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China
Grande salle de banquet chinoise vue depuis une mezzanine : des dizaines de tables rondes garnies de plats, les convives debout entre les chaises et une scene rouge portant le caractere du bonheur double au fond de la salle
Guanxi关系8 min

Guanxi: the web of relationships that keeps China running

Renqing, mianzi, banquets, favour debts: what guanxi (关系) really covers, where the line with corruption runs, and what has changed since 2012.

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China
Grande table ronde d'un banquet chinois dressée dans un hôtel de Hong Kong, plats partagés au centre et couverts disposés pour les convives.
Mianzi面子12 min

Mianzi: The Chinese Concept of Face and Its Social Weight

Understand mianzi (面子), Chinese 'face': giving, losing, and saving face, and its ties to guanxi, renqing, and Confucianism in everyday life.

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