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Engholm defines AsiaShock as including all of the following excepta. racism, including the unflattering labeling of Asians as Japs.
b. intermingling with the people of the culture in order to understand customs.
c. unwillingness to understand the rationale behind local ways of doing things.
d. forming foreign clubs to commiserate about the difficulty of doing business in Asia.
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