[26] It is often said that Chinese business depend on networking, especially the variety of networking that is closely related to family and lineage. Family relations, according to Maire Bergere, provided the basis for finance, management and technological progress within the world of business. Family connections, as Bergere stated, 'were of more account than either ties of friendship or professional or regional links of solidarity, for family relations provided the most reliable guarantees'. Family, together with kinship, region and dialect ties, construct the inner circles of the fiduciary community which serve as prime criteria for recruiting employees, securing a firm's internal harmony and establishing business relations. Overall, the consensus of opinion is that wherever successful Chinese businesses have been found they have been operated within extensive networks based on kinship. .....