Index

Air pollution, 55–61

Air quality, 55–61

Awkward confidence, 189, 190

Bamboo strong, 152

Behavioral styles, 97

Censorship survey (2021), 67–68

Chinese leadership styles, 116

Chinese management culture, 152

Chinese-style networking, 129

Communist political culture, 135

Confucian business culture, 115

Connection, 123

Contradiction, 200

Cultural adaptation, 93

Cultural compatibility, 131

Culture, 5, 7, 8, 76, 116, 123

adaptation, expats

matches and mismatches, 93–99

roadmaps, 102–108

strategies, 99–102

tactics, 99–102

of closeness, 84–86

of collaboration, 81–83

insular, 21–22

of local firms, 155

maps, 114, 131

networking, 7

and politics, 19

secrecy, 8

workaholic, 52, 88

Culture shock, 34, 46, 69–73, 93, 132

Decoupling, 169–180

DISC, 97, 100, 102, 131

Expat

attraction of China for, 39

bridgeheads, 43–47

cultural adaptation

matches and mismatches, 93–99

roadmaps, 102–108

strategies, 99–102

tactics, 99–102

cultures

of closeness, 84–86

of collaboration, 81–83

first day at work, 75–81

footholds, 43–47

foreigner street, 47–51

health, 26

hubs, feature of, 51

islands, 20–23, 39–43

lifestyles of, 15, 22, 26, 52–55, 72, 198, 204

options and opportunities, 204–209

patterns, 199–204

reason not to go China, 23–26

reason to go China, 16–20

trends, 191–199

work-life balance, 86–93

Expat communities

challenges

air quality, 55–61

culture shock, 69–73

internet restrictions, 61–69

detours into chinese reality, 36–39

first impressions, 31–36

Expatriate, 1, 2, 15, 21, 29, 33, 38, 59, 71, 81, 87, 133, 155, 160, 161, 162, 164, 169, 172, 173, 192, 195, 199, 203, 205–207, 210

Firefighting, 88

First impressions, 31–36

detours into chinese reality, 36–39

Flexibility, 137

Foreign business, in China, 1–10

beyond decoupling, 169–172

grounded globetrotters, 173–177

waning welcome, 177–180

Communist Party in, 152

Golden Age of, 1–4

inside tracks, 151–157

kinships, 123–132

leadership

localization, 160–169

local managers as expats, 109–113

roles and responsibilities, 113–123

networks, 123–132

political interference, 132–147

winnable battles, 151–157

Foreigner street, 47–51

Foreign-invested small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), 154, 173

Foreign investment, 1, 7, 9, 12, 48, 51, 121, 200, 208

Frantic reengagement, 13

Free Trade Agreements (FTA), 1

French Concession, 134

Golden Age, 1–10, 187, 211

Go-west campaigns, 45

Great Firewall, 65, 66, 69, 138

Gross domestic product (GDP), 5, 51, 58, 186

Guanxi, 124–127, 129

Human culture, 111

Immigration without Integration, 178

Imperial prohibitions, 42

Intercultural assessment systems, 131

Intercultural compatibility, 29

Intercultural leadership, 16, 29, 68, 114, 209

International exposure, 12

Internet restrictions, 61–69

Laws, 148

Leadership

localization, 160–164

limits, 164–169

local managers as expats, 109–113

roles and responsibilities, 113–123

Leadership manuals, 45

Made in China 2025, 149, 150

Management localization, 160, 167

Modernization, 48–49

Multinational firms, 52

Polite secrecy, 13

Politics, in business, 132–147

Red China, 6

Reform and opening, 7, 12, 48, 135, 157, 195, 203, 208

Reform and reopening, 44

Relationship, 123

Relocation specialists, 34

Reverse culture shock, 156

Screen management candidates, 131

Secrecy, 8, 13

Slowbalisation, 192

Special economic zones (SEZs), 6, 8, 11, 37, 49, 50

defined, 48

and the multinational investors, 38

State Administration of Press, Publications, Radio, Film, and Television (SAPPRFT), 66

Socialist morality campaigns, 134

Thousand Talents Program, 182

Three Represents policy, 12

Trading operations, 41–42

Transformer-style conversions, 14

Typical Chinese companies, 115

Universal connectivity, 67

Values Surveys, 157

Virtual private networks (VPNs), 61, 63–69

Walled Garden, 180–191