Understanding Hungry Lions

Successfully organizing the physical aspects of a business trip and have you visit your sites and meet your potential business partners is one thing, but it could be nothing more than throwing you in front of the lions.

Look in the mirror

Many Westerners consider Asians mysterious, and aren't they indeed? How to interpret the smile, the furious outburst, or the total lack of expression? What to make of him coming two hours late or an hour early, what to make of already for hours not getting to speak of business? Why does he want to become my friend and do I have to sing Karaoke with him?

Isn't it interesting to realize that in fact many Asians consider Westerners mysterious? Lighthouse Business Consultants is working with and for Chinese for close to seven years now has learned about and come to understand the differences.

• During contract negotiations between Deil Electronics and a Chinese factory we mediated and advised.
• For the UNDP in Beijing we support the Lancang-Mekong Economic and Trade Development Centre (LMEC) in Kunming with trainings and lectures on cross-border project planning.
• For the LMEC we deliver input for developing the coming Yunnan Five-Year Plan for the development of trade within the Greater Mekong Subregion.