In case I forget...

Things you have to know

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:02:44 GMT

[b]about China:[/b]

One day when you leave China, if all you remember is Chinese spit, Chinese girls chase foreigners, or this and that like you could find under a thread titled with a F word a year ago at this web. Well, I do not know if you will see that as a pity, I will, not for China, for you.

As we all know no country or culture is perfect, just like no man is perfect. United States has gun problem, and it conquers other countries in name of helping others; Europe, there is a slight danger of new Nazi...

I am hasitate to list these, one reason is these may just be some unnuetral opinions, an even bigger reason is that the purpose of this thread is not to start a detating of which country or culture is 'better' than others.

The following are what this thread mean to list, something for you to see a more beautiful, younger, most expats do not have a Chance to see China:

[b]Music:[/b] Zu Xiaozuozhou

Here is a link if you are interested to listen (for those who does not read Chinese, look for some words in pink, right beside is, there is play icon, click to listen)

http://www.diymusic.com/modules/jamroom/bands/?1312

[b]Underground Art:[/b]Maleoon
An artist living in Shanghai,
http://www.maleonn.com/v2/workcover.aspx?CollectionID=10

[b]Writer[/b] Han Songluo
These are some words to describe this 32 years old SOHO after reading his articles for 3 years: sensitive, profound, sharp obersevation, greatly gifted - being a great writer, artiist and a sound musician. A hopeless sad person, has these qualities of a great person: humble, compassionate.

Young & handsome. Yes, more handsome than Hayri if you want a reference, but not that arrogant. Real great people turn to be humble and compassionate, is it because they do not need to proove their capability or confidence by attitude? for their works will do? I am starting another debate :)

Read his articles, look at his works, listen to his music...
http://blog.sina.com.cn/hansongluo

Spring is coming, trees are changing colors if you pay attention. So, no debating my friend, forgive me if what I said sound offensive; put aside your illusion of all Chinese want to marry you, enjoy the great side of this maverlous culture, a modern,fast growing,full of surprise China;feel excited because you are here, at this historical period of time.

A brief Comparision of Western and Chinese Management

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:09:06 GMT

LEARNING MAKES IT BETTER

A brief difference between Western and Chinese Management

Expatriate sometimes gets frustrated working in China. You might have heard these: ‘everything takes a longer time’; ‘they just don’t get it’; and most people ends up saying ’ this is China.’

There is no intention that this article will get involved in debates like which culture is more advanced.

Let’s start with no opinion, take them as fact, look at them just as differences, and see if we can get an answer from there.

Internal Management

In a western company, these are common business approach: A business starts with a business plan. And Departments make their plan. And there is a regular report system.

‘When it comes to operating a business we requires of each department within to submit a budget and operating plan and proposal with milestone and pert charts. Middle and lower managers are required to submit their budgets for wage increase, new hires and new equipment both disposable and capital, and if they have several project within their department they must submit a time schedule on each project along with cost of items needed to complete and also their present inventory such as a fifo report. These are submitted monthly’

‘What keeps a company afloat is knowing exactly what is needed to make a correct decision on whether to continue the project on level one basis or inject a secondary project. Also they must know the delivery time and critical parts.’

‘Our managers are required to make decisions and report incidents that are delaying the project and offer a solution(s)’

A German business man said.

We admit that all these are not common to Chinese businesses. Most Chinese businesses are more based on experience; either you own experience or other people’s experiences, and business sense.

Dealing with Customers or Buyers

A Western company might initially submit a proposal. Request a meeting to determine the parameters of the business.

‘We bring our points of interest to the table discuss them and then alter if needed. And most times everything is in the original proposal.

If dealing with an international commodity we will stick strictly to international rules and guidelines.’

Chinese company also request meetings or visits, and dinner are always necessary. Westerners do not understand this – why do they waste time on dinner table.

