CHN 155 Business Culture in China
Taught in English with no prerequisites. This course provides an introduction and overview of the business environment in China as well as a simple introduction to the Chinese language. Students will study the origins and development of China’s market economy and the history of China’s “opening up” to the West. They will examine distinctive cultural practices that affect the business environment in China by exploring case studies of multinational companies that have operated in China with varying degrees of success. They will learn how to read Chinese romanization (pinyin) to pronounce names correctly and introduce themselves in Mandarin Chinese using appropriate levels of formality and simple greetings. They will learn how to perform social and cultural business etiquette in China. They will engage with guest speakers with an informed understanding of how business culture in China intersects with the social, political, and economic events in modern Chinese history. This is not a language course.