¡¡°Human Factor¡± always looms large in foreign business¡¯ operation in China. Historically, one of the few articles of the very first Treaty (unequal one, of course) between US and China, Treaty of Wanghia (1844) stipulated that Americans would be free to employ ¡°compradors¡± or other helpers in China. At the present time, foreign invested enterprises (not including foreign representative offices, though) are no longer required to employ Chinese nationals through state owned HR agencies¡
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