Chinese Rules
Subtitle: Mao's dog, Deng's cat, and five timeless lessons from the front lines in China
By: Tim Clissold
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780062316578
Subjects: Social life and customs; Management; Psychology; Success in business; Foreign Corporations; Businesspeople; Foreign Investments; International business enterprises; Corporate culture; Business etiquette; Business enterprises
Description: From the author of the acclaimed 'Mr China' comes another rip-roaring adventure story - part memoir, part history, part business imbroglio - that offers valuable lessons to help Westerners understand China.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Even a beast like a thousand-pound ox must lower its head to drink; title: A tree may grow to a thousand feet, but the leaves still return to their roots; title: When the horse has reached the edge of the cliff, it's too late to draw on the reins; title: Up in the sky there is paradise, but down on the Earth we have Hangzhou; title: The first Chinese rule: how can we go so far as to change the regulations of the Celestial Empire at the request of one man?; title: Sacrifice the plum tree in order to save the peach; title: The second Chinese rule: the long-divided shall unite, the long-united shall divide; title: Learn from the past; seek truth from facts; title: The flowers on a liverwort may be as small as a grain of rice, but they still want to blossom like a peony; title: The third Chinese rule: the art of war is of vital importance for the state and should on no account be neglected; title: When Master Jiang hangs out his hook, it's the willing fish that gets caught; title: Kill with borrowed knife; title: The fourth Chinese rule: cross the river by feeling for the stones; title: Who could say it was gain or loss when the old man lost his horse?; title: The fifth Chinese rule: know yourself and know the other and you'll survive a hundred battles.