out of business. The connections that a businessman makes can either make or break a deal. A deal gone well will give that businessman prestige and allow for him easy access to other resources in the future. QUESTION 2: What does the experience of DMG tell us about the way things work in China? What would likely happen to a business that obeyed all of the rules and regulations‚ rather than trying to find a way around them as Dan Mintz apparently does? ANSWER 2: Personal power and relationships
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Summary New Yorker Dan Mintz moved to China as a freelance film director with no contacts‚ no advertising experience. DMG had emerged as one of China’s fastest growing advertising agencies. Mintz attributes his success in part to what the Chinese call guanxi: Guanxi means relationship and through business setting it can be better understood as connection. Guanxi has its roots in the Confucian philosophy of valuing social hierarchy and reciprocal obligations. Confucian ideology has a 2‚000-year-old
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Shanghai is the most populated city in the world with an immense population of 17.8 million people. It is important because of its leading standing in media‚ finance and technology. In 2010 the city hosted the world expo‚ bringing itself to the attention of more people around the world. People from other parts of China and other countries come to Shanghai to pursue their goals. In the past two decades Shanghai has developed a new generation of talented youth‚ an imposing infrastructure and a prosperous
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Port of Shanghai Port of Shanghai is an important port in China as well as in the whole world. The port is located in Shanghai‚ on the mouth of the Yangtze River in east central China off the East Sea. It is the busiest port in the world‚ the gateway in Asia for foreign trade‚ China’s largest comprehensive port and transport hub for Yangtze River region that handles or trans-ships goods from other 31 provinces within China. In 2012‚ its cargo throughput reached 502 million metric tons‚ and container
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Paper Keywords: Shanghai heritage protection legal system‚ management system Abstract: urban heritage protection work in Shanghai Urban Planning and Construction Management is an important content. In the last 20 years exploration and practice formed a relatively complete legal and management system. The paper made a comprehensive overview of the system ‚ and its operational characteristics and advantages and disadvantages are analyzed. Shanghai has long attached great importance to historic
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and getting business done in China successfully. 2. What does the experience of DMG tell us about the way things work in China? What would likely happen to a business that obeyed all the rules and regulations‚ rather than trying to find a way around them as Dan Mintz apparently does? As we look through the case of DMG in Shanghai‚ we recognize the influence of guanxi more apparently. Dan Mintz‚ the founder of DMG‚ had no prior experience in the
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one is a text about Shanghai’s growth‚ the second one is a picture of Pudong‚ which is a state-level new area of Shanghai‚ China‚ located along the east side of the Huangpu River‚ across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. The third document is a table that represents traffic of the major ports in 2005. All these documents have one common point: they show us that Shanghai is considered a global city in the making. Global cities can be defined by the role they perform in global economic
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New Yorker Dan Mintz moved to China as a freelance film director with no contacts‚ no advertisingexperience. DMG had emerged as one of China’s fastest growing advertising agencies. Mintz attributeshis success in part to what the Chinese call guanxi: Guanxi means relationship and through businesssetting it can be better understood as connection. Guanxi has its roots in the Confucian philosophy of valuing social hierarchy and reciprocal obligations. Confucian ideology has a 2‚000-year-old history inChina
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The attraction of Shanghai – Food & Catering Background information: Shanghai cuisine is the youngest among the ten major cuisines in China though with a history of more than 400 years. Traditionally called Benbang cuisine‚ it originated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1840). Shanghai dishes usually look red and shiny‚ for they are often pickled in wine and their cooking methods include baking‚ stewing‚ teaming‚ deep-frying‚ etc. he raw materials of Shanghai dishes are well cut‚ and the colors
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Chinese Culture - The Culture of Shanghai Shanghai University 30.11.2012 Shanghai – Brief Overview Shanghai is an important commercial harbor and the most important industrial town of the People ’s Republic of China. The administrative area has more than 23 million inhabitants. The status of the town corresponds to that of a province; the town is subordinated directly of the central government. Shanghai is an important traffic interchange and an important cultural center and educational
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