Sensitive to local sensitivities, even.
The novel successfully depicts misunderstandings, isolation and disappointment: are they sensitive to local traditions?
After a shaky start, Chinese companies seem to have become more sensitive to local concerns.
Hanging may be unpopular abroad, or blocked by courts or regional politicians sensitive to local feelings.
But some advocates worry whether big vendors will be sensitive to local dietary, cultural, religious and ethnic considerations.
Mr. Anton worried about the large discount chains moving onto the Island, and he was particularly sensitive to local businesses.
KidZania tries to be sensitive to local mores, but López also sees a role for the company in implicitly promoting the values of a Western, market-driven democracy.
Like their much-caricatured American predecessors in the postwar era, the behaviour of China's new travellers is not always sensitive to local Asian traditions and beliefs.
Officials now talk publicly about the need for Chinese companies, especially mining and construction conglomerates, to be more sensitive to local needs in Africa and Asia.
Dr Foley believed the UK approach to minority groups from which terror groups draw support is significant, in being more sensitive to local communities, he said.
Even would-be global hotel chains acknowledge that their business, more than many others, needs to be sensitive to local tastes.
