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2019-11-25 China-Japan-Koreas

Many Chinese manufacturers are behaving as though they have no future

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-25 01:24|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
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#1 WTF. This isn't new. Chinese businessmen have long ripped off foreign customers. Give him a choice between a quick ten grand right now by screwing you, or do the right thing and make millions over a five year contract, he'll take the ten grand every time. Not even a question.

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-11-25 06:31|| 2019-11-25 06:31|| Front Page Top

#2 No question the Chinese have a different view of business than Westerners. Many stories over the years about taxi drivers stopping mid-ride at night demanding more money, manufacturers wanting to re-negotiate a better price the day before a production run is due, and so on.

We look for happy customers and win-win. Saw an article the other day about how from a Chinese perspective, a happy customer meant you left money on the table. So yeah, nothing new there.

What *is* new is that the Chinese economy is crashing and *that* changes the calculations. Without any possibility of long-term profit, all the chiseling and cheating that would normally take place over time in the future gets pushed into Now.

Posted by SteveS 2019-11-25 11:15|| 2019-11-25 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 The inhumanity and suffering that chinese businessmen subject their own employees to necessitated that there come a reckoning.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-25 12:03|| 2019-11-25 12:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought the future is in Space Jam II merchandising.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-11-25 14:59|| 2019-11-25 14:59|| Front Page Top

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