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$W3B(wM~`2L'wX Is it good to talk about something useful or funny, like how to communicate about Chinese Culture or Chinese Business?
tap9}8DN)AG`*]N7n&M Or what will you talk about when you stay with your foreign customers?:q)e&c.S0N+zSh
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development in China since 1979
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I think when one stay with foreign customers, he should make some preparation.
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3. he should know some tradition/custom of above two countries/peoples.~
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4. very importantly, he should know how to talk this in English or other language if his customer can not understand Chinese.

so i think its better to learn more about culture,geography of the whole world.
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This kind of knowledge is required for a salesman dealing with int'l trade.

I  would like to learn more from here.....

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Because we live here in China, and we are influenced by it unconsciously.
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I really think it is a big disadvantage that we can NOT explain our own culture or our own things in English.
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%Ab;j9fE Learn other countries' culture and understand our own's.

Welcome, Sun.
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J/gp`b/R I have seen your story posted in yuanchuan forum. good!
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culture is  a very interesting idea, about it, we can talk much. Regretted , I know it so limited.

Should we know our own culture first?
%u/J4IePh*v;JA5Q/] What will you do if your customer asks you to introduce your culture to him?

Peter, you do a job.

Maybe we should discuss some topic which is very popular in society. such as should chinese medicine should be instead by west medicine thoroughly.    W1l!R3a{Y8g#Jn
i personally think the one who put forward this questions is not a chinese.

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Maybe we should discuss some topic which is very popular in society. such as should chinese medicine should be instead by west medicine thoroughly.    A'V5A^"u
i personally think the one who put forward ... [/quote]
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Why he is not a Chinese?
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Social hot topic will be discussed in English Zone

all about are good talking......

In my opinion,just talk from the little things that happen nearby ourself,which they can understand easily

HOW TO DO THE BEST OPERATOR IN TRADE

THERE ARE TWO SORTS OF POSITION IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE.ONE IS TRADE,WHO IS RESPOSIBLE FOR NEGOTIATION BETWEEN WE AND BUYER.THE OTHER IS OPERATORS ,WHO MAKE SURE THE EVERYTHING IS WELL IN THE COURSE  FROM GOODS LEFT THE FACTORY TO THE HAND OF BUYER.
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you can talk anything ,if you like it

we just want to find something to talk ,and found more chance to communicate .

really?
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Lut's talk about man and woman,yes or no??

What can we do ?

i think it very important for us to know how to express our culture in English,  and even
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Reply #1 peter-jetstar's post

If we want to stay with foriegners ,except some special actors we must awareness,we need to attention uh Fczl9c&f
to their character and fancy.In my opinin,It's very important.{^6@#}3d+C
To know this point,we must to notice something form our communication.(such as :form thier words,xt/\]
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for our communicate.so as the business.
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Please go on. I think i can learn more from here.thank you !

i haven't stay with a foreigner ,studying......

What shall i do?

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reply to What shall i do?

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i think you need to practice more  such as speaking  to yourself  ,reciting a lesson and then repeating  in your own words  , even you need to think in english and then speak out.#u,b({IuxM4p
you can ask your roommate or your friends to practice with you together...-MVy$@ N
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learn more about the customer first  eg.his interest, his hobbies, the coubtry he live and so on.
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if the client likes sports, then talk about football, basket ball of NBA, yaomin, whatever related,as friends said, food, weather,our festivals and their festivals,what kinds of activities are held for this festivals, to show Chinese people is open-minded, warm-hearted, smart, working hard, easy to communicate with, also can talk about the difference of the way of doing business, to avoid misunderstanding,no politics,no religion,this is common sence

Melamine is an industrial chemical. So how and why did it get into pet food that caused kidney failure in cats and dogs? And what might be the risk to the human food supply? These are questions that food safety investigators in the United States are trying to answer.
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In addition, the agency says melamine has been found in some pet food products in rice protein concentrate from China. Those products have been withdrawn from market. F:^)ot(k%TK;gPM

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9}X2|zb:o)\x In the United States, pet foods marketed under more than one hundred different names have been withdrawn, since March.
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Melamine has also been identified in the urine of pigs at a California farm. State health officials say the melamine is believed to have come from rice protein concentrate in pet food added to animal feed.
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The F.D.A. says it is looking for any threat to the human food supply. The agency says it is now testing samples from all shipments of rice protein concentrate from China. The agency says it is also testing all shipments of wheat gluten from China.
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A good disscuss!But my English is very poor .Oh,my god,what can i do?

I tell everybody a story. I have very deeply expression for one day. The sun is sunshin, tempreture is very hot. 4cs Iran customer visit our factory. They wear formal dress with tie. What a pity the power is off in Dongguan that day. Air-conditioner is no used due to power off. The sweat is liquid from their body. Our shown room is very gloomy and breathless. In order to show the samples to customer, we  light up the candle at the shown room.  Faint lighter in the shown room. The customer say with humor :" very romantic party." We only can do one thing,  have no other way , smile following with them. Lunch time is coming, we suggest cusotmers have luch togehter. 6pc people , our vice presdent,4pcs customer and I . 'w8e$]7~vN

{Y7{d/\ Then we go to Mingdian Coffee shop, foreigner like eat Western-style food, seller can only follow their custom. (Every factory do like this if meet with foreigner people.) I only take 500.00rmb that day, I think it's enough for buy food charger. a fine how do you do is meeting by us now. In order to respect customer, we let customer order by themself. They order dishers  198rmb/pc , disher name called beefsteak adding some bread. We don't like this kind of dinner. But no way to select others.
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7q(y&@|o2b!W#@^&G I inform to vice presdent, we don't have enough money to pay the bill. We don't have good temper to eat. we eat and think how to handle this kindly of matter.  Dont let customer know this case. It's very shy matter if customer know. " how to do , how to do ......." we eat and think. J"_!?h_$h j \2Ee
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At last we call our co-worker to come, vice presdent driver customer leaving first, I wait for my co-worker at the shop. I feel that every body think about me a thief when I m waiting for at the shop. " how to do , very shy ......" that's my waiting for my co-worker coming whole temper. My nervous temper become relax. I want to know if other body this kindl of case?  k(x-`5paR)I
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