Monday, August 28, 2006
基督教信仰 - 1，2，3
从争吵说起：
如果人人都是你这样，你看会变成如何？
这是我先用/玩的！你要等一下！
是你先动手/骂人的。
你承诺过的，又没有兑现。
争吵的背后可有一个标准呢？？
争吵是否要说明对方的不是？
那什么是标准？
它不是随时间，文化，地方，对事物的了解而改变的。
道德的标准，在不同的环境，时间，原来是瞒接近的。
我们都不喜欢欺骗。
我们都不喜欢出卖人。
我们都不喜欢人自私。
我们都喜欢忠诚。
我们都喜欢公平。
道德标准的真相：
它不是来自本能（如有人掉下水：救人- 是合群的本能，不救人- 是逃避危险的本能）救与不救会受道德律影响。
本能和道德律 就像 -琴键和琴谱
它不是来自教育（不是人想出来的，它也有自然的比较性的 – 知好与更好）
认知和信念的进步不是=道德的进步（不处死女巫 = 不安装捕鼠机，不是道德在进步）
它是客观存在的（就像：人为何不可以自私？正当行为有何好处？踢足球有什么意义？）
它是符合理性的（人要在坦诚，公平，友善，安全的环境才会努力工作的）
道德标准的背后：
它是一种力量，（支配 / 引导 / 要求着人，促人走正路，犯错时会让人感到不安。）
它是有意志的。
它的源头就是来自至善者（上帝） – 公平，无私，勇敢，良善，诚实，忠心。
它反对贪婪，欺骗，剥削。
可是人却在破坏它，与它为敌 – 我们都达不到它的要求。我们却要求别人做我们所做不倒的
这就是道成肉身的原委，人为何要悔改，被宽恕的原因。
我们的世界相信什么？
无神论 – 唯物主义（道德，终极意义的缺乏）
有神论 – 泛神论，多神论，独神论
泛神论 – 神在宇宙，时间，善恶中
多神论 – 非道德的
独神论 – 是至善，全智，全能，自存的，（基督教，回教，犹太教）
基督徒相信什么？
至善，全智，全能，自存的神来到世上。
这是十分复杂，是人难测透，是一个启示的信仰。
先来问 - 至善的神，为什么允许恶与苦难存在？
恶与苦难的解释：
一般的说法 –
善与恶是二元的力量在争斗（可是标准参考何在？事实上没有人会因为残暴是不对而去行暴的）
基督教的说法 –
世界本是好的，却偏离正道
善是自存的，恶则是人滥用了的善。
善恶力量不是对等的。
世界的确有恶的力量与悲惨的事，但上帝已进入世界。
为什么上帝要进入世界？
上帝给人自由意志 – 这是爱和善的最基本要求。
恶就是从正途偏离 – 这是自由意志所引发的。
离开上帝就是最直接体现的偏离正途 （创世纪：蛇说人吃禁果后会如同上帝）
基督到世界来，就是要来受苦，来替死，把人带回上帝那边。
基督为何到世界来，受苦，替死？
把人带回上帝那边。（请留意：好的解释不如事实重要）
上帝既是上帝，为何不一笔勾销？
销不来 - 拯救包括：
代赎和悔改
代赎 – 掉进坑里，还债（上帝把他的一点放在我们里面，使我们能想能爱）
悔改 – 回归上帝的过程 （是自我放弃，消灭，死亡的过程）
基督到世界来为榜样
他可以受死，受苦，因为他是人 （我们可以有同等的经历）
他可以完全成功，因为他是上帝
问题- 他是上帝，当然会作得比人容易？？我们真的不要一个好的老师吗？硬要一个差的榜样。
我们若在他的苦难上有份，就会得到新生命
新生命
确实是一个奥秘
有欢愉，痛苦，危险
通过：相信，洗礼，圣餐
学效基督，连於基督
由他供给营养，不断保护， 照顾
不保证不会犯错，但因为连于生命源- 伤害也能愈合，跌倒也能爬起
正确认识 - 上帝先爱我们，拣选我们
记住，基督徒是基督的身体
小问题
其他人会得救吗？
人不借着基督，绝不能得救。可是我们不知道，是否只有认识基督的人才能借着他得救?
