{"id":1368,"date":"2019-02-03T17:12:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T17:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulgibbons.net\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2019-02-04T21:57:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T21:57:58","slug":"leadership-and-philosophy-quotes-from-china-leadership-and-philosophy-quotes-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulgibbons.net\/oldsite\/leadership-and-philosophy-quotes-from-china-leadership-and-philosophy-quotes-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Leadership and Philosophy Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chinese Leadership and Philosophy Quotes\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I put together an incredible list of Chinese leadership and philosophy quotes. Chinese history is steeped in different philosophical ideas that have helped mold the leadership culture. I thought I would share some of the best.\u00a0 \u00a0P.S. this is part of a series,\u00a0read some leadership quotes from women philosophers<\/a> and African-American philosophers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

What makes China grow – is it their leadership philosophy?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Chinese economy grew at 6.6% a year last year, their slowest in a long while.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many factors can explain their growth, industrial policy, lower wage costs, aggressive negotiating on trade, massive government spending on infrastructure – but how much can be explained by the fact that they run companies very well?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The US hasn’t grown that quickly since 1955 and its average long-term growth rate is around 2.5 percent for the last quarter century or so. By 2025, China will be the world’s largest economy<\/strong> and by 2050, India will also have overtaken the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

From a Chinese perspective, they were the world’s first large country and its biggest economy until 1800. So, in their eyes, the last decades of Western hegemony have been a blip on their incredibly long history – and they are about to claim their position in the world economy and on the world stage. <\/span><\/p>\n

They have 3 of the world’s top 10 companies, and 8 of the world’s top 20 in tech. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

EVEN If you have heard of Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Midea, Huawei, you might not have heard of<\/strong> Ma Huateng, Jack Ma, Lei Jun, Fang Hongbo, and Ren Zhengfei. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

What do we know about Chinese business leadership and their underlying philosophy?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not too much.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

All we have is the success of their companies and the leaders’ public statements – and as a skeptic, I know there is often a disconnect between public statements about values, and actual values and behavior. However, we do not get much information from behind the silk curtain – so lets take them at their word.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Confucius warned, “Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

Self-mastery as a theme of Chinese leadership<\/strong><\/h1>\n