Case of Chinese bank worker slapped for refusing to toast boss at dinner sparks debate over workplace culture

Two senior executives at a Chinese bank have been disciplined after a new employee who refused to drink a toast with his boss was slapped and insulted at an after-work dinner.Xiamen International Bank issued a statement on Sunday saying that the incident happened last Thursday when the worker, identified by his family name Yang, went to a Beijing restaurant with his colleagues after work.According to the notice, Yang had refused to share a toast with the branch chief, a man named Luo, and was…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3098656/case-chinese-bank-worker-slapped-refusing-toast-boss-dinner