Modern Day China Dining Etiquette Expect food to be delivered family-style in large bowls from which each diner serves himself. Avoid showing surprise when these foods appear; westernized Chinese dishes bear no resemblance to foods served ...
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Garment factory owners’ cost in Cambodia is expected to rise by nearly 20 per cent, as a new wage structure came into effect from 1 January. The new structure raises the minimum wage to US$ 128 per month from the earlier $100 per ...
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Cambodia’s Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng has announced the new minimum wage of US$ 128 per month, after the ministry’s 28-member Labour Advisory Committee (LAC)—made up of government, union and factory ...
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One might think that after years of seeing people at their worst, mental health workers would harbor negative attitudes about mental illness, perhaps associating people with mental health issues as less competent or dangerous. But a new ...
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W. L. Gore & Associates is the fifth-ranked company on this year's list of the World's Best Multinational Workplaces, announced Friday. The list is compiled by the Great Place to Work Institute, which also produces Fortune magazine's 100 ...
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Millenials don't mind mixing their work lives and personal lives, and they look for offices that seem less corporate and more homey. You'd be hard-pressed to find someone from the Millenial generation who never pushed his desk around a ...
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The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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Telefonica Digital is investing in a cloud-based HR system to manage its 6,500 worldwide workforce in a project that is expected to pay for itself in under two years. Telefonica Digital is to spend several million on Workday's cloud-based ...
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1. What's the difference between business relationship in China and in western countries? Unlike western business relationship which remains professional and perhaps, aloof, even after a long time, Chinese business relationship inevitably ...
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The Chinese people's main goal in most negotiations is to establish a relationship for future business opportunities. Guanxi is more important in these cases. The Chinese will spend considerable time on bargaining, drafting agreements, ...
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Negotiating contracts and agreements What are the most important things when negotiating with Chinese people? Organization, detail, politeness, a strong will and a healthy dose of patience. Is there a strong emphasis on hierarchy in ...
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Pingyao is an old city with a history of more than 2,700 years in Shanxi Province. Despite the turmoil in the changing dynasties, it has remained a county seat with the most complete features of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 1997, the ...
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"Family tree" (or "pedigree chart") is a special chart representing family relationships and important events of family members in a conventional tree structure. Family tree is a special cultural legacy of China, being one of the 3 ...
Napo Zhuang minority is also called"Black-clothed Zhuang".It is the most peculiar branch of the Zhuang minority,who call themselves"Min"(agile),"Zhong"(second in seniority)and"ao"(the sound of wailing).Currently,it has about a population of ...
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Legend has it that the dragon has nine sons, but none has grown into a dragon, with each having his own appearance. They are (arranged by the seniority among brothers): Bixi, Chiwen, Pulao, Bi'an, Taotie, Baxia, Yazi, Suanni and Jiaotu. ...
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