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Friday, May 22, 2009

Week 5, Day 31+32+33

Welcome back to the continuation of the topic relation between people in Dalian while comparing it with the relationship between people we know in Singapore! Previously on the topic “GuanXi” I talked about the importance of the relationship and the lesson I learnt that taught me a very helpful lesson in Dalian China. Back to today’s topic! Since “GuanXi” is so important to the people in Dalian what about Singaporeans? I may think that “GuanXi” is equally important but from my point of view, in Singapore what is most important is the finding of contacts. What do I mean by the finding? In China, it is all about creating a strong background for networking. But before a creation of a good networking system for a businessman he has to find one. In China Dalian, losing one customer does not mean the end of world because there are many more others waiting to be invited. From my point of view this is only uniquely happening in China because Singapore is no matter what a really small county that only contain 3 million citizens on the tiny little red dot. However in China, people are like a never ending flow of water that never runs out. The probability of finding a good partnership is thousand and one higher in chance than what you can find in Singapore. Losing one customer in Singapore may cause very serious consequences in a business context because word of mouth only spread faster in the small and compact city. Thus, a careful planning is needed before the launching of a particular task. In Singapore, I head of a saying opportunity is every where and it is only how you find that opportunity. Looking back into Dalian China, I can literally see the word written right in front of my eyes “O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Y.” Business buildings are everywhere. From healthcare centers, pharmacies too little food huts that always sell similar food spreads. Never the less did anyone complain about the tough competition. People in China just keep striving and doing what they are assigned to. The abundance is what I soon realize. Every thing can be bought and sold in China. There isn’t something I cannot find in China that I needed to get. Everything is in a mass producing and mass copying stage that I feel is part of China signature sight. In particularly, China is just like a subsistence business hub that can generate solely alone on it own. In Comparison, China is the only country I ever know of that captures its opportunity within the land of its own while Singapore’s opportunity lies outside the relationship of overseas networking that can only be found through after the understanding of “GuanXi”.


Dalian Immersion Program Chiok Jun Hua Ivan Singapore Polytechnic Diploma in Experience and Product Design navipro@hotmail.com April 2009 May 2009	Friday, May 22, 2009 Week 5, Day 31+32+33 Welcome back to the continuation of the topic relation between people in Dalian while comparing it with the relationship between people we know in Singapore! Previously on the topic “GuanXi” I talked about the importance of the relationship and the lesson I learnt that taught me a very helpful lesson in Dalian China. Back to today’s topic! Since “GuanXi” is so important to the people in Dalian what about Singaporeans? I may think that “GuanXi” is equally important but from my point of view, in Singapore what is most important is the finding of contacts. What do I mean by the finding? In China, it is all about creating a strong background for networking. But before a creation of a good networking system for a businessman he has to find one. In China Dalian, losing one customer does not mean the end of world because there are many more others waiting to be invited. From my point of view this is only uniquely happening in China because Singapore is no matter what a really small county that only contain 3 million citizens on the tiny little red dot. However in China, people are like a never ending flow of water that never runs out. The probability of finding a good partnership is thousand and one higher in chance than what you can find in Singapore. Losing one customer in Singapore may cause very serious consequences in a business context because word of mouth only spread faster in the small and compact city. Thus, a careful planning is needed before the launching of a particular task. In Singapore, I head of a saying opportunity is every where and it is only how you find that opportunity. Looking back into Dalian China, I can literally see the word written right in front of my eyes “O-P-P-O-R-T-U-N-I-T-Y.” Business buildings are everywhere. From healthcare centers, pharmacies too little food huts that always sell similar food spreads. Never the less did anyone complain about the tough competition. People in China just keep striving and doing what they are assigned to. The abundance is what I soon realize. Every thing can be bought and sold in China. There isn’t something I cannot find in China that I needed to get. Everything is in a mass producing and mass copying stage that I feel is part of China signature sight. In particularly, China is just like a subsistence business hub that can generate solely alone on it own. In Comparison, China is the only country I ever know of that captures its opportunity within the land of its own while Singapore’s opportunity lies outside the relationship of overseas networking that can only be found through after the understanding of “GuanXi”. 9:25 AM ·