以后的事？末日又如何？
如果人人都是你这样，你看会变成如何？
这是我先用/玩的！你要等一下！
是你先动手/骂人的。
你承诺过的，又没有兑现。
争吵的背后可有一个标准呢？？
争吵是否要说明对方的不是？
那什么是标准？
它不是随时间，文化，地方，对事物的了解而改变的。
道德的标准，在不同的环境，时间，原来是瞒接近的。
我们都不喜欢欺骗。
我们都不喜欢出卖人。
我们都不喜欢人自私。
我们都喜欢忠诚。
我们都喜欢公平。
道德标准的真相：
它不是来自本能（如有人掉下水：救人- 是合群的本能，不救人- 是逃避危险的本能）救与不救会受道德律影响。
本能和道德律 就像 -琴键和琴谱
它不是来自教育（不是人想出来的，它也有自然的比较性的 – 知好与更好）
认知和信念的进步不是=道德的进步（不处死女巫 = 不安装捕鼠机，不是道德在进步）
它是客观存在的（就像：人为何不可以自私？正当行为有何好处？踢足球有什么意义？）
它是符合理性的（人要在坦诚，公平，友善，安全的环境才会努力工作的）
道德标准的背后：
它是一种力量，（支配 / 引导 / 要求着人，促人走正路，犯错时会让人感到不安。）
它是有意志的。
它的源头就是来自至善者（上帝） – 公平，无私，勇敢，良善，诚实，忠心。
它反对贪婪，欺骗，剥削。
可是人却在破坏它，与它为敌 – 我们都达不到它的要求。我们却要求别人做我们所做不倒的
这就是道成肉身的原委，人为何要悔改，被宽恕的原因。
我们的世界相信什么？
无神论 – 唯物主义（道德，终极意义的缺乏）
有神论 – 泛神论，多神论，独神论
泛神论 – 神在宇宙，时间，善恶中
多神论 – 非道德的
独神论 – 是至善，全智，全能，自存的，（基督教，回教，犹太教）
基督徒相信什么？
至善，全智，全能，自存的神来到世上。
这是十分复杂，是人难测透，是一个启示的信仰。
先来问 - 至善的神，为什么允许恶与苦难存在？
恶与苦难的解释：
一般的说法 –
善与恶是二元的力量在争斗（可是标准参考何在？事实上没有人会因为残暴是不对而去行暴的）
基督教的说法 –
世界本是好的，却偏离正道
善是自存的，恶则是人滥用了的善。
善恶力量不是对等的。
世界的确有恶的力量与悲惨的事，但上帝已进入世界。
为什么上帝要进入世界？
上帝给人自由意志 – 这是爱和善的最基本要求。
恶就是从正途偏离 – 这是自由意志所引发的。
离开上帝就是最直接体现的偏离正途 （创世纪：蛇说人吃禁果后会如同上帝）
基督到世界来，就是要来受苦，来替死，把人带回上帝那边。
基督为何到世界来，受苦，替死？
把人带回上帝那边。（请留意：好的解释不如事实重要）
上帝既是上帝，为何不一笔勾销？
销不来 - 拯救包括：
代赎和悔改
代赎 – 掉进坑里，还债（上帝把他的一点放在我们里面，使我们能想能爱）
悔改 – 回归上帝的过程 （是自我放弃，消灭，死亡的过程）
基督到世界来为榜样
他可以受死，受苦，因为他是人 （我们可以有同等的经历）
他可以完全成功，因为他是上帝
问题- 他是上帝，当然会作得比人容易？？我们真的不要一个好的老师吗？硬要一个差的榜样。
我们若在他的苦难上有份，就会得到新生命
新生命
确实是一个奥秘
有欢愉，痛苦，危险
通过：相信，洗礼，圣餐
学效基督，连於基督
由他供给营养，不断保护， 照顾
不保证不会犯错，但因为连于生命源- 伤害也能愈合，跌倒也能爬起
正确认识 - 上帝先爱我们，拣选我们
记住，基督徒是基督的身体
小问题
其他人会得救吗？
人不借着基督，绝不能得救。可是我们不知道，是否只有认识基督的人才能借着他得救?
以后的事？末日又如何？
China trade ABC - a brief in Screen Printing business
Dear readers,
My name is Byron Chui, I come from Hong Kong. I am the sales director of Sefar, a screen printing mesh manufacturer from Switzerland, am looking after PR China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, where people usually called – the Greater China region.
I am a Textile Engineer and have further acquired my Master Degree in Strategic Marketing, University of Hull. I joined Sefar in July 1997 - which was then an historical moment for all Chinese – handover of Hong Kong back to PR China from Britain.
I like to share with you some of my understanding in this huge country, which is changing with an unprecedented speed and what Sefar has been doing there so far.
The Waken Giant
This emerging economic structure in the Eastern Pacific horizon has caught the eyesight of the whole world. Needless to say, we are now at a critical moment. Information Technology connection, Effective Logistic Coverage and Globalization have pushed China onto the stage of action.
