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A practical guide to dealing with China based on awareness

A groundbreaking book that reveals everything we really know about China, Chinese people, and its culture. In exactly 88 pages, eight for each unknown unknown, Gene distills two thousand years of history, analysis, and thousands of interviews to reveal the most comprehensive understanding of our (Western) knowledge and understanding of China, its culture, and how its people think in Everything We Know About China. Culturally nuanced, in-depth, and brilliantly insightful, this book spells out everything we know about:

• Developing real Guanxi-based relationships
• Eliminating those frustrating, circular conversations
• Getting Chinese employees to share their honest feedback
• Convincing Chinese counterparts to talk in specifics
• Persuading Chinese partners not to do anything corrupt or unethical

WARNING! You cannot create a new reality in China with the same mindset that led to the current one. So, this book is completely BLANK! It's a metaphorical "clean sheet" approach and personal development journal to change your reality in China and cooperation with Chinese people.

Discover hidden breakthroughs in your psyche to elevate your cultural awareness and empathy so you can deepen Guanxi, foster mutual trust, and create more collaborative communication patterns

THE CHINESE HONEYMOON PERIOD is the result of 20+ years living and working in Greater China plus a lifetime struggling to reconcile between world worlds, my American upbringing, and my Chinese heritage. Once my attention shifted to how others feel within our relationship's cultural context, the circular conversations ended, and more constructive collaboration followed.

This is a book for everyone, from a college student studying international business to a seasoned China expat adapting to changes in Chinese attitudes and bargaining power. This book provides a blueprint to transform your reality of doing business in China and that of your partners.

In THE CHINESE HONEYMOON PERIOD you’ll learn and develop:

• IMAGINATION: Enhance empathy across cultural differences and increases your capacity to give others a benefit-of-the-doubt.
• CURIOSITY: Opposite of judgment and gateway to developing greater awareness.
• CULTURAL AWARENESS: Understand why Chinese people behave the way they do and how best to interact with them.
• EMPATHY: Know how and why Chinese people feel the way they do to unlock possibilities to connect on a deeper level.
• SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: Know how certain words, actions, and behaviors will play out in the context of how China works.
• SELF-AWARENESS: Understand how you are perceived by others to foster more mutual trust and develop real Guanxi.
• PERSPECTIVE: Broaden your worldview to attract rather than unintentionally repelling others.
• MINDSET: Capacity to think different and reduce barriers to greater cooperation. You cannot create a new reality (in China) with the same MINDSET that led to the current one.
• ATTITUDE: The most important component for managing the perception of others.
• APPROACH: Create new interaction and communication patterns to replace old, dysfunctional ones.
• PERSONA: Attract positive attention and begin engagements on a more positive trajectory.
• MODUS OPERANDI: Everything in China is easier when a winning attitude and approach becomes natural.
• REAL GUANXI: Every in China runs on Guanxi and mastering its nuances will dramatically simplify most endeavors.
• NEW COMMUNICATIONS PATTERNS: No more frustrating, circular conversations. Know what to expect and reinforce its outcome.
• WINNING PARTNERSHIPS: Understand the PROS and CONS of deepening Guanxi and choose the most productive balance with your Chinese counterparts.

And a more rewarding journey in China!

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