Working in China: My personal experience in Changsha
Channel: Anna Rodríguez Casadevall
Date: 16/04/2018

(English video, for the text in Spanish, visit the link below | Vídeo en español, para leer el texto en castellano ve al enlace que encontrarás al final )

"Trabajar en China: Mi experiencia personal en Changsha"

ENGLISH 
This video has been recorded as part of the course “International Affairs” of the University of Vic – University of Central Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). 

It is based on my personal experience living and working as Academic Delegate of UVic-UCC in Changsha (China) and should not be taken as a portrait of China but as a professional experience linked to intercultural sentitivity and cultural shock. 


CASTELLANO
Este vídeo se ha grabado como parte de la asignatura “International Affairs” (“Asuntos Internacionales”) de la Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (Barcelona).

Se basa en mi experiencia personal viviendo y trabajando como Delegada Académica de la UVic-UCC en Changsha (China) y no debe usarse como retrato de China, sino como una experiencia profesional vinculada a la interculturalidad y al shock cultural.


CONTENT |CONTENIDO
1. Before traveling – Antes de viajar 
2. Chinese language – Idioma chino
3. History matters in China – La historia importa en China 
4. Avoiding conflict – Evitar el conflicto
5. Hierarchy is important – La jerarquía importa
6. “Guanxi”
7. Situational ethics – Ética situacional
8. Acces to internet & information – Acceso a internet & a la información
9. A foreigner working in China: expectations VS reality – Una extranjera trabajando en China: expectativas VS realidad
10. A foreign person living in China: expectations VS reality – Una extranjera viviendo en China: expectativas VS realidad


BOOKS | LIBROS
Chan Koonchung (2013): The Fat Years. First Anchor Publishing.

Fuentes, Ana (2012): Hablan los chinos. Historias reales para entender a la futura potencia del mundo. Ed. Aguilar.

Lafayatte de Mente, Boye (2009): The Chinese mind. Understanding traditional Chinese beliefs and their influence on contemporary culture. Tuttle/Paperback. 

Mitter, Rana (2016): Modern China: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford.

Mo Yan (1996): Big breasts and wide hips / Grandes pechos, amplias caderas (Ed. Kailas) 

Nunez, C.; Nunez Mahdi, R. & Popma, L. (2017) Intercultural sensitivity. From denial to intercultural competence. Assen : Koninklijke Van Gorcum (4th edition)


INFO ABOUT CHINA | INFO SOBRE CHINA
History of China in 3 videos: Pero eso es otra historia |But that is another story (Spanish videos with subtitles in 10 languages) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug_pfd0NxTg 


CHINESE DREAM | SUEÑO CHINO
What does Xi Jinping's China Dream mean? (BBC, 06.06.2013): http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22726375

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Dream

Xi Jinping’s Chinese Dream (Global Opinion, 04.06.2013): https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/05/opinion/global/xi-jinpings-chinese-dream.html

The Chinese Dream in Western eyes (China Daily, 17.04.2017): http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-04/17/content_17465392.htm 

ARTÍCULO EN ESPAÑOL "Trabajar en China: Mi experiencia personal en Changsha:  https://www.ideasontour.com/trabajar-en-china-mi-experiencia-personal-trabajando-en-changsha/