The basics of life are very cheap there indeed. Fuel and pharmacuticals are at world market prices.
I have two issues with their engineers.
1) is that there is no history of good engineering. Their experience is less than 15 years tin total and most of these guys are in their early 20’s. there is no documentation of engineering changes, they just do them. When questioned about where the support for such a change, the test case and test summary report, you get fluff. When the parts are out of spec or simply don’t work, it is virtually impossible to isolate the cause.
2) The culture is at its base duplicitous. There is no honor, no shame. In dealing with westerners in business, they will constantly try to skirt the terms of the contract. Rather than just do as the contract stipulates, and things would go smoothly, they are constantly trying to get over on you. It is unrelenting, and tiring.
////quote//// There is no honor, no shame ///unquote///
So back in the olden days they would try to “save face” because of honor, and now they aren’t like that anymore? I guess that’s what it is — they’re not traditional anymore?
////quote//// There is no honor, no shame ///unquote///
So back in the olden days they would try to “save face” because of honor, and now they aren’t like that anymore? I guess that’s what it is — they’re not traditional anymore?
Hm well I guess it could also be that they now consider us to be their enemies. (?)
Uh-oh. Sorry about that double post. I am interested in this because a few years ago I almost signed a contract to work for a Chinese employer. He had factories in China and was branching out to the USA. I was excited about the prospect of travelling back and forth with them.