While people were still discussing would China collapse 7 - 10 years ago? She was importing the most sophisticate production machines; training the unlimited supply of cheap and skillful workers; connecting the whole country with intensive highway network. Numerous World-Class manufacturers started to spring up, Galanz (microwave cooker); Changhong (television set); Haier (refrigerator), China Unicom (mobile phone service provider). All these changes took place too fast, and people easily judged that the development of China is superficial, and decorative only. This is not true, her changes is structural, not just on the economic level, but vertical. This will influence her internal political aspect as well as the international relationship.
She is named the “World Factory”, and will soon be named the “World Market” and is going to be named the “World Research Centre”.
Let some figure of China to tell us the situation:
The GDP in 2005 was USD 2,279 billions, which is the 4th biggest in the world.
Foreign Direct Investment in 2002 was 52.7 billions, first time to take over USA as the biggest in the world.
Out of the total Foreign Direct Investment (which is over USD 600 billions since her economic reformed), there are strategic investments, like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Fujitsu, etc. has set up their research centre in China.
Highway Network is 30,000 Km, 2nd in the world, next to USA.
Petrol consumption was 199 billion barrels in 2003, has taken over Japan as the 2nd biggest in the world.
The world biggest consumer on coal, iron, cement, etc. (besides those human related commodity)
The world biggest producer on air conditioning unit; motorcycle; television set; laundry machine; refrigerator, compact disc, printed circuit board, ceramic tile, textile good, lighter, etc.
Pitfall in China
This would be non realistic if we are only optimistic on China’s achievement. The communistic system has left over 300,000 state own companies, out of which 70% are non profitable. At least 40% of the bank’s loans are non-recoverable and a lot of the economic developments are based on over-stretching financing tool. Smuggling, tax violation, civil corruption, environment concern, unemployment rate, intelligent right, etc. are all hot topics due to be addressed and rectified.
This is also true that the failure rate in China investment is higher than the successful rate, a lot of re-investment, consolidation, stuck up, pull out were seen. Proper timing, correct entry point and optimal scale are determined factors should not be ignored.
Sefar strategy move in China
Sefar has not overlooked the important of the China market; it was in April 1997 that Sefar setup her first office in Hong Kong, where she worked closely with her distributors in the regions, to look after the business development in China. Her office is now located in Kwai Fong, New Territories with a staff team of 12 staffs.
Another milestones development she has was in July 2001, Sefar’s 3rd Technical Centre started operating in Hong Kong, where she can perform most of the technical test, product analysis, quality complaint handling and customers training. This provides an invaluable support to Sefar’s customers in Asia and this is proud to say that this could be the best showcase of screen-printing laboratory in the region.
To prepare her strategic development in China, she further set up her fabrication factory in Shanghai in Apr. 2004. This office is equipped with 25 over staffs and her main function is to provide value added service to her customers on stencil making.
Sefar sales position in China
Sefar turnover has grown by near 4 times in China since 1996 to 2005.
This is estimated that the total screen-printing mesh market in China in 2005 is close to CHF 60 million, or 6 million M2.
Sefar biggest competitors in China is NBC, they are predominantly well known in the electronic industry.
The competitors come next will be the local mesh manufacturers, like Unirich, Anping, and Shanghai Bolting Cloth. This group of competitors has already taken the leading position in ceramic tile and graphic fields. Their success is more a price strategy and a good enough product.
Others competitors like Saati, Verseidag, Nittoku, Wangi, Taiwanese mesh are all present in China, and they share the remaining market, each with 3% - 7% market share.
Trading barriers to most of the European manufacturer
A lot of Sefar business is worked through distributors, communication between Sefar and end customers is rather limited. I can think of a few trading barriers which bring the situation as of today as follow:
Commercial trading within China is limited open to foreign investment
Except a few nominated import & export companies, no one has the right to import good into China
Foreign currency exchange is still strictly control by the government
Multi-tier and complicated tax system – VAT, local tax, state tax, re-construction tax, corporate tax, etc.
Importation via grey zone and VAT violation is still very popular.
Besides this, most of the local business players find their way to get around from all these business red tape; this makes the foreign investment difficult to join the game and to compete on a fair platform. Civil corruption, poor legal awareness made the foreign investors more difficult to play the rule.
This is still believe that Western manufacturer should sell their product through the distributors, which is the best and the most effective way, at least for the time being.
Sales outlook in China
Economy outlook of China before 2008 is rather positive, an annual growth of GDP of 7 - 9% is expected, this is believe that such an upward trend will be maintained even up to 2010 before the World Expo in Shanghai.
