Comments on: A Book I Must Have for Doing Business in China http://deswalsh.com/2008/06/16/a-book-i-must-have-for-doing-business-in-china/ Social Media for Real Business Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Aussie Carnival Blog On Cairns | Imaginif Child Protection became Serious Business http://deswalsh.com/2008/06/16/a-book-i-must-have-for-doing-business-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Aussie Carnival Blog On Cairns | Imaginif Child Protection became Serious Business Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:16:40 +0000 http://deswalsh.com/?p=155#comment-1750 [...] Walsh ate before he wrote, A Book I Must Have for Doing Business in China over at deswalsh.com. A delightfully serious, humorous, and humble reflection of how unChinese Des [...] [...] Walsh ate before he wrote, A Book I Must Have for Doing Business in China over at deswalsh.com. A delightfully serious, humorous, and humble reflection of how unChinese Des [...]

]]> By: Helen Zhang http://deswalsh.com/2008/06/16/a-book-i-must-have-for-doing-business-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 Helen Zhang Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:32:19 +0000 http://deswalsh.com/?p=155#comment-1742 Des - what a treat to read this! I do hope our book will leave up to your expectations... As to your question about the order of eating and talking - we do have a session in the book titled "Food is the Sky" (a Chinese saying). Eating in China has such significant cultural and business importance that one simply cannot ignore. May I clarify though that the "direction" you got from the Chinese next to you sounded more like a "student" thing, rather than a "Chinese" thing. Personally I have been to many banquets (both business and social) that are mainly for "the talking". People pay more attention to the conversation, and to bonding with other guests than the dishes what are being served. I hope this helps? Helen Des – what a treat to read this! I do hope our book will leave up to your expectations…

As to your question about the order of eating and talking – we do have a session in the book titled “Food is the Sky” (a Chinese saying). Eating in China has such significant cultural and business importance that one simply cannot ignore.

May I clarify though that the “direction” you got from the Chinese next to you sounded more like a “student” thing, rather than a “Chinese” thing. Personally I have been to many banquets (both business and social) that are mainly for “the talking”. People pay more attention to the conversation, and to bonding with other guests than the dishes what are being served.

I hope this helps? Helen

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