Did you just assume my assumption ? <| sep |> Didn ' t realize they were that polarizing . It was just a suggestion <| sep |> Norbert Haguma , who hails from Rwanda , is the China representative of the African Leadership Network . He once advised his African friends who plan to do business in China that you have to learn to stomach the Chinese liquor , which is so strong that few foreigners fall in love with it . Why ? Nowhere can you find advice encouraging you to consume baijiu in dobusinessinChina manuals ! But Norbert has a point , which is valid and probably beyond the understanding of most of the expats living China . He notes , when you finish a few cups of liquor in a determined and honest manner in front of your Chinese business partners , the stiff air in the room and the strangeness of each other will melt immediately . Friendship will be forged quickly and business deals are getting much easier to be sealed . Oh my .