Every country, every society has its own mood. There is a culture there. All this is not only visible in the daily life of the people there, but its effect is also visible on the business there.
For example, in countries that believe in Islam, Friday is a holiday, because on this day everyone has to perform some religious rituals. Similarly, all European countries have a Sunday holiday. Because most people go to church on this day. When people of one culture move to another country, it is not easy to mold themselves in that environment. Those people feel like a shock.
Five years ago, Shanshan Xu, a resident of China, had gone to the Netherlands from China. Actually she wanted to take the experience of working in western countries. Here he saw a big difference.
People in China take two hours off from work a day. During this, he goes out with friends and relatives to eat food, have fun. Some people go to their homes to rest for two hours. But in western countries no one has time. There an employee hardly gets even 30 minutes' time. In such a situation, if someone has to leave China and work in any western country, then he may have a problem.
Those who come from Western countries to China to work, the English media warns them in every way that they will have to face the shock of changing the environment when they come to work there. But many Chinese who go to work in western countries are shocked to see the atmosphere there.
A large number of people from China are going to study and work in other countries. They are not guided this way. Many companies are also moving out of China and expanding their business in other countries. These companies are taking trustworthy people with them. The United States alone granted visas to Chinese workers and their families four times more in 2015 than in 2005.
Eric Thun of Oxford University says that nowadays Chinese companies are rapidly expanding their business to the rest of the world. In such a situation, other countries have to understand the way of working in China.
Yifing Li grew up in China. But now live in England. According to them, the biggest setback to the Chinese people coming to the western countries is when they have to wait a long time for even a small task. For example, if someone wants to open his bank account in China, then his work will be done immediately.
Yiping Li does property business and often goes to China in connection with work. They say that doing business in China is very easy. People also take breaks from their work. But when the work is done, they go home only after completing it. For example, if you want to take a property in China, then you can take it the very next day. For that, it will not have to go through a long process like India or any other country.
Jack Chen, who came from China 12 years ago and settled in Belgium, tells his experience. He says that it is common in China to take a break from work and work on the weekend. Whereas in Belgium this is not the case. Weekends are for friends and family.
There is probably no country in the world where there is no politics in the office. But Chen says that there is not much office politics in European countries. In comparison to this, there is a lot of difference between high status people and employees in China. Along with status, it is also social status.
Boss has a different importance in China. Other employees have to be afraid of him. Therefore, they have to be careful in giving their opinion as well. Whereas in western countries the views of all the employees are taken care of.
Employees can express their views without any fear. Even if an idea is not of great use, that employee is never let down. Even if other employees do not agree with an idea of the boss, they are still free to oppose it. Here he can also laugh and joke with his boss. But in China, employees have to live in fear of their boss.
Professor Desmond So, who trains people in Hong Kong for office work, says that Chinese people work very diligently. But when it comes to expressing their opinion, the Chinese seem to be lagging behind. He cannot keep his word firmly.
Desmond says that we teach the Chinese people how to go ahead and give their ideas. They take the credit of their success by going ahead themselves. Because, in the business environment of western countries, it is important to adapt yourself to the market. There people believe in self marketing.
Due to this suffocating atmosphere in China, people who used to come out of China and rarely go back. But in recent years, the situation has changed in China as well. The yearning to return to their homes has increased among the people. Sharon-jin was born in Beijing. And had settled in America 20 years ago.
But, now the youth who are going to other countries, they have started coming back to their country after earning there for some time. The Chinese youth who are currently living in America say that today's China is no less than America in any way. Twenty years ago the situation was different. Today there are good employment opportunities in China. China is establishing itself as a major economy. So now people are returning to their homes and preferring to live with their families.
According to the Ministry of Education of China, in 2015, about 5 lakh 23 thousand 7 hundred students from China went to study abroad. Out of this, 70 to 80 percent of the students came back to their country. Because now there are good employment opportunities in our own country.
source- bbc news.
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