General Overview of China Business Jungle a.k.a. westerners as lambs to the slaughter

"Westerners as lambs to the slaughter"

That's right. Lambs. Otherwise why would westerners (including yours truly, the editors of GCM) line up like sheep for the last fifteen years to lose money in China?

What is the Point?

Good question. In general, our goal is to write truthfully about doing business in China. This means that we will air all the dirty laundry and break all normal protocol in dealing with China. No punches are pulled here. For the last 20 years, the allure of the China market has kept most western mouths sealed shut. Western business people especially live in fear of being locked out of the market. Even academics feel heavy pressure to avoid being too "unfriendly" toward China. So they all avoid ever saying anything negative about China in public. On this website, we try to throw some much needed light on some of the more rotten aspects of investment in China especially as it relates to westerners trying to do make an honest buck.

Some content on this website may make you angry. Some hopefully will make you laugh. Some might make you think. You may or may not agree with the content. Fine. That is your choice. Go ahead and post your counterpoints on our comment board. Let some steam off. And let's exchange views.

There are some seemingly negative comments on China and mainland Chinese people on this website. Don't take it too seriously. Call it constructive criticism. Western countries have been lampooned in the China press for years (and in the western press as well), so we think it is high time China get a good look in the mirror.

Why The Gorilla?

As therapy to cure that sick feeling in the bottom of our gut, we've created GCM as a forum for our rambling recourses about doing business in China. It may not make you feel better but it sure helps us. Note the wise (or maybe "burned out") looking gorilla we use as our mascot. We call him the Thoughtful Gorilla. He represents how we now picture ourselves after almost 20 years in China. We may be wiser (as illustrated by the thoughtful thoughts appearing above the gorilla's head) but we are still just a simple gorilla.

Reference the thoughtful thoughts: mainly these are inside jokes about doing business in China. A few of them may be a little dated, but what the hell, we still think they're funny. If you are one of the unlucky westerners that has been in one of these situations, you will hopefully appreciate them.

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