passive resistance

someone told me once that in chinese the word no doesn't exist, that whatever you ask for, the answer will be yes
just think about it for a second, think business contracts, political agreements: everything you say, you propose, you suggest is met with a yes
in theory it sounds fantastic, it would make you, anyone feel great and clever, except.....you might become suspicious, as you know for a fact that you have limitations and by plain logic you cannot be right all the time

round here they also answer yes to everything: proposals, comments, projects, opinions.....at least, like it happens with the chinese (as far as my limited knowledge goes), in appearance
you have to pay careful attention to the intonation and not just to the yes or, you will find yourself thinking that you have successfully put your point across, only to find out later that actually your message not only didn't get across, but was even resisted

i understand the logic of passive resistance, we all practice it to a certain extent and most definitely at some point in our lives
what escapes me is the logic of hiring someone to give professional advice and passively resist any advice given