Schools in Beijing have stopped using foreign textbooks, following a similar move by Shanghai schools a few weeks ago. Foreign language apps have also been pulled from app stores. Karaoke bars have been banned from offerings songs that threaten national unity
anyone who has attended business dinners in China will know what a blessing this is!
The co-op has a business entertainment budget which they can only spend when they take foreign customers out to dinner.
So, they order crate loads of Maotai wine and have round robbins bottoms-up routines.
This is not hospitality. It was just an excuse for the co-op managers to get drunk without having to foot the bill.
As a foreign buyer, I was fortunate to be able to refuse to participate beyond the obligatory first round ...but the junior staff at the co-op did not have that option. Their refusal to keep drinking was seen as a sign of insubordination!
These rules are not likely to have any meaningful impact on the overall consumption of liquor in China. It will only curb the obvious excesses.
About "forced drinking for business purposes";
anyone who has attended business dinners in China will know what a blessing this is!
The co-op has a business entertainment budget which they can only spend when they take foreign customers out to dinner.
So, they order crate loads of Maotai wine and have round robbins bottoms-up routines.
This is not hospitality. It was just an excuse for the co-op managers to get drunk without having to foot the bill.
As a foreign buyer, I was fortunate to be able to refuse to participate beyond the obligatory first round ...but the junior staff at the co-op did not have that option. Their refusal to keep drinking was seen as a sign of insubordination!
These rules are not likely to have any meaningful impact on the overall consumption of liquor in China. It will only curb the obvious excesses.