What do you say to a friend from another culture when playing together? How can remembering what our parents say help us enjoy our activities more? When Jayden goes to the zoo with his best friend from China, they discover new shared experiences. Their customs and habits aren't always similar, yet they have the best time of their lives.

So, what will you say next time playing with a friend from another culture?

This book is available on Amazon, Kindle, and coming soon on Audible.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9YNJ2W8 (What Do You Say series)

Little Blue Truck is a joyful cacophony of animal and truck sounds that will have youngsters beeping and quacking—and begging for one more go-round! Little Blue Truck is a rollicking homage to the power of friendship and the rewards of helping others.

But, how well does it translate into Mandarin Chinese?

Watch, listen, and learn with the latest MANDARIN STORYTIME where we curate imagination-provoking stories with Mandarin Chinese translations for all of our cross-cultural kiddos.

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pWVaIbZYU0U

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Has the nature of Guanxi changed in the post-COVID era of doing business in China?

Thirteen years ago, my personal driver in Shanghai invited my wife and me to a lavish, relatively speaking, dinner party to celebrate my birthday with his relatives. This dinner celebration is unusual for any Western leader assigned a driver in China because these drivers usually lack the Guanxi or cultural incentive to suggest such a gesture to their clients. In the Chinese hierarchical system, the higher-level person usually organizes and pays for these occasions.

Why did my driver, XiaoHe (小何), insist on this overture, and what were the reciprocal personal benefits, referred to 利益 (Lìyì), in Chinese?

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