One of the areas which continues to raise a large number of questions for US businesses and for compliance officers is about the ritual of gift giving in Chinese business culture. Many US companies believe that it is important to offer gifts to senior people that are more expensive than those offered to their subordinates. However an ever growing number of Chinese companies now discourage gift giving. An article entitled “The Myths of Gift Giving” in the summer edition of the MIT Sloan Management Review explores this question and provides an interesting example from one Chinese company. As Chinese companies engage with partners, globally and locally, their internal and external business practices are evolving. Indeed the article found that many Chinese companies now put greater emphasis on professionalism and building trust and confidence in business capabilities.