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# Chinese Rules: Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons from the Front Lines in China – A Business Memoir and Practical Guide to Winning in the Modern East

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Chinese Rules: Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons from the Front Lines in China – A Business Memoir and Practical Guide to Winning in the Modern East [Clissold, Tim] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Chinese Rules: Mao's Dog, Deng's Cat, and Five Timeless Lessons from the Front Lines in China – A Business Memoir and Practical Guide to Winning in the Modern East

Review: Excellent introduction to Chinese business culture. - Excellent introduction to Chinese culture and business conduct. The author is an experienced China hand with a deep understanding of the history, language and culture of the country learned from years of doing business on the ground. A highly practical, readable and entertaining book. Heartily recommended.
Review: History story-telling at its best - Tim's second book about China a bit abruptly switches back and forth between fascinating insight on Chinese history, and the PRC "projects" of a fictional London based investment fund. Fiction aside, with history story telling at its best and cool details, all the way from George Macartney's frustrating-in-the-extreme trade delegation to the Qing court, to Deng's reforms, the author neatly laid out the five pivotal "China Rules": 1. China doesn't play by anyone else's rules. 2. Stability (through intimidation and bribes) has always been the key for government officials. 3. Never attack directly. 4. Stick to practicalities and never get hung up with side arguments on principles. 5. (For outsiders especially) Know yourself and the other. Other than some impressively refreshing history, in its most bloody/funny form (fitting for a British author), there are just a handful of new thoughts, and Rule 5 is especially weak. The book quotes Madeleine Albright: "China is in its own category -- Too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud." That, is about right. A reluctant four star.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #701,077 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #33 in History of Ancient China #93 in Historical China Biographies #401 in Business Negotiating (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (170) |
| Dimensions  | 6 x 0.93 x 9 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0062316575 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0062316578 |
| Item Weight  | 1 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 272 pages |
| Publication date  | November 4, 2014 |
| Publisher  | Harper |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent introduction to Chinese business culture.
*by C***S on January 8, 2018*

Excellent introduction to Chinese culture and business conduct. The author is an experienced China hand with a deep understanding of the history, language and culture of the country learned from years of doing business on the ground. A highly practical, readable and entertaining book. Heartily recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ History story-telling at its best
*by B***U on July 12, 2015*

Tim's second book about China a bit abruptly switches back and forth between fascinating insight on Chinese history, and the PRC "projects" of a fictional London based investment fund. Fiction aside, with history story telling at its best and cool details, all the way from George Macartney's frustrating-in-the-extreme trade delegation to the Qing court, to Deng's reforms, the author neatly laid out the five pivotal "China Rules": 1. China doesn't play by anyone else's rules. 2. Stability (through intimidation and bribes) has always been the key for government officials. 3. Never attack directly. 4. Stick to practicalities and never get hung up with side arguments on principles. 5. (For outsiders especially) Know yourself and the other. Other than some impressively refreshing history, in its most bloody/funny form (fitting for a British author), there are just a handful of new thoughts, and Rule 5 is especially weak. The book quotes Madeleine Albright: "China is in its own category -- Too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud." That, is about right. A reluctant four star.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mind Opening.
*by A***S on August 30, 2017*

A great book to understand differences between Chinese and Western cultural and business norms. Values can be relative and the Chinese approach to strategy and negotiations, although difficult to understand from Western lenses, has invaluable lessons that can be applied to a number of situations in business and in Life.

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