However, we should not under estimate the competition from local producers, over supply on industrial product, unhealthy competition among our distributors and the very strong bargaining power of those big factories will continuously ruining the margin.
As a conclusion, “cautiously optimistic” is the right word to be used.
Mentality of main land Chinese
You will never be successful if you do not know the mentality of the peoples you work with. China is a huge country with 1.3 billions people and 4,000 years of written history. Yet, you can still draw some common style among the main land Chinese.
Chinese is an adventurer in term of migration, and a gambler in terms of financial investment, do not be surprised if you find a company over stretching her investment scale.
Usually, Chinese are less patriotic during peaceful time; we are rather individualism and seldom take the legal awareness to the country level. This is common that Chinese will tempt themselves to play in the legal grey zone. The previous communistic system also lacks of the proper training in business rule. This explains why the violation on the customs and tax law are so popular.
In personal level, Chinese very much emphasize on education and academic result, we believe that this is the only tool to allow us to change our social class. Therefore, you can always find some Chinese with the profession / education you wanted. This contributes a supportive factor for China development in the last decade.
In the aspect of personal interaction, Chinese like to be “Respect”. We have a strong cultural base of 4000 years. East and West may have different value; yet, this is not superior or inferior. The difference stages of economic and democratic development should not be seen as better or worst. We like to respect and to be respected, or in Chinese, we call it to “reserve face” for others. Do not confront and not to be confronted.
Another word I can think of is “Golden Mean” or “juste – milieu”, this is still a strong practise among most Chinese. Please do not expect your partners will over excite with your idea. We should never over do, especially in human relationship. Revolution is not really our style. Sometime, you will be astonished how Chinese can endure over non-justice situation. In daily life, this will be reflected by non-rejection to others, when a Chinese say, “let me consider”, this would mean “No”. This is still a problem for most Chinese that when they speak English and to put “No” and “Thank you” together.
My name is Byron Chui, I come from Hong Kong. I am the sales director of Sefar, a screen printing mesh manufacturer from Switzerland, am looking after PR China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, where people usually called – the Greater China region.
I am a Textile Engineer and have further acquired my Master Degree in Strategic Marketing, University of Hull. I joined Sefar in July 1997 - which was then an historical moment for all Chinese – handover of Hong Kong back to PR China from Britain.
I like to share with you some of my understanding in this huge country, which is changing with an unprecedented speed and what Sefar has been doing there so far.
The Waken Giant
This emerging economic structure in the Eastern Pacific horizon has caught the eyesight of the whole world. Needless to say, we are now at a critical moment. Information Technology connection, Effective Logistic Coverage and Globalization have pushed China onto the stage of action.
While people were still discussing would China collapse 7 - 10 years ago? She was importing the most sophisticate production machines; training the unlimited supply of cheap and skillful workers; connecting the whole country with intensive highway network. Numerous World-Class manufacturers started to spring up, Galanz (microwave cooker); Changhong (television set); Haier (refrigerator), China Unicom (mobile phone service provider). All these changes took place too fast, and people easily judged that the development of China is superficial, and decorative only. This is not true, her changes is structural, not just on the economic level, but vertical. This will influence her internal political aspect as well as the international relationship.
She is named the “World Factory”, and will soon be named the “World Market” and is going to be named the “World Research Centre”.
Let some figure of China to tell us the situation:
The GDP in 2005 was USD 2,279 billions, which is the 4th biggest in the world.
Foreign Direct Investment in 2002 was 52.7 billions, first time to take over USA as the biggest in the world.
Out of the total Foreign Direct Investment (which is over USD 600 billions since her economic reformed), there are strategic investments, like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, Nokia, Panasonic, Fujitsu, etc. has set up their research centre in China.
Highway Network is 30,000 Km, 2nd in the world, next to USA.
Petrol consumption was 199 billion barrels in 2003, has taken over Japan as the 2nd biggest in the world.
The world biggest consumer on coal, iron, cement, etc. (besides those human related commodity)
The world biggest producer on air conditioning unit; motorcycle; television set; laundry machine; refrigerator, compact disc, printed circuit board, ceramic tile, textile good, lighter, etc.
Pitfall in China
This would be non realistic if we are only optimistic on China’s achievement. The communistic system has left over 300,000 state own companies, out of which 70% are non profitable. At least 40% of the bank’s loans are non-recoverable and a lot of the economic developments are based on over-stretching financing tool. Smuggling, tax violation, civil corruption, environment concern, unemployment rate, intelligent right, etc. are all hot topics due to be addressed and rectified.
