How do you put a value on guanxi , the connections that grease the wheels of business in china ?

你认为“关系”价值几何？它可是推动在华企业运转的润滑剂。

For many western executives , nurturing good guanxi -- or relationships -- continues to be the best way to get advance warning of new developments that could affect their businesses .

对于很多西方管理者来说，要想提前得知可能影响其公司业务的最新消息，最好的办法依旧是搞好“关系”。

This is the best of guanxi , the wide web that connects chinese through time and space . Chinese invented the internet long before bill gates was born .

这叫做最好的“关系”，这种关系网络可以超越时间和空间，中国人创造这种关系网络要比比尔盖茨的出生早很多。

' Either they ( middle class kids ) are performing better , or due to family connections ( guanxi ) or monetary influence they have access to schools and opportunities that less affluent children do not , ' said liam russell , strategic marketing manager of mintel asia pacific .

mintelasiapacific的战略营销经理拉塞尔（liamrussell）说，他们（中产阶级的孩子）要么表现更好，要么由于家里的关系或金钱的缘故，得以进入一些学校或获得一些机会，而没那么富裕的孩子则跟这些无缘。