China Myth Podcast
China Myth Podcast is a self-produced immersion experience of my journey through the fascinating and misunderstood dilemmas of Chinese business culture - a reaction, a behavior, even a suggestion - and asks whether I could have achieved a better outcome with a different attitude, mindset, and approach. Because sometimes, learning how to listen is a lost art of communication.
Podcasting since 2018 • 219 episodes
China Myth Podcast
Latest Episodes
China’s Iron Rice Bowl 🇨🇳 | Why Risk Aversion Still Shapes Chinese Behavior
Many Westerners assume China’s Iron Rice Bowl mentality disappeared with prosperity, skyscrapers, and global integration.It didn’t.In this video, I explain why the Iron Rice Bowl (铁饭碗 tiě fàn wǎn) was never just a job guarantee—an...
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Giving Face Without Losing Yourself 🇨🇳 | The Real Ethical Test in China
In China, Giving Face doesn’t mean abandoning your values.It means choosing when and how to express them.This video tackles one of the hardest moments foreigners face in China—when Western instincts about honesty, e...
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Trust Without Truth 🇨🇳 | Why Chinese Cooperation Defies Western Logic
Western business culture assumes one thing by default:If someone trusts you, they’ll tell you the truth.China doesn’t work that way.In this video, I break down one of the most damaging assumptions foreigners bring into Chinese...
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Yīnyáng (阴阳): Navigating China’s Different Shades of Gray ⚖️🇨🇳
“Mastering the gray areas is to doing business in China what political correctness is to corporate America: MANDATORY.”Westerners often parachute into China assuming strength, clarity, and leverage ...
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When even the DEEPEST Guanxi level isn't enough | Crisis at Zhongnanhai (中南海) | Relationship & Power Dynamics at Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Was there a FAILED attempted coup in Beijing?When purges happen at the top in China, it's rarely about loyalty failing overnight.It's about perceptions shifting—and Guānxì (关系) no longer being enough.Recent ...
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