To Chinese, we take it for grunted that you need to appreciate people for what they do or might do for you. And dinner is a media to deliver this message – your appreciation and your understanding of this common sense. And more important, we believe in a more relaxed surrounding, it is easier for you and the party to become friends. Friendship brings trust. Business is based on trust.

Personnel Issue

‘We never have an abundance of people such as Chinese companies. One person several duties, where in a Chinese company, you have several people doing the same job and both doing nothing.’

It does exist in some Chinese companies, yet I wouldn’t say that only exist in Chinese business. Fact is that we also see this in other countries, especially in government. And with more and more companies are private companies in China, this becomes less and less of a case.

Employment & Wages & Encouragement

‘We have many outings during the year such as company parties BBQs, ski trips etc to keep employees understanding that we as managers care about their welfare’

We have one rule that I see doesn't exist very much in china - our customers come first and we treat them as family this extends all they way down to service people janitors and kitchen help etc. Yes and more than that we give them a pat on the back telling them they are important to the company and are doing a good job. We try to work with everyone with respect.’

If you ask a Chinese what companies they prefer to work at: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, European, and North American? Survey shows that North American and European are the preferred choice.

Why? The reason might be: generally speaking higher salary, good training and promotion system, and friendly working environment (e.g. respect and equal).

So it says that yes Chinese businesses also have a long way to get there.

As to wages, there is a thing that Chinese companies offer to employees that we don’t see in Western companies: wages when there is a traditional holiday, e.g. Spring Festival, also dormitory.

In a society that money are important, that also influence people’s decision of whom to work for.

Training & Promotion:

‘We do quarterly reports on personnel offering advice on their performance. Promotions are based on performance not on who you know. We quantify and qualify all employees from work ethics to interactive behavioral manners.’

That’s true. However, it is also quite common in Chinese companies. I would say the above comment is somehow out of date. Who you know does matter, which also matters in Western companies. Employment and promotion base on value you add to the business, it is becoming a common sense in China.

Team work

‘The main issue in most all western companies is teamwork, talk to other managers for advice and help on issues you are not familiar with. And most upper management will mingle with the employees.

If you say in Chinese companies, managers don’t communicate or do not assist each other, it may not true. If you say Chinese business lack of well organized meetings and regular communication, that may be true.

In case of office politics, however, Western employee might still work with each other to guarantee the job done. Chinese employees, maybe the personal interest comes first.

Corruption

‘Plus managers are corrupt by taking cuts off the top of contract and being paid under the table. In the US it is against the law to accept a gift from a customer. It is considered a bribe and must be reported on your income tax return, but it is part of doing business in china. a major part If the monies were distributed amongst all then I can understand but it is only in the upper management anyway it is there and a conflict with western companies’

It is more of a law issue than a management issue.

Ending 1:

The comments of Chinese business by expatriate we select here may sound all negative. We have to face the pain that we still have a long way to go to be well organized.

At the same time, a fact is that Chinese learns from other. And Western business seem just be happy with what they know.

To reach the top, you start by learning what others do, and how they do it. Then you practice and create. Establish you own way/style.

Considering how much we learnt within a short 20 years, we should be optimistic on what we will reach one day.

Ending 2:

From these differences, you might see that doing business with Chinese, trust with people always comes first. While for a Western company, everything is more following regulations/standard. Western concept though, though you respect human rights, but human elements doesn’t exist in business. As you say ‘Business is businesses. And for Chinese, we say ‘to do business, you learn to be a human first’

The end………………

Message to a Former Schoolmate

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:22:12 GMT

LCY:

我对你一直有点羡慕：能干有见识，有些品位，长相举止都大方，有一门外语说得不错（出自我崇洋的心理，非有这一条不足以让我羡慕；往高尚了说，也可以说是因为觉得一个语言能为人打开另一个窗口，让人看到一个更加全面的世界，眼界也更加开阔）。

我不知道你是怎么看我的，暗自猜测过你说不定也有点羡慕我，同时也可能心里有些不屑：她们大专的...（怎和我比）...至于我为什么会这么猜测，首先我比较敏感:D，其次我搜集了蛛丝马迹以便发挥想象...

