70,000 housekeepers over the holidays," said Chen Ting, president of Guangdong Household Management Association. In Shenzhen, the shortage is estimated to be around 55,000.
The baby boom in 2007 (the auspicious Year of The Pig) has only intensified th ... ... |
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