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Meetings: Nothing Gets Decided During Chinese meetings

Westerners may hate meetings, but nonetheless the goal of a meeting—albeit rarely met—is to discuss differences and to make decisions. Get the right people together, talk it over, argue if needed, and decide.

Chinese hate meetings less than Westerners do. One reason is that there are actually three times to a Chinese meeting, before the meeting, after the meeting and during the meeting. The one time Chinese do not decide things is during the actual meeting. Meetings are for maintaining harmony and relationships, decisions and arguments are made before and after.

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