通常如果我接着往下想，下一个念头就是：人心这么多七拐八弯的，虽然也很有趣，不过也真他妈让人厌烦...所以虽然很想巴结你、成为朋友，终究也失去了热脸对着冷屁股的兴趣。
....

我身体还没有完全恢复，又喝了不该喝的东西，心跳加速，血液全部冲到脑子里，下午和同事聊天就热火朝天地，这会说的话到底算不算数，等我醒了再说。
...

今天打破沉默，就是觉得人生太短，哪来那么多曲曲弯弯，又不会丧失什么（这个至关重要），说完了顺理成章翻过这一页，空出脑袋好想该想的。

Mind Plays Game

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:25:25 GMT

Looking out of window, through your window, from the way you laying on the chair, I know you are dead. Your legs and head dropping,body is on the chair.

I was holding your body, only bones, not flesh. I hold your neck gentle and try to lift your head to see your face,

Then I wake up,room is bright with moonlight spread in.

I felt no fear, wanted to go back in dream.But was not able to.

Sometimes, ghost visits.

Meet You at Noon

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:15:51 GMT

If I fall in love with you

I hear you when you say

I embrase you when you sad

I share your happiness

I acompany you the way to your dream

I know you'll do the same

If you love me

Let me meet you

When you are still young

When I am still young

So we can grow up together

Grow old together

Share same memory

Of happiness, of sadness

Let me meet you at our noon

Currently A James Blunt Fan

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:03:49 GMT

Somehow his words touch me.

A person who experienced pain,accept it with understanding, tells it in calmness, it alwasy moves me. James Blunt's, Bruce Springsting's, Sinead O'Conner's, Xuwei's...

Sorrow in calmness has more power than just screaming.

Impression of Tianjin

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:54:42 GMT

April Sun warms up the whole city.

Tianjin of this season is dry. Willow flower and dust occupy the air. I was once almost chocked by a willow flower who misrecoganized my throat as a cave to hide and rushed into it. Everyone calls you Jiejie (sister), it took a while to understand why.Now I know it is just like Xiaojie, a common greeting to a female. You don't hear cars blow the horns like crazy as Shanghai does.And we can cross the street when lights are still red. I guess you can call Tianjin a passenger friendly place.

Beside these, Tianjin still has a lot to be found out.

Kazuo Ohno

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:17:06 GMT

I can hardly find words to express what I felt when I turn to that magazine page and saw his picture. Here he is, horrifying,weird yet beautiful, not in a human's way, a ghost's way.

The photo show I will definitely see you there again, Mr Kazuo Ohno. And by the way, happy birthday though it is a bit late to say and have a great 101 year on earth.

A city full of possibilities

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:56:39 GMT

Late 20's early 30's, decent job, okay looking, but with no boyfriend. In a city like shanghai, you see ladies like this all over

What went wrong? Are we having too high expectations or there is just not enough right men?

Hate my love for tragedy

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:30:53 GMT

A date with city we live

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:29:41 GMT

It is a beautiful sunny day.

A time to visit a long lost friend's office, a place in memory for years.

Things all changed...

But, shall not let such a beautiful day down.

Corporate Income Tax

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:24:41 GMT

News today said that corporate income tax changed to be same for local entities,foreign corporate and JVs,which will be 25%, a little bit lower than world average. Small entities will enjoy a % CIT, and high tech entities will enjoy a % CIT.

Foreign corporates and JVs, who were enjoying a lower CIT at 15% or 24%, will have 5 years fit into 25% CIT.

To the writer of the Reader

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:16:39 GMT

Holding up your Einstein chair painting in front of your students, you stood there with a big proud smile.

Don’t know what made me turned back, and there you were, standing several steps up, tall and calm. Time frozen, it took like a century when I realized we both were just looking at each other. And what I could say was just a Hi.

