Chinesesocialrelationshipsaresocialrelationshipstypifiedbyamutualsocialnetwork.Theindividualswithinthesocialnetworkareconnectedbyguanxi(links)andthefeelingwithinthelinksisknownbythetermganqing.AnimportantconceptwithinChinesesocialrelationshipsistheconceptofface,asinmanyotherAsiancultures.AsarticulatedinthesociologicalworksofChineseleadingacademicFeiXiaotong,theChinese,incontrasttopeopleofothersocieties,tendtoseesocialrelationshipsintermsofsocialnetworks.Hence,therelationshipsbetweenpeopleareperceivedasbeing“near”or“far”ratherthan“in”or“out”.