This is also true that the failure rate in China investment is higher than the successful rate, a lot of re-investment, consolidation, stuck up, pull out were seen. Proper timing, correct entry point and optimal scale are determined factors should not be ignored.
Sefar strategy move in China
Sefar has not overlooked the important of the China market; it was in April 1997 that Sefar setup her first office in Hong Kong, where she worked closely with her distributors in the regions, to look after the business development in China. Her office is now located in Kwai Fong, New Territories with a staff team of 12 staffs.
Another milestones development she has was in July 2001, Sefar’s 3rd Technical Centre started operating in Hong Kong, where she can perform most of the technical test, product analysis, quality complaint handling and customers training. This provides an invaluable support to Sefar’s customers in Asia and this is proud to say that this could be the best showcase of screen-printing laboratory in the region.
To prepare her strategic development in China, she further set up her fabrication factory in Shanghai in Apr. 2004. This office is equipped with 25 over staffs and her main function is to provide value added service to her customers on stencil making.
Sefar sales position in China
Sefar turnover has grown by near 4 times in China since 1996 to 2005.
This is estimated that the total screen-printing mesh market in China in 2005 is close to CHF 60 million, or 6 million M2.
Sefar biggest competitors in China is NBC, they are predominantly well known in the electronic industry.
The competitors come next will be the local mesh manufacturers, like Unirich, Anping, and Shanghai Bolting Cloth. This group of competitors has already taken the leading position in ceramic tile and graphic fields. Their success is more a price strategy and a good enough product.
Others competitors like Saati, Verseidag, Nittoku, Wangi, Taiwanese mesh are all present in China, and they share the remaining market, each with 3% - 7% market share.
Trading barriers to most of the European manufacturer
A lot of Sefar business is worked through distributors, communication between Sefar and end customers is rather limited. I can think of a few trading barriers which bring the situation as of today as follow:
Commercial trading within China is limited open to foreign investment
Except a few nominated import & export companies, no one has the right to import good into China
Foreign currency exchange is still strictly control by the government
Multi-tier and complicated tax system – VAT, local tax, state tax, re-construction tax, corporate tax, etc.
Importation via grey zone and VAT violation is still very popular.
Besides this, most of the local business players find their way to get around from all these business red tape; this makes the foreign investment difficult to join the game and to compete on a fair platform. Civil corruption, poor legal awareness made the foreign investors more difficult to play the rule.
This is still believe that Western manufacturer should sell their product through the distributors, which is the best and the most effective way, at least for the time being.
Sales outlook in China
Economy outlook of China before 2008 is rather positive, an annual growth of GDP of 7 - 9% is expected, this is believe that such an upward trend will be maintained even up to 2010 before the World Expo in Shanghai.
However, we should not under estimate the competition from local producers, over supply on industrial product, unhealthy competition among our distributors and the very strong bargaining power of those big factories will continuously ruining the margin.
As a conclusion, “cautiously optimistic” is the right word to be used.
Mentality of main land Chinese
You will never be successful if you do not know the mentality of the peoples you work with. China is a huge country with 1.3 billions people and 4,000 years of written history. Yet, you can still draw some common style among the main land Chinese.
Chinese is an adventurer in term of migration, and a gambler in terms of financial investment, do not be surprised if you find a company over stretching her investment scale.
Usually, Chinese are less patriotic during peaceful time; we are rather individualism and seldom take the legal awareness to the country level. This is common that Chinese will tempt themselves to play in the legal grey zone. The previous communistic system also lacks of the proper training in business rule. This explains why the violation on the customs and tax law are so popular.
In personal level, Chinese very much emphasize on education and academic result, we believe that this is the only tool to allow us to change our social class. Therefore, you can always find some Chinese with the profession / education you wanted. This contributes a supportive factor for China development in the last decade.
In the aspect of personal interaction, Chinese like to be “Respect”. We have a strong cultural base of 4000 years. East and West may have different value; yet, this is not superior or inferior. The difference stages of economic and democratic development should not be seen as better or worst. We like to respect and to be respected, or in Chinese, we call it to “reserve face” for others. Do not confront and not to be confronted.
Another word I can think of is “Golden Mean” or “juste – milieu”, this is still a strong practise among most Chinese. Please do not expect your partners will over excite with your idea. We should never over do, especially in human relationship. Revolution is not really our style. Sometime, you will be astonished how Chinese can endure over non-justice situation. In daily life, this will be reflected by non-rejection to others, when a Chinese say, “let me consider”, this would mean “No”. This is still a problem for most Chinese that when they speak English and to put “No” and “Thank you” together.
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