The closest English word to The Chinese expression guanxi would be - TopicsExpress



          

The closest English word to The Chinese expression guanxi would be relationship. However, guanxi has a stronger meaning, similar to the English expression You scratch my back and Ill scratch yours. To build up good guanxi, you have to do things for people: give them gifts, take them to dinner, grant favour, and so on. Once this is done, an unspoken obligation exists. It is perhaps because of this unspoken debt that people automatically try to refuse gifts. They may not wish to establish guanxi with someone, because, sooner or later, they may have to repay the favour. Even after it is repaid, guanxi is rarely terminated. It is a continuing process of mutual gift-giving, back-scratching and favouritism that can last a lifetime.
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:37:22 +0000

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