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Is there a simple narrative to explain China's unfolding economic, political, business and cultural environment for expats & foreign firms?

Creative confinement: staying alive, sane, healthy, fit, productive and constructive while locked up for any reason.

Why, after a quarter century of involvement in China, do Western firms still get Chinese New Year Wrong? I see three principal reasons.

LinkedIn has disappeared from China, a fact whose significance depends on which side of the Great Firewall you are.

What are the essential qualities for China CEOs according to author Dr Laurie Underwood, and why they will not be found in one person.

Intercultural consultants Gabor Holch & Jurriaan Meyer discuss ‘China+1’, the concept of balancing the increasing geopolitical and human res

Respecting diverse opinions, temperaments and work styles is every professional team’s philosophy—until the first crisis comes along.

In recent years, China shifted rhetoric from global integration to global leadership. But in terms of hosting foreigners, China is a bottom-

There is no safe place to hide from culture, whatever the industry. Chinese investors approach financial risk differently from Swiss ones.

Global people skills aren’t optional any more—2019 made this message clear. Global business reached managers of tiny startups in Mumbai or m

Those who have ever been foreigners in China know how easy it is to trample onto the country’s countless taboos, and how awkward the consequ

Research on millennials makes fascinating reading. Never before have we dedicated so much time and effort to understanding the talents, need

Foreign experts and businesses in China are a discriminated minority and a privileged elite at the same time. Foreign-Invested enterprises a

Globalisation in business, management and leadership often disorient the very people who are supposed to provide orientation to others. Take

In recent months, multinational offices in China’s first-tier cities have been beehives of activity. Minutes before our scheduled coaching s

Most multinational executives I coach or train into newly assumed expat jobs nurture two different but related ambitions. First, they want t

By the time Dave took up his post as the Shanghai branch’s General Manager, he had done his homework on Confucian leadership. Nurturing ambi

This year more than last, a global marketplace of goods, services and ideas will give you a tough part in a drama taking place on a divided