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Chinese Bamboo Network Secret

December 23, 2008 – 6:50 am | by admin

Here in Malaysia, when we talk about business, we will think about the Chinese. Although here is Malay dominant country, the business segment are dominated by the Chinese entrepreneur. Business seem to be like their culture and it make their number one choice of employment. From good business to dark market business. You can find the Chinese in it. Some say if the Chinese closed all their shop then the economy will be paralyzed until no food to eat. For example Sugar Tycoon the Malaysian Robert Kuok nickname the “Sugar King of Asia”. Now ranks 97 on The World’s Billionaires 2008 by Forbes. That’s for the sugar we consume everyday.

If we investigate carefully, we can find the Chinese everywhere. We can’t find the African or the Caucasian that reside almost everywhere in the world. But for the Chinese, they reside and build a business community at that particular Country. So what makes their motivation for business is very high? Or it just for the sake of to survive at foreign country when there are not much left at their homeland China? Are this is because of their Gung Ho or Kung Fu Spirit?

We can say they also rely on many ancient perspective that influence their daily life. Chinese are among that still stick to their ancestral thing whether they are Rich or have a Christian nicknames. They really believe in luck and the horoscope. Their ancient wisdom are being told to their children like:-

“If you have money you can make the ghosts and devils turn your grind stone.”

“You cannot push a cow’s head down unless it is drinking water by it’s own will.”

“Use attack as the tactic of defense.”

Now China is a new growth in the Global Economy where U.S and European country even Japan have the economic downturn because of the U.S sub-prime crisis. When European power sail from their country to seek new land to build their colony hundred years ago, the Chinese also sail but only to do business not to invade like the British, Dutch and Spain. But then this European power just left ofter digging all the treasure, and they don’t even have a true community here or bringing all their people to make a new country of their own. The only China man that really perform a country outside China I think is Singapore, but that’s another story.

Now I am dragging the post hahah.., I am writing this because now I am reading ‘The Bamboo Network’ book or Chinese Business Secret from An Wan Seng.