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Forge positive, productive East/West business relationships by understanding how the other side thinks. Focusing on who the Chinese and Americans are, and why they behave in certain ways, this pragmatic yet sensitive approach to building East/West business relationships urges readers to seek understanding ahead of quick answers. Bicultural businessman Charles Lee outlines the traditional, social, political, and economic factors affecting Chinese and American business environments, deconstructing the myths of the "cowboy" and the "dragon."
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Lee grew up in China and Taiwan, earned advanced degrees in the US, became an American citizen, and has carried out business arrangements between Asia and the US. He has drawn on his personal experiences to contemplate the differences between the two cultures and articulate ways to describe them and teach American readers (the cowboy type) how to understand and work with people from a Chinese cultural background (the dragon). This thoughtful book rises above most business books in the depth of its assessment of cultural behavior and specific instruction for successfully achieving cross- cultural communication. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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