Chinese Business

International business requires a deep level of industry insight but also a keen understanding of the cultural differences that impact how business is done. If you’re an American working in China or Japan for the first time, you may not realize the way each culture thinks and reasons is quite different from your own, which can lead to frequent misunderstandings. You may be unaware, for example, that Americans reason in a linear manner, Chinese in a lateral manner, and Japanese intuitively.

Will Africa be the world's next hub of manufacturing? China is answering in the affirmative and investing accordingly. This book dispels the notion that this crucial story is merely about China's exploitation of Africa's resources, illuminating deep questions about our own Western approach to development and the implications for the future of manufacturing. The fact that China sees Africa not for its poverty but for its potential wealth is a striking departure from the attitude of the West, in particular the United States.

無論任何人，我都相信你具有領導特質，而且有絕佳的領導能力。這是《紐約時報》暢銷作者約翰．麥斯威爾在他書中想要傳達的訊息。《領導力101》中，出色的領導者會提供簡潔但能激發靈感的概念，讓你原先具備的領導能力又更上一層樓。本書提供以下各個學習要點....

重磅解析马云作为一个商界奇才的管理秘诀，将他睿智的管理心得一一呈现。在这里，我们将洞若观火般明了管理的精髓，不断实践，去成就如马云一样辉煌的事业。…… 重磅解析馬雲作為一個商界奇才的管理秘訣，將他睿智的管理心得一一呈現。在這裡，我們將洞若觀火般明瞭管理的精髓，不斷實踐，去成就如馬雲一樣輝煌的事業。

Why can salamanders grow new legs, and young children grow new fingertips, but adult humans can't regenerate? What is the electricity that flows through the human body? Is it the same thing that the Chinese call Qi? If so, what does Chinese medicine know that Western medicine ignores? Dan Keown's highly accessible, witty, and original book shows how Western medicine validates the theories of Chinese medicine and how Chinese medicine explains the mysteries of the body that Western medicine largely ignores.

钱是会走路的，即使你把钱压在箱子里，抱在被窝里，换成金银股票放在保险柜里，都挡不住钱会像长脚一样走来走去。投资理财，就是要专找那些别人看不见，正在走路的钱。贝版记录了老中代代传下来的五条理财真经：提高信用分数、避免超前消费、开二手车、亲自维修、不打官司多运动。

In September 2014, a Chinese company that most Americans had never heard of held the largest IPO in history - bigger than Google, Facebook, and Twitter combined. Alibaba, now the world's largest ecommerce company, mostly escaped Western notice for over 10 years, while building a customer base larger than Amazon's and handling the bulk of ecommerce transactions in China. How did it happen? And what was it like to be along for such a revolutionary ride?

Alibaba, ahora la empresa de comercio electrónico más grande del mundo, escapó de la atención del mundo occidental durante más de diez años, mientras construía una base de clientes que sumaba más del doble de la de Amazon y se encargaba de la mayor parte de las transacciones de comercio electrónico en China. ¿Cómo pasó? ¿Y qué significó ser parte de tan revolucionario proyecto? En este libro, Porter Erisman, uno de los primeros empleados occidentales de Alibaba y jefe de marketing internacional entre 2000 y 2008, muestra cómo Jack Ma se levantó de la oscuridad para fundar Alibaba y dirigirla.

Whatever your experience of learning English, this is the course to get you speaking English quickly, confidently and with no chance of failure, with one-million-best-selling Language Coach Paul Noble. Native-speaking British and US language experts will help you to perfect your pronunciation as you progress through the course. You will learn a huge range of vocabulary in no time at all and be able to quickly make your new knowledge work for you in a variety of everyday scenarios.

What's Wrong with China is the widely anticipated follow-up to Paul Midler's Poorly Made in China, an expose of China manufacturing practices. Applying a wider lens in this account, he reveals many of the deep problems affecting Chinese society as a whole. Once again, Midler delivers the goods by rejecting commonly held notions, breaking down old myths, and providing fresh explanations of lesser-understood cultural phenomena.

Exploring key episodes in that nation's long political, military, and cultural history, Clissold outlines five Chinese Rules, which anyone can deploy in on-the-ground situations with modern Chinese counterparts. These Chinese rules will enable foreigners not only to cooperate with China but also to compete with it on its own terms.

要想从嘈杂混乱中脱颖而出，赢得消费者的忠诚，就需要加强优势，以此拉开与竞争者的距离。有所取舍，有所选择；要脱离常规，不要模仿；要创新，不要追赶别人。…… 要想從嘈雜混亂中脫穎而出，贏得消費者的忠誠，就需要加強優勢，以此拉開與競爭者的距離。有所取捨，有所選擇；要脫離常規，不要模仿；要創新，不要追趕別人。

The history of the Yan family is inseparable from the history of China over the last century. One of the most influential businesswomen of China today, Lan Yan grew up in the company of the country's powerful elite, including Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and other top leaders. In recounting her family history, Lan Yan brings to life a century of Chinese history from the last emperor to present day, including the Cultural Revolution which tore her childhood apart. The little girl who was crushed by the Cultural Revolution has become one of the most active businesswomen in her country.

李嘉诚不但是香港的传奇，更是华人的传奇。在自己70年的商业生涯中，他不断地扩大经营，不断地抓住机遇跨行业发展。李嘉诚总结自己生意上的理念和做人的心得，从而道破自己在管理方面50余年来一直坚守不弃的哲学。…… 李嘉誠不但是香港的傳奇，更是華人的傳奇。在自己70年的商業生涯中，他不斷地擴大經營，不斷地抓住機遇跨行業發展。李嘉誠總結自己生意上的理念和做人的心得，從而道破自己在管理方面50餘年來一直堅守不棄的哲學。

In the headline-making and best-selling tradition of Bill Browder’s Red Notice comes a unique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21st-century China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve of Red Roulette’s publication and global media coverage about it.

Seeing the Unseen: Behind Chinese Tech Giants' Global Venturing delves into the fascinating world of Chinese logic that shapes how tech leaders make and implement decisions, many of which are seldom seen outside China.

销售就是一场心理博弈战，如果你想成功地卖出产品，必须读懂客户内心和了解客户需求才能立于不败之地。销售人员真正销售的不是商品，而是自己……銷售就是一場心理博弈戰，如果你想成功地賣出產品，必須讀懂客戶內心和了解客戶需求才能立於不敗之地。銷售人員真正銷售的不是商品，而是自己……

From a long-time Alibaba executive and former special assistant to Jack Ma, this is the first book to articulate how Alibaba's unique culture and “tai chi” management principles are providing a business and economic development model for the rest of the world.

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What if business was joyful and fun? What if it was so much more than you ever perceived possible? If you were creating your business from the joy of it—what would you choose? What would you change? What would you choose if you knew you could not fail? Business is joy, it's creation, it's generative. It can be the adventure of living.