Communists they may be, but the Chinese have latched onto the capitalist come-on of the free gift as an inducement to business with a vengeance – and don’t bother about including plastic roses or a set of free tumblers with every computer – when the Chinese think free gift, they think big: according to the […]
Communists they may be, but the Chinese have latched onto the capitalist come-on of the free gift as an inducement to business with a vengeance – and don’t bother about including plastic roses or a set of free tumblers with every computer – when the Chinese think free gift, they think big: according to the Wall Street Journal, Hewlett-Packard Co thought it had landed a minicomputer contract with the China National Rice Institute after it agreed to arrange a three-month visa to the US for an institute official; Groupe Bull came back with a year of training in Paris for three institute officials, and guess who got the business (although no doubt the ricemeisters left behind are now wringing their hands and orientally singing How we gonna keep ’em down in the paddy, after they’ve seen Paree)?
