A number of years ago, I fell in love with China. It wasn't my idea. That's how love happens. And like any love affair, my own relationship with China (and with that lover who introduced me to the place) has had its ups and downs.
It is not enough, however, to say that a personal or business relationship with China is complicated. It is not enough to say that China is difficult, that the Chinese spoken language is easier than it might seem, or that doing business in China takes time. If you really want to work in China, if you really want to understand China and apply what you learn to more general practice in International business (and, one can hope, in one's personal life) you have to get specific.
This blog is a step toward this specificity, a step toward specifying what makes China difficult, why it is different than your US experience, and in what ways it might be the same. It is an effort to specify what makes the Chinese language feel and sound and mean in the many ways it feels and sounds and means. And, with your help, this blog can be a way to share what a group of University Business Students from Kansas City are learning.
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