by Kane Gao | Feb 14, 2018 | China business
A whiff of spent gunpowder permeates the air. You wake up to a morning that seems to have undergone explosive detonations for 22 of the last 24 hours. Outside lies Beijing (or Shanghai, or Shenzhen, or Chongqing, or somewhere else, pick one that applies to your...
by Simon Cousins | Nov 21, 2017 | China business
After our article on Chinese business or government meeting etiquette, we were frequently asked “what if the meeting is scheduled around evening time, and the Chinese side proposes a dinner afterward?” In addition, followed by the second article of our...
by Simon Cousins | Jan 31, 2013 | China business
In this new year of the Water Snake, the Allegravita team wishes all our clients, partners, allies and friends be blessed with the luck brought by double snakes. May you find sources of water on both your left and right, that things bend in your favor under all...
by Simon Cousins | Jan 31, 2013 | China business
January 2013’s Allegravita’s Chinese Takeout focuses on the Chinese Spring Festival (also known as the Lunar New Year or the Chinese New Year, which is somewhat of a misnomer since the new year is celebrated across Asia). If you find this month’s...
by Simon Cousins | Sep 28, 2012 | China business
This month’s Allegravita’s Chinese Takeout focuses on China’s gift culture: what gifts are good, auspicious and lucky, and which gifts you should avoid giving! As our infographic says in its introduction, receiving a gift from a Chinese business or...
