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New technologies and operational tactics have also been adopted. For instance, the social network app WeChat (''weixin'') enables users to transfer money in the form of ‘e-red packets’ to their Wechat contacts. The time-saving, easy-to-operate and hard-to-track way of giving makes e-red packet a potential new ''songli'' tool. The original function of the e-red packet was social-networking and entertaining, especially during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Nowadays however it serves more as a reliable electronic instrument for the transfer of funds. As such, it has gradually developed into a ''songli'' technique. Similarly, the rapid development of online-shopping in China offers donors more choices, while the express courier-service ensures the fast delivery of various forms of gifts. Meanwhile, the use of shopping cards and e-shopping allows recipients to choose gifts according to their preferences, making today’s ''songli'' more precise and customised. | New technologies and operational tactics have also been adopted. For instance, the social network app WeChat (''weixin'') enables users to transfer money in the form of ‘e-red packets’ to their Wechat contacts. The time-saving, easy-to-operate and hard-to-track way of giving makes e-red packet a potential new ''songli'' tool. The original function of the e-red packet was social-networking and entertaining, especially during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Nowadays however it serves more as a reliable electronic instrument for the transfer of funds. As such, it has gradually developed into a ''songli'' technique. Similarly, the rapid development of online-shopping in China offers donors more choices, while the express courier-service ensures the fast delivery of various forms of gifts. Meanwhile, the use of shopping cards and e-shopping allows recipients to choose gifts according to their preferences, making today’s ''songli'' more precise and customised. | ||
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#Ledeneva, A. 2006. How Russia Really Works. Ithaca: Cornell University Press | #Ledeneva, A. 2006. How Russia Really Works. Ithaca: Cornell University Press | ||
#Ledeneva, A. 2008. ‘[[Blat]] and Guanxi: Informal Practices in Russia and China,’ Comparative Studies in Society and History 50(1): 118–44 | #Ledeneva, A. 2008. ‘[[Blat]] and Guanxi: Informal Practices in Russia and China,’ Comparative Studies in Society and History 50(1): 118–44 | ||
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#Su, C. and Littlefield, E. 2001. ‘Entering Guanxi: A Business Ethical Dilemma in Mainland China?’ Journal of Business Ethics, 33(3) 199-210 | #Su, C. and Littlefield, E. 2001. ‘Entering Guanxi: A Business Ethical Dilemma in Mainland China?’ Journal of Business Ethics, 33(3) 199-210 | ||
#Yang, M. 1989. ‘The Gift Economy and State Power in China,’ Comparative Studies in Society and History, 50(1): 118–44 at p. 25 | #Yang, M. 1989. ‘The Gift Economy and State Power in China,’ Comparative Studies in Society and History, 50(1): 118–44 at p. 25 | ||