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Nonverbal Negotiation in China: Cycling in Beijing

Nonverbal Negotiation in China: Cycling in Beijing In Theory Nonverbal Negotiation in China: Cycling in Beijing Guy Olivier Faure Beijing, 5 p.m. A district in the North-West with low buildings, painted the same gray as the street pavement. A dull harmony that is nothing more than the backdrop for a scene of noisy and feverish agitation. Here human con- centration turns any act of daily life into an event, an anthropological achievement. Pedestrians, cyclists, tricycle carriers, carts, cars, trucks and buses propel themselves in a concert of horns, bells, shouts and curses. The northern wind, coming straight from Siberia and laden with the Gobi dust, lashes against one's face, compelling eyes to squint. But nothing here is a definite obstacle, and human activity unfolds itself in all directions. Leaving my hotel on my bike, I take a short cut through a hutong, a tra- ditional neighborhood that is a maze of narrow and meandering lanes. As in any large city, the major problem in Beijing for cyclists is the cars. In a hutong, however, the roads are so narrow that only a single line of cars can pass through, all going in one direction. Thus, there are few cars and life is relatively quiet for the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Negotiation Journal MIT Press

Nonverbal Negotiation in China: Cycling in Beijing

Faure, Guy Olivier
Negotiation Journal , Volume 11 (1): 7 – Jan 1, 1995
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10.1111/j.1571-9979.1995.tb00042.x
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In Theory Nonverbal Negotiation in China: Cycling in Beijing Guy Olivier Faure Beijing, 5 p.m. A district in the North-West with low buildings, painted the same gray as the street pavement. A dull harmony that is nothing more than the backdrop for a scene of noisy and feverish agitation. Here human con- centration turns any act of daily life into an event, an anthropological achievement. Pedestrians, cyclists, tricycle carriers, carts, cars, trucks and buses propel themselves in a concert of horns, bells, shouts and curses. The northern wind, coming straight from Siberia and laden with the Gobi dust, lashes against one's face, compelling eyes to squint. But nothing here is a definite obstacle, and human activity unfolds itself in all directions. Leaving my hotel on my bike, I take a short cut through a hutong, a tra- ditional neighborhood that is a maze of narrow and meandering lanes. As in any large city, the major problem in Beijing for cyclists is the cars. In a hutong, however, the roads are so narrow that only a single line of cars can pass through, all going in one direction. Thus, there are few cars and life is relatively quiet for the

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