Sitting backseat on the bicycle you ride, a beautiful melody came up and I sang. It was a warm summer afternoon after class.

Four of us playing cards, you had a cigarette between your fingers, you sit back flung up your head and breath out long and slowly, the light blue smoke curled upwards…In the quietness you burst into laugh without a warning, so you sit there laughing, the other three sit didn’t know what was happening.

9 years later, this moment I am sitting here with Blunt’s you are beautiful, memory flash without calling.

You turned back from a strike with a smile, the smile shaded not seeing she is there, your eyes turned away to look for her, not knowing my smile went away and clapping hands dropped; I turned back to say something, in backseat, in flash of backwards street lights, two were holding each other. Words slipped away from my lips into silence. Wish taxi drove on forever…

‘It’s time to face the truth, I will never be with you'

Heal yourself

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:14:27 GMT

It seems we all sometimes expect someone to rescue us - a girl waits for a prince...

We know what will hurt us most, we know our weakness, we know how we became we better than anybody else might know. You are the best friend for yourself.

what we cannot take.,

Could a man really imagine what its like be a woman

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:01:12 GMT

And could a woman imagine what it's like be a man?

The power of sharing

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:35:23 GMT

Being humilated by somebody, when talked to another person, trying to not to mention what just happened. However, feeling been hurt stays there, finally couldn't help to tell.

Did so, and then topic changed and attention went away to other stuff...

Think back then notice the bad feeling reduce when you share.

So sharing does help like people say, good try Nan.

2010年前

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:07:57 GMT

2007年:

主要任务: 工作,考试(口译,英本),兼教汉语(如太忙,可舍弃)

生活内容:博物馆,游乐场,图书馆,科技馆,去泰国一次,存钱

2008年:

主要任务:希望英本考完,其他同07

生活内容:去另外一个国家,比如越南. 其他同07

2009年:

主要任务:为世博赚钱机会做准备,yeah! 其他同07

生活内容:学面料知识,还是应该提前点学? 去另外一个国家,比如俄罗斯. 其他同07

2010年

主要任务:希望抓住这个机会,yeah! 其他同07

生活内容:申请去俄罗斯留学,还是我不要走曲线救国,而是坐直达车? 这是个问题.

莫等闲,白了少年头,空悲切!

酣畅淋漓

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:40:35 GMT

总有种从小到大从不曾痛痛快快做过什么事的感觉.

从没有在六一得到过白白的白衬衫，也从没有提出过请求；从没有埋头苦干地学习过，也从没有痛快淋漓地玩过；我甚至没有痛痛快快地笑过，我都做了些什么?!

我要痛痛快快地哭一次,然后重新来过,让过去想做而不能够再做的事过去,好好计划未来,不让未来想做的事错过......

人生要有酣畅淋漓的快乐

择偶问答

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 03:33:10 GMT

Q1.你常常是那个一群人中滔滔不绝的一个吗?

Q2.这个问题很...有一个怎样的人生,当你到离开世界的时候,会说'啊,我很满意/还算满意'

Q3.其他问题,请参考http://www.blogcn.com/user7/hansongluo/index.html?filelist=1&fpage=69#md
备注:

有部分项目,评分标准与该网站不同,具体体现在:
1.父母职业状况:第8项(+0),第9项(-10分)
2.音乐:腾格尔(+15),王菲(+40),王杰(-15).
3.兄弟姐妹:1和2调,4和5调
有部分要表达同意或强烈同意:D
4.感情经历:严重同意第5,haha

Q4.选择题:你做了该网页题目后
a.哈哈大笑说"有道理,我以后参考"   +30
b.哈哈大笑说"胡说八道"             +0
c.笑嘻嘻说"我不及格"               +0
d.愁眉苦脸说"我不及格"           -30

DAY DAY HAPPY!

宇宙有边无边

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:26:52 GMT

Music List: Sinead O'Connor

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:04:19 GMT

Sinead O'Connor

Sinead O'Connor: Thank you for hearing me