Manthink wrote:Strong Eagle wrote:That's a laugh mate. The whole thing. Well educated Chinese Singaporeans dealing with Chinese nationals. What the hell do you think they spoke? Yiddish?
You cannot escape the fact that China is corrupt from top to bottom.
You failed to humour me
There are many presumptions that you had made.
Are you assuming a group of educated overseas Chinese going to have an easier time doing business in China?
We have local investors getting screwed in neighboring countries, no thanks to corruption. Does that make their government a dictatorship or a lesser democracy?
We have local investors getting screwed in neighboring countries, no thanks to corruption. Does that make their government a dictatorship or a lesser democracy?
You are of course correct, though SE was pointing out the risk differences as he is in business project management, I would believe he has hands on experience, in many Asian countries.
I also agree on the guanxi acclaim, in fact so much that lesser experienced men with funds, have to rely on this network, as they are not always capable of doing the job themselves degrees are a good thing, providing they come with commonsense, otherwise you have an academic that no one respects and even the smart uneducated can see this.
Attitude is, money buy's everything in many Asian societies, when in fact it doesn't, the complexities between east and west is good and relevant and maybe utilised to complement both societies.
Asian's in general are very well mannered and non confrontational in most circumstances, however politics is an emotional area, which we all to often see explode.
The important thing is not to be judgemental on either side east or west, has disturbance, is wasted energy, ideally one joins with the flow and avoids all the political drama, has one cannot go about changing the world.
On the path you travel there are many distractions, look at the risks of those distractions has human behaviour can be measured over time forget about East & West has politically right, as experience of both maybe complimentary.
My own opinion is the same for any country or race, listen, learn and adapt, otherwise the conflict within will eat you away with emotional frustration.
Progress of wisdom will never be gained, by environmental and social seclusion, even mixed marriages have their up's and downs until the happy medium is discovered.
I guess tolerance and better understanding of mental approaches to solving problems, can be shared if one is able to expand one's vision, I often get told that Singaporean is like that stubborn and will never change, but the world doesn't stand still I reply. Changes are taking place even though you do not see them, you have to make change to survive.
The economic collapse is serious but not that bad that China is in line for the super power role...ASEAN still has many problems to iron out, though growth is there for all to see and the environment is also more risky. The more risk the higher returns, for those that are cautious and lucky!
Actually he makes me look twice, and it's only then that i realise he's right 
. We've been through it several times, and yet I still don't feel one inch closer to seeing what it's all about. 
