I work in a PPE division of a respectable company. Some of our friends here might notice I don't really like China.
In the course of my work (20 years), I got screwed up a few times by China.
1. Fake specifications.
There are times that I lose large export business in Southeast Asia because Chinese suppliers write until "got dragon got tiger" in public tenders.
2. Price.
China is amazing, the cost of production is $1, they can sell something for $0.90. I came to realize that these people just want to churn a large turnover, then can qualify for loans from their banks. Then they have 2 or more ID cards, one fine day, the boss will happily go bust and retire with the banks money. But it ruins our industry.
3. Integrity
There are no such thing as honest China business people. Even when China is our customer, they want us to bribe them (that's fine, many ways to do it legally), and then they always lie to my boss and there was a few times, I got into troubles. Now my company trusts me even more after clarifying things. They are also genius at making false product defect and claims. If I don't give in, they will tell my material suppliers that we use counterfeits.
After twenty-odd years, China no longer needs Singapore. They can make on their own, they can buy on their own, they can sell on their own. This is when worklife is more peaceful for me, when there are no more dealings with China.
Do our local universities teach these to our MBA students? hahaha
In the course of my work (20 years), I got screwed up a few times by China.
1. Fake specifications.
There are times that I lose large export business in Southeast Asia because Chinese suppliers write until "got dragon got tiger" in public tenders.
2. Price.
China is amazing, the cost of production is $1, they can sell something for $0.90. I came to realize that these people just want to churn a large turnover, then can qualify for loans from their banks. Then they have 2 or more ID cards, one fine day, the boss will happily go bust and retire with the banks money. But it ruins our industry.
3. Integrity
There are no such thing as honest China business people. Even when China is our customer, they want us to bribe them (that's fine, many ways to do it legally), and then they always lie to my boss and there was a few times, I got into troubles. Now my company trusts me even more after clarifying things. They are also genius at making false product defect and claims. If I don't give in, they will tell my material suppliers that we use counterfeits.
After twenty-odd years, China no longer needs Singapore. They can make on their own, they can buy on their own, they can sell on their own. This is when worklife is more peaceful for me, when there are no more dealings with China.
Do our local universities teach these to our MBA students? hahaha