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A View of Shanghai
Here are some pictures of Shanghai…..
A model of Shanghai at the Urban Planning Museum.
A view of People’s Square
More views of the city
Shanghai Theater (Mama Mia is playing here!)
Women shopping during International Women’s Day
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Observations about China
So, it’s been almost two weeks since I’ve landed in China. During my time here, I’ve observed many unique characteristics about the country and the people.
- Because diapers are expensive, children here wear “split pants.” These pants are split from the crotch up to the waist in the back of the pants to allow children to easily go to the bathroom when necessary (i.e. in the streets or Tiananmen Square).
- When bargaining for merchandise, foreigners will always receive the “special friend price.” As a general rule, bid half of what the special friend price may be; otherwise, you will be getting ripped off.
- “Chinglish” is very common. For example, when flying into China, one of the immigration forms asked if I had ailments, such as snivles (sniffles) or diaroeah (diarrhea). *And yes, it is strange that the Chinese government wants to know if you these ailments.
- The Chinese people have no understanding of personal space. It is okay to bump others when walking or standing in line. And when this happens, there are no words of “excuse me” or “I’m sorry.”
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Doing Business in China – Day 1
This week, we begin conducting meetings for our project in Shanghai. The purpose of my project is to look at employee retention within multinational companies in China. Because the market in China is hot right now, it is very easy for one to move from one company to another and increase compensation (sometimes double or triple base pay!). Employers in China are starting to see high attrition rates, particularly in sales, marketing, and R&D roles. My group is looking to find best practices or recommend creative practices to retain these critical employees.
Yesterday (Monday) was our first meeting in Shanghai. Our meeting went well, especially since the HR manager we met was very fluent English! I was personally very surprised to hear that many HR practices in the US are carried over into China. For example, annual performance reviews, bonus schemes, vacation days and employee opinion surveys. Attrition was also a very serious concern at this company (15% in sales and 30% at the plant) and the HR manager was very eager to make changes in her company to reduce this number for the future.
I think we have a huge task in front of us!!
Pictures from Beijing
Here are some pictures from the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City in Beijing. As you can tell, we got amazing weather at the Wall, but got drenched visiting Tiananmen and the Forbidden City.
Travel adventures in China
Traveling within China has turned out to be more tumultuous than I perceived it to be. Today we traveled from Beijing to Shanghai. All was well until we arrived at the Beijing airport. Here is a list of events that followed throughout the day:
- Our gate changed without any prior notice. We were shocked to hear that the gate that we (7 of us) were sitting at had been moved to the other side of the airport. By the time we arrived, we had to wait about 45 minutes to catch a bus to our plane.
- Once we were on the plane, we sat on the tarmac for 1 hour. The captain never came on the intercom to tell us why. In the interim, we kept hearing squealing noises from either the wheels or other parts of the plane, which was quite disturbing.
- While taking off, the emergency exit sign fell from the ceiling on to the lap of one of my classmates’ wives. The steward looked at her and gave her the “oops” shrug.
- We left Beijing at the time we were supposed to arrive in Shanghai.