When you ask a foreign what’s his impression about Chinese, he will say Chinese people are friendly and kind, but if you ask his impression about Chinese people when they are meeting in social occasion, he will answer you with the drink. It is a tradition for Chinese people that when they invite friends, they must prepare a lot of wine, the guests need to be drunk, because it means the hosts do a good job on treating their friends. Wine culture in China is very popular, it reflects on the business communication, too. When people need to deal with the business, they like to book a table in the hotel, and talk about the business work while they are having dinner. The inevitable thing is to drink, the boss like to watch the young employees to drink, when the boss is happy, the business is done. Chinese social communication is not in the best way, but there is no way to change.
当你问老外对中国人的印象如何时，他会讲中国人很友好和热情，但是如果你问他对中国人在社交场合的印象如何，他会回答你——酒。对中国人来讲，当他们邀请朋友时，他们必须准备很多酒，这是一种传统，客人需要喝到酒，因为这意味着主人公有好好招待他们的朋友。酒文化在中国很流行，这也反映在商业交流中。当人们需要处理生意时，他们喜欢在酒店里订桌子，在晚饭时候讨论生意的事情。喝酒是不可避免的，老板喜欢看年轻的员工喝酒，当老板满意时，生意就成交了。中国人的社交虽然不是最好的方式，但确是无法改变。