Let's try again- Business Chinese?

[gao_bo_han]

Sorry to bring this up again, but I only got two responses last time and one was from myself!

What resources are you guys using for learning business Chinese? There are too many books out there for words. I have a feeling most of them are crappy and there are a few good ones. Last time someone posted a good suggestion. Anyone else have any ideas?

[geek_frappa]

the best business chinese you can learn is GUANXI.

my chinese is broken, they're english is broken, but there is kinship, so we understand each other.

why do you want to learn business Chinese?

[pazu]

Indeed I think the so-called "business Chinese language" and daily Chinese language are basically the same in many aspects. It's quite different from Japanese.

I think the book that you should go and find, is about how Chinese do their business.

yan1 jiu3 yan1 jiu3

yan2 jiu4 yan1 jiu3

煙酒 煙酒

研究 研究

cigarettes (foreign brands) and wine (whisky, or baijiu~)

then you can yanjiu (discuss) your business with Chinese.

[ala]

the drinking thing is only in the north?

In Shanghai we don't drink much before business deals, to the chagrin of Northern businessmen.

[pazu]

Haha, and the Northerners force Shanghainese (and probably Hongkonger) to drink to the chagrin of us. Once I've met a man in Zhejiang, he told me SHanghainese are 小氣鬼 because they drank too little.

[39degN]

i would like introduce two newspapers about business and economy if you have further interest than only the business conversation

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