Bamboo strong, 152
Behavioral styles, 97
Censorship survey (2021), 67–68
Chinese leadership styles, 116
Chinese management culture, 152
Chinese-style networking, 129
Communist political culture, 135
Confucian business culture, 115
Connection, 123
Contradiction, 200
Cultural adaptation, 93
Cultural compatibility, 131
Culture, 5, 7, 8, 76, 116, 123
adaptation, expats
of local firms, 155
networking, 7
and politics, 19
secrecy, 8
Culture shock, 34, 46, 69–73, 93, 132
Expat
attraction of China for, 39
cultural adaptation
cultures
health, 26
hubs, feature of, 51
lifestyles of, 15, 22, 26, 52–55, 72, 198, 204
options and opportunities, 204–209
Expat communities
challenges
detours into chinese reality, 36–39
Expatriate, 1, 2, 15, 21, 29, 33, 38, 59, 71, 81, 87, 133, 155, 160, 161, 162, 164, 169, 172, 173, 192, 195, 199, 203, 205–207, 210
Firefighting, 88
detours into chinese reality, 36–39
Flexibility, 137
Foreign business, in China, 1–10
grounded globetrotters, 173–177
Communist Party in, 152
leadership
local managers as expats, 109–113
roles and responsibilities, 113–123
political interference, 132–147
Foreign-invested small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), 154, 173
Foreign investment, 1, 7, 9, 12, 48, 51, 121, 200, 208
Frantic reengagement, 13
Free Trade Agreements (FTA), 1
French Concession, 134
Go-west campaigns, 45
Great Firewall, 65, 66, 69, 138
Gross domestic product (GDP), 5, 51, 58, 186
Human culture, 111
Immigration without Integration, 178
Imperial prohibitions, 42
Intercultural assessment systems, 131
Intercultural compatibility, 29
Intercultural leadership, 16, 29, 68, 114, 209
International exposure, 12
Laws, 148
Leadership
local managers as expats, 109–113
roles and responsibilities, 113–123
Leadership manuals, 45
Management localization, 160, 167
Multinational firms, 52
Polite secrecy, 13
Politics, in business, 132–147
Red China, 6
Reform and opening, 7, 12, 48, 135, 157, 195, 203, 208
Reform and reopening, 44
Relationship, 123
Relocation specialists, 34
Reverse culture shock, 156
Screen management candidates, 131
Slowbalisation, 192
Special economic zones (SEZs), 6, 8, 11, 37, 49, 50
defined, 48
and the multinational investors, 38
State Administration of Press, Publications, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT), 66
Socialist morality campaigns, 134
Thousand Talents Program, 182
Three Represents policy, 12
Transformer-style conversions, 14
Typical Chinese companies, 115
Universal connectivity, 67
Values Surveys, 157
Virtual private networks (VPNs), 61, 63–69
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