As I said before in my review of Peter Hessler’s other book, River Town, “Peter gets China.” He understands not only the language but the people. This book is his second portal into the world of his (Chinese) life and Chinese friends. Filled with personal stories and personal events

If you’ve ever wondered where someone got their numbers about China then this book is for you. It’s just what it claims to be—a stat sheet of both good and bad that is Modern China. The book is divided into broad topics such as Domestic Economy, Chin

If there you are only going to buy two books to read on the flight over to China they should be McGregor’s “One Billion Customers” and Seligman’s “Chinese Business Etiquette. Of the 30+ books on China that I’ve read in the past two years these are easily

This book was a great magazine—literally. This is a collection of all the articles from Business Week Magazine about Chindia from the past two years. They’ve collected the articles, added some filler to link them all together and called it a new book.The info in the articles

China CEO—BOOK REVIEWThis book is for anyone that is going to a new post in China and has never been here before. It is quite broad in its coverage of issues but maybe a bit shallow in its analysis. I like the idea behind this book—talk with people

James Lilly’s book, China Hands, is a Foreigner-in-China Adventure Story to rival the spy stories of James Bond (and these stories are true!).While there are a number of exciting stories this book isn’t just a list of adventurous jaunts, it has the real life feelings

I was quite excited to find a book about doing business in China written by a Chinese for foreigners. But I was soon disappointed. Mr. Chee’s explanation of “Westerners” doing business in China is an apt description of his own book—- culturally arrogant and simplistic.This book was a

Better than Freidman’s “The World is Flat” because it has more research and less left-leaning political solutions. Clyde Prestowitz’s “3 Billion New Capitalists” is a more complex read and of more value since it looks at both the causes of America’s decline/Asia’s rise and

As I live and work in China I have an unusual amount of travel time—which means that I have a lot of time to read. In fact, I’ve polished off about 35 books in the last couple of years, most about China, as I’ve traveled to from

Because of the earthquake and the disruption it caused to the internet, I've got a backlog of blogs that are written, but not posted. So get ready for the deluge--a couple weeks worth of blogs and book reviews.Enjoy! DD