Interesting article hear by DR Michael Baron, who obtained his PHD at Curtain University and now lectures in Businessat  Charles Sturt University on how he believes westerners misunderand the use of  ‘social connections” in China.

https://newinternational.net/2018/02/10/guanxi-why-we-should-try-to-understand-the-chinese-way-of-life-rather-than-criticize-it/