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Betty Cleveland is the vice president of Frankfurter Friday, a highly successful hot dog joint in Oceani A) Her company decides to expand to Asia and identifies China as the ideal market Before she leaves for China, she studies their culture extensively and discovers that the number four is considered extremely unlucky that not everybody is fluent in China's official language-Mandarin and that punctuality is a highly valued trait in the country 2 5. When selecting employees to help her establish their chain in China, she decides not to transfer Craig, as he believes that the people of China are less competent and skilled than the people of his country What trait does Craig display? A) individualism B) imperialism C) ethnocentricism D) collectivism 1) cultural literacy 2 2 6 Betty notices that organizations in China tend to be hierarchical with power derived from prestige and forcE) Which of the following statements is consistent with her observation? I A) Chinese society considers caste system and class system a myth B) Chinese men are subordinate to Chinese women C) China scores high on the power distance dimension D) China owes its success to its individualistic society E) China scores low in long term orientation