Japanese companies tend to need a lot of time to come to a decision; all they do is have meetings and are reluctant to take on risks. China's environment changes so rapidly. The chance passed you by j

So a double whammy of lost man hours of productivity (due to all the meetings), and possible lost revenue?

This one place I teach has so many meetings, they literally have meetings to prepare for the bigger meetings. Then they spend half of their time preparing for those meetings, and not really doing anything productive. It's a wonder anything ever gets done there.