China business training and interpreting

Business and Communications Training

Take your China communications and culture awareness skills to the next level!

Learn from my 40 years of experience with US-China business, the Chinese language, and culture!

The “Five Skills” of Bing Fa

—Cultural Guideposts from Chinese culture—

The “Five Skills” of Bing Fa—skills for succeeding with your Chinese partners and clients straight out of Chinese culture.

Five Skills Graph by Todd Cornell

Learn China business communications and culture skills—best practices to succeed in China.
Understand skills that work with Chinese cultural practices—”The Five Skills” of Bing Fa.
These practices work with the Chinese in both China and Taiwan.

✅Best practices for working with your Chinese partners and clients are the most important skills you need to succeed.

When communications with your Chinese partner get frustrating,

Work & Business

A multilingual dual-cultural mindset helps me support you in improving communications and Chinese partner relations. My fluency in Mandarin puts your Chinese partner at ease and supports trusting and beneficial relations.

I will help you to understand the Chinese culture and mindset so you can focus on your success!

*Isagenix training meeting, Taipei, Taiwan.*

Some businesses I worked for in China—the Shanghai Hilton, the Corning Glass China Joint Venture, and I managed the official rep office for a US furniture manufacturer in Harbin, China, to name a few.

Business Interpretation and Negotiations

Working in business management in China and Taiwan, I interpreted official business meetings and simultaneously interpreted large conventions.

*Simultaneaous interpreting English > Mandarin, Toronto Canada.*

Does communicating with your Chinese client feel challenging?

China business communications and culture skills training. — *Supporting communications between Port of LA and Canton Fair representatives*

Client Reviews

Todd provided very thoughtful, custom-tailored training to help our company understand how to be successful in interactions with business partners in China. It is obvious that Todd has great appreciation and understanding of Chinese culture and language. He is able to provide a unique perspective and level of detail in his lessons that can only come from many years of experience and observation.
Darcy M

Todd presented an expert report for a client as part of a business litigation matter. His report has been very helpful in understanding the cultural and social context of the dispute within a Taiwanese family. He was extremely responsive and timely, and his report was thorough, detailed, and helpful. Thank you Todd!!
Caroline K, Esq

Todd was much more than we could have hoped for; in addition to providing interpretation and translation for our communication with the client, [he] provided us with extraordinarily valuable advice for how to structure our interactions in ways that respected Chinese business standards and practices while maximizing our potential of a successful outcome.
Jesse M

Todd was able to jump into a complex business negotiation with only a day’s notice and a few minutes of preparation. His translation and interpretation abilities were very strong, but where he really set himself apart was in teasing out cultural idiosyncrasies between Americans and Chinese that frequently confound discussion.
Charles Y