*From:* Vladka Paligova [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
*Sent:* 10 November 2011 09:58
*Subject:* Asia House | The Chinese Dream | Helen Wang & Lord Wei | 5
December
Asia House
*Business and Policy*
*The Chinese Dream*
Helen H. Wang in conversation with Lord Wei of Shoreditch
Monday 5 December 2011, 18.45
In /The Chinese Dream/, a groundbreaking book about the rising middle
class in China, business consultant and China expert Helen Wang
challenges us to recognize that some of our fears about China are
grossly misplaced. As a result of China’s new capitalist paradigm, a
burgeoning middle class – calculated to reach 800 million within the
next fifteen years – is jumping aboard the consumerism train and riding
it for all it’s worth – a reality that may provide the answer to
America’s economic woes. And with China’s increasing urbanization and
top-down governmental approach, it now faces increasing energy,
environmental, and health problems – problems that the U.S. can help
solve. Through timely interviews, personal stories, and a historical
perspective, China-born Wang takes us into the world of the Chinese
entrepreneurial middle class to show how a growing global mindset and
the realization of unity in diversity may ultimately provide the way to
creating a saner, safer world for all.
*_Helen Wang_* is a /Forbes/ columnist, consultant, and expert on
China’s middle class. Originally from China, Wang has lived in the
United States for more than twenty years. After finishing her master’s
degree at Stanford University, she worked in Silicon Valley, holding a
variety of jobs, from consultant to Fortune 500 companies to
entrepreneur at Internet start-ups. A sought-after speaker, Wang now
divides her time between consulting for companies doing business in
China and helping non-profit organizations make a difference.
*_Lord Wei of Shoreditch _*is a social entrepreneur, interested in
social reform, and a citizen with a keen interest in developing civil
society solutions to social problems. Nat was a former advisor with the
government on the Big Society, works with the Community Foundation
Network to develop local responses to the Big Society, and serves in the
House of Lords as the youngest and only active Chinese peer. 'Lord Wei
currently sits as the Chair to the All Party Parliamentary Group on East
Asian Business and also as the Treasurer to the All Party Parliamentary
Group on Chinese in Britain.
Tickets:
£10 Corporate members & Patrons
£15 Friends of Asia House & Concession
£20 Non-members
63 New Cavendish Street
London W1G 7LP
To register, please visit *_http://thechinesedream.eventbrite.co.uk_*
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