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Welcome to my BLOG.

In my blog, I focus on the economics and culture of East Asia. I highlight current developments, trends, challenges, and opportunities, with a specific emphasis on countries and markets such as China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. My platform aims to facilitate deeper knowledge and a better understanding of various cultures.
My posts are tailored for executives, young professionals, students, investors, and anyone with a general interest in the subject

Briefly explained: Guanxi (Chinese 關係 / 关系, Pinyin: guānxi)

Have you ever come across the term guanxi (Chinese 關係 / 关系, pinyin: guānxi)? In short, the word stands for the network of very personal relationships from which you can benefit.

Leadership - Control for trust

Individual responsibility or better control? If you are sent to China by your company, it is quite normal that someone with responsibility is immediately assigned to you on site, who will travel with you for the first few days - sometimes even longer - i.e. accompany you. If you are now thinking: "Very nice of my Chinese boss to be with me…

Does glücklich mean happy? – cultural differences within language ‚I think, therefore I am‘. The language we communicate in makes a cultural difference.

The linguist Guy Deutscher (in his book ‚Through the Language Glass‘) claims that our mother tongue serves as an expression of our perception and deeper sense, as exemplified in Mascha Kaléko’s poem, in which the vocabulary used, despite being seemingly precise translations, takes on a different meaning.