Thursday, April 1, 2010
Day 19
Today’s IS lesson was on business in China and its business etiquette. As China is rapidly becoming a mass consumer market and still growing, they are seen to be one of the best in the near future. Ms Grace said that the best time to enter an industry is when it is still growing. One thing about China about its people is that the rich are filthy rich, while the poor are pathetically poor.They have different greeting habit when doing business in China as nodding or slight bowing is preferred than hand shaking. They also prefer to shake lightly than holding firm to shake. It’s rather weird and odd, but that’s China’s business habit. Apart from that, we were told to refrain ourselves from using ‘red china’, ‘mainland china’, ‘communist china’, ‘the republic of china’ if we’re doing business in China, though I don’t really know why. :/
After lesson, our Deputy Principal, Mr Foo came in to have a dialogue session with us. As a yr 2 student going on yr 3, it was my first time meeting or even seeing Mr Foo for the first time! Was rather excited to meet him, and he was surprisingly friendly and asked if we were adapting well and what not.
Mr Foo,
with us.
Reflection:
During the IS lesson, Ms Grace told us: “Quality in China means ‘it looks the same’, so it is important to focus on quality.” But I beg to defer, as I’ve experienced many bad examples of QUALITY from China products. As we all know, Singaporeans in general, would choose a pen (for example) from other country over a pen that states “Made In China”. Don’t get me wrong as I’m not degrading China in anyway, but this is the ugly truth. There’s always a reason why people think this way.
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