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Chapter 14: Doing business in East Asia
TRUE/FALSE
1. The Chinese economy has passed that of the United States in size, measured by
2. The Chinese have worked hard to Westernize their business practices and that is the
3. Chinese guanxi relationships are mainly defined by the giving of gifts and the doing of
4. Despite international tensions between China and Japan, and Chinese rioters
protesting Japanese actions during World War II, China is still Japan’s leading export
5. South Korean business culture places a higher value on age-based seniority than
6. North Korea survives, despite a belligerent and militaristic attitude, because China
sees it as a buffer state between itself and the West and provides economic support.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The predominant Si (Introverted Sensing) problem-solving style of the American,
Japanese, and South Korean national characters differs from the predominant Fi style
of the Chinese because:
a. The Chinese are more concerned with building trust-based relationships.
2. The predominant Fe (Extraverted Feeling) communication style of the Japanese
national character differs from predominant Te (Extraverted Thinking) style of the
American national character because:
a. It is more committed to universal principles of action than adapting to the facts
of the situation.