A U.S. manager who is negotiating in China has difficulty getting his Chinese counterparts to agree to put the details of their new contract on paper. At the same time, the Chinese managers are frustrated at the U.S. manager’s insistence to clarify every detail. This conflict is can be partially attributed to:
a. the U.S. superiority in business interactions
b. the Chinese not trusting the U.S. manager
c. the difference in how the two cultures use context
d. the differences in the two countries political systems
c. the difference in how the two cultures use context
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