Guanxi

Guanxi is loosely translated as connections and networks of relations.

Diane Wei Liang - An interview with author 2010

Guanxi is a corner stone of Chinese culture, as the society is operated according to it – people are introduced, things get done – or not – based on who they know.

Diane Wei Liang - An interview with author 2010

Websites most visited: There's a service called Guanxi in Shanghai and Beijing — text the name of a restaurant or club to a number and within seconds they text you back the address.

Road Warrior: Magnus Renfrew 2010

The design is based on the Chinese principle of Guanxi, which is a connectivity or relationship-building concept.

ERE.net 2009

The design is based on the Chinese principle of Guanxi, which is a connectivity or relationship-building concept.

ERE.net 2009

( "Guanxi" are personal relationships that fuel many business transactions in China.)

Tom Doctoroff: Chinese Godzillas? The Phantom Threat of PRC Brands 2008

For instance, the idea of 'Guanxi' in China (networks of influence and social relationships), is often misunderstood by US MNC's and interpreted only in negative connotation and associated with KTV etc.

Advertising Age - Homepage 2010

One fascinating and central concept in your story is Guanxi.

Diane Wei Liang - An interview with author 2010

Guanxi (connections, influential friends_) as well, I suppose.

More Evidence of Neocon Influence on McCain « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

Note 123: Lin Wenxun, "Songdai Xi'nan Diqu de Shima yu Minzu Guanxi" (The horse trade and ethnic relations in Southwest China of the Song Dynasty), Sixiang Zhanxian 2 (1989): 66-72. back

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008