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Operating the Guanxi engine inside the Chinese arena china business chinese culture chinese regulations face goodwill guanxi guanxi engine May 17, 2024

As we internalize the Guanxi engine metaphor and grasp that it needs 'fuel' to run, we will also recognize that, like any well-designed system, its inertia will continue running off alternative sources regardless. Chinese rituals were refined over the past five millennia, and every Chinese person...

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Beyond Regulations: Psychological Impact of Jack Ma's Ant Financial IPO Fail ccp chinese culture chinese psychology chinese regulations geopolitics guanxi Apr 30, 2024

Jack Ma's Ant Financial (rebranded as Ant Group) IPO debacle encapsulates a complex interplay between China's rapidly evolving tech sector and an opaque and reactive regulatory framework hierarchically disincentivized against market-oriented decisions. It's a Guanxi-based paradox disguised to...

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