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Negotiate like a Chinese

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Here's a link to an amusing and China-relevant (amusing in its China-relevance, really) blog post titled How to Negotiate Like an Indian. Here's an excerpt below (the excerpt is followed in the post by a list of tips.) In India, every transaction — EVERY transaction — is negotiated. Merchandise, cab fare, ...

Tampons addendum

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Pursuant to my recent post about why Chinese women don't use tampons, I forgot to share a compelling piece of gossip. A friend from the US was recently in town for a movie shoot. She told me that of all the supplies that their on-set medic brought to China, it ...