Dear Chinese teaching community….
I am compiling a book list of current, in
print, buyable books about
I would really appreciate any help any of
you can give. When someone says they are going to China, be they a student going
to an exchange school, someone going on a tour round China, a businessperson
going to look at a factory, and you want them to have an idea of what they are
about to experience, what couple/ three books do you say YOU MUST READ THIS!
I am cheating and putting six but please
add your favourite three titles with authors and ISBNs if you have the extra
few moments, I would really appreciate it. Hope you enjoy these if you haven’t
read them.
Rob
travels along the ‘Route 66’ of
Tim Clissold
Mr
The number of opportunities for investing in
Joe
Studwell The
An in depth (and cynical) look at the 1990’s boom time when investors
were falling over themselves to get a piece of the China pie, such as those in
Tim Clissold’s book.
GaveKal
A Roadmap for Troubling Times (2008, ISBN 978-988-99752-3-4)
The effect of the credit crunch across the
world with good chapters on where
J
MacGregor One Billion Customers (2005, ISBN-13
978-1-85788-358-6)
Great look at the big picture - where
Jan
Wong Red
Her
eye-witness account of the Tiananmen Massacre is unparalleled and all the more
relevant given the author’s zeal for the Party fifteen years earlier